State Peace and Development Council

One of the most important development period in human history is the Renaissance. It allowed for humans escape the dark and desolate world of the Middle Ages to enter a society that illustrates the wonders and possibilities of humankind. One of the major cities in the creation of the Renaissance is Florence where influential people such as as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Dante gained inspiration from. However, many scholars have wondered how this one city was able to assumption what…

closer look at the African political landscape reveals the existence of other forms of institutions that operate at the same level as the state and are contemporaries of its institutions, but can be “either rivals, watchdogs, parasites or servants” of state institutions (Ferguson 2014, p. 59). Lund (2006) terms these “twilight institutions”; they operate between state and society, i.e., public and private spheres, and use various strategies and tactics to legitimise their public authority (p.…

Economic policy: In general Zia gave economic development and policy a fairly low priority (aside from Islamization) and delegating its management to technocrats such as Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Aftab Qazi and Vaseem Jaffrey. However, between 1977 and 1986, the country experienced an average annual growth in the GNP of 6.8%—the highest in the world at that time—thanks in large part to remittances from the overseas workers, rather than government policy.The first year of Zia's government coincided…

According to the National Council for Accreditation of Teachers, one of the 5 key findings from existing research on teacher preparation is that leading industrialized nations invest heavily in pre-service teacher preparation. In the United States, in President Clinton’s State of the Union Address in 1997, he issued a "Call to Action" that included as a priority improving the quality of teachers in…

One of the most important conflicts in the history of the United States, was actually one that involved no fighting. For the second half of the twentieth century, the United States and Russia were in a race to develop the most nuclear weapons and to spread their political beliefs around the world. This conflict is know as the Cold War. It could have been one of the deadliest and most world involved wars know to man, but thankfully there was no fighting between the two nations. However, there was…

and bailout of the automotive industry, and it has done its best to keep peace with other countries in both…

Role of Muammar Gaddafi in History Muammar Gaddafi is the colonel who ruled Libya for the longest time. He is considered one of the most unpredictable and appallingly intriguing leaders in Africa and in the Arab world. He presided over Libya, a desert republic with massive oil deposits and a total population of about six million people. Gaddafi had a poor family background. He was born 1942 in a rural area outside the town of Sire in the seats in western Libya. He had three sisters, and he was…

ways of life. A major aspect of the indigenous culture is the growth and usage of coca leaves. The leaves have been used in the Andes by the natives for generations. However, these leaves are unfortunately also used to create cocaine. With the United States’ “War on Drugs,” the coca leaves have become a source of contention between local governments, who see the leaves as a potential drug violence problem, and indigenous societies that see growing the leaves as a cultural right. One indigenous…

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta were the first to gain a vote in Canada. The fight for women’s suffrage was a continuous momentum that was felt not only in Canada but also around the world, including in countries such as Great Britain and the United States. The suffrage movements in other countries influenced the women in Canada to fight for a vote as well. Three major factors that helped Canadian women succeed in their campaign to achieve the vote was that they had the support from many…

international arena as a result of global problems that require more than just a single state 's response. There has been a wide variety of new problems that need to be addressed due to the nature of an increasingly globalized world that is becoming more interconnected every day. These problems include the formation of and the worldwide fallout caused by terrorist groups, dangerous disease epidemics spreading past state borders, a massive influx of refugees from around the world, and gross human…