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The Adaptation of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa to the Divided World of the Cold War From 1945 to 1962 the number of nations on Earth quadrupled to around 200. These agrarian nations, emerging from colonialism, were forced to adapt to a world influenced by the Cold War and dominated economically by the United States and the Soviet Union. In an attempt to adapt to the divided world of the Cold War, the elites in these newly independent countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa came to…

In the 1950’s, the fear of communism was rampant in the United States due to the propaganda that was spread by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Much of America followed in pace with Senator McCarthy. The government abused their power in the United States, and into foreign lands. Senator McCarthy lead the attack on communism in the US and accused and punished many people for being communists. Among these people were Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, depicted in Trumbo (directed by Jay Roach). Also in…

JAVIER, Bryle Felix A. A Critique on The Act of Killing When Adolf Eichmann, the SS-Obersturmbannführer who was responsible for the mass deportation of Jews in Eastern Europe to the death camps, was put on trial by the Israeli government for crimes against humanity, he constantly justified that he was acting upon that which was ordered upon him as well as going with the tide of the powers that be. This remorseless defense was famously chronicled and evaluated upon by the German Jew, Hannah…

Case Study and Case Selection The research employs case study in which the Indonesian government’s reaction to the Aceh tsunami 2004. The case study is a representative sample of how the domestic and international factors influence the Indonesian foreign policy making and a useful variation on the dimension of theoretical interest (Gerring 2001, pp. 178-181) particularly what factors explain foreign policy decision-making within countries. In similar vein, case study would be an effective tool…

Implementation of Marine Protected Areas Human activities threaten the sustainability of marine biodiversity and ecosystems. To address human impacts Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) may be established as countermeasures. MPAs are government involved programs that target areas facing the most marine wildlife threats. Maintenance of MPAs requires involvement from government at the federal and local level, fishing agencies, and stakeholders. MPAs aim to preserve marine habitats by placing…

“We crushed their necks with wood. We hung them. We strangled them with wire. We cut off their heads. We ran them over with cars. We were allowed to do it,” (Adi Zulkadry - Fellow Executioner in 1965). Amidst the tumultuous state of Indonesia’s (socio)political climate during the mid-1960s, there was an outbreak of anti-communist sentiment that made itself evident in the form of a purge, carried out by a paramilitary group by the name of Pancasila Youth, and later coined as the ‘Indonesian…

Stephen Kinzer, a veteran foreign correspondent provides a unique insight to the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Kinzer portrays the administration in a one-sided fashion, highlighting only the actions of John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, and Allen Dulles, the director of the CIA. Kinzer specifically highlights their impact in different wars and assassinations that occurred in foreign countries throughout the Eisenhower presidency. The Dulles brothers are also declared responsible…

After the end of Second World War, the two power bloc was raising in world politics and the revelry between the blocs was on top. The cold war politics emerged as a bitter experience of international relations. Both blocs were mollifying the other countries of the world. It had to become stronger because of many newly independent countries. For the sake their independence many countries choose the third path to avoiding war and keeping their independence, they framed NAM (Non-alignment Movement)…

Coming of age is not something that happens overnight, it takes many different challenges and experiences to occur. When it does occur however the person who experiences it finds a new motivation and understanding about there life which can drive them into the future. This occurs to a character Minke whose story is told by Pramoedya Ananta Toer in two books, This Earth of Mankind and Child of All Nations, about his coming of age during Dutch colonial rule in Surabaya, Indonesia starting in 1898.…

Until fairly recently, historians such as Victor Yakunoff, O Tannin, and Donald Calman” have viewed 1930s and 40s Japan as being run by an almost fascist regime, though they differed as to what extent, fascism took hold over the Japanese government in this era. While O. Tanin argued that Japan fit many of the requirements to be labelled a facist state, Yakunoff declares that due to a lack of mass movement in support of the fascist parties, Japan’s government was lacking in key characteristics…