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After the Soviet Union broke apart, Russia decided to form a new government having elections in 1990. While many seats were being taken, Moscow ended up losing six elections which started to cause a war of laws against Moscow’s central government. This led to them refusing to pay taxes, control over their local economy, and rejection of union-wide legislation. This fight ended up having supply lines disrupted and had the Soviet economy decline further. The breakup of the Soviet Union had Russia…

The introduction of industrialism into Russia was not a wise move for the survival of the Tsardom because it eventually led to the end of the tsar, but it was a wise move for Russia. Alexander II, the Russian Tsar from 1855 to 1881, introduced the beginnings of industrialization into Russia. Although the reforms that Alexander made were small, they will spark the rise of the third greatest industrial power in the World. This was a great move for bettering Russia, but will lead to the downfall…

The Chemical Warfare Service The lessons learned from the involvement of the United States in World War I would identify the need for a military organization that specialized in Chemical Warfare. The use of chemical weapons was one of the most deadly and effective tactics experienced by both sides during the trench-style warfare. Due to the concern that the chemical weapon strategies of the First World War would continue on in future armed conflicts, the United States Army created the Gas…

Once Winston Churchill said “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. “ In late 80s of the past decade, when the concepts of communism was changing to democracy, new leaders with new ideas came to power. The last president of Soviet Union was Mikhail Gorbachev. As a member of new and modern generation, his agenda was to make some reforms to communism party. These ideas were to modernize the communist party and the way the government works. The policy of…

Realism and liberalism are the two main theories in the international relations field. Realism describes about a pessimistic selfish world, a world that war can easily happen because of the seeking power of all nations. Liberalism believe in optimistic world that nation will cooperated to play the “win-win game”, in which means that sides get theirs advantages and the existence of would decrease. This essay would explain about these two theories and would attempt to analyze the crisis in Ukraine…

There are many counties with many different forms of government. Although, what is widely considered to be the best form of government is democracy, it allows citizens to have a variety of rights and freedoms while putting constraints on the government’s power. Authoritarian regimes on the other hand are widely considered to be awful forms of government. Authoritarian regimes have centralized leadership without any real checks on power and suppression of civil liberties. This begs the…

says that Crimea should have a “right of return” to Russia. In Putin’s Crimea address given on March 18, 2014, he says that “the decision on joining [Russia] was made by the people themselves. Russia responded to that appeal and accepted Crimea and Sevastopol into its family. That’s natural; it couldn’t be any other way” (Top 10 Powerful Quotes). The US, on the other hand, is concerned about the sovereignty of state borders; the agreement made between Ukraine, Russia, the UK, and the US in 1991…

Vladimir Putin is the current President of the nation of Russia. Association between Russia and the Western part of the world are intensifying. March 14th of 2014, Russia annexed Crimea as part of its own national territory. As background, Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. Once Ukraine became an independent nation, the region of Crimea became part of Ukraine. The Soviet Union was disbanded. As indicated in history “Crimea, which has an ethnic Russian majority, has long been a…

On August 6th 1945, the world stood still. War and life in general was given a terrifying new face with the idea of nuclear warfare being placed into the minds of the general public. This is something that comes as no surprise when after not one, but two living breathing cities were just completely blown off the map with only two bombs. Some see the dropping of the bombs a fitting retaliation against the Japanese and some see it as necessary for stopping the war. Regardless, the dropping of…

Russia is seeking to regain the great power status it once held during its empire and Cold War days, primarily by gaining power from its greatest rival, the United States (U.S.). Russia has revisionist intention in its core. It is not satisfied with the post-cold war international order and seeks its rightful place among great power states. Russia’s intent is to maximize their power and its ultimate goal is to rise again as a hegemon that challenges the current international order. Russia is…