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Many historians agree that the assassination was a significant event however; the writer would argue it was not the major cause of World War 1. The writer would suggest that the major powers had been ready to go to war long before the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. This was the spark that ignited the war. The writer would argue the major causes of World War I were nationalism, militarism, leadership, imperialism, colonialism and alliances. Nationalism is extreme patriotic feelings…

Shell is a known oil refinery in the world. It has been in operation for over 50 years. It is an energy and petrochemical group of companies, with its headquarters in Hague, Netherlands. It is important to note that Royal Dutch Shell plc is the parent company of Shell Group. The company not only deals with oil refinery but also it produces aviation and marine fuels, lubricants, waterproofing materials, natural gas, chemical feedstock and many other petroleum products (Kiong, 2013). It is a big…

Understanding today’s international order is a challenging mission since key actors and relations can influence the world in which we live. Throughout a changing environment, the rationale of state actors, combined with the behavior of non-state actors, willingly or unwillingly creates and modifies the international order because these actors want to change or modify the actual order. Therefore, international orders emerge through the establishment of organizing norms of power and stability…

(1) Self-determination A group within a state does not have a right to become a new state, even if the majority of its inhabitants desire that. Because of the lack of express provisions in international treaties, the sovereignty of a state is based on the right to dispose a state’s territory. If a group within a state has a right to become a new state if the majority of its inhabitants desire that, there will be a violation of a nation’s sovereignty rights and will cause instability, which…

Research Design Setting The settings in which this data was collected were vocational rehabilitation centers in each state in the United States. Each year, service providers are required to enter data into a national database regarding individuals who have exited vocational rehabilitation programs under their care. This data is organized into a national dataset, which contains each exiting participant. Exits are interchangeably described as “closures” and fall into seven different closure…

NOT GAP SINCE IT COULD VE SAID ANDALUSIA INSPI) Even within a recurring theme that seems similar for a non-specialist there are differences that show the field of Islamic art is no unity. The Tropenmuseum and the Gemeentemuseum The Hague together organized an exhibition in 2013 called “Escher Meets Islamic Art” and “Escher and the Treasures from Islam” respectively. The Dutch etcher and artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972) took indeed a lot of inspiration from the Islamic geometric patterns…

In R v Deputy Governor of Parkhurst Prison and Others, ex parte Hague and Weldon v The Home Office, one prisoner argued that he had a right to sue where conditions were broken, which in this case was that the prisoner alleged mistreatment by guards as he was placed in solitary confinement. In his judgment, Lord Bridge…

overlapping claims in the sea. To stick its position, China has built seven artificial islands over unoccupied lands. Philippines went to the law when they unable to challenge China’s military. In 2013, in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Philippines filed a case, declaring that its rights to exploit the 200- nautical mile EEZ that extends from the Archipelago into the South China Sea. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Philippines brought their…

By December 4, 1979, the US had already frozen Iran’s assets, oil imports were stopped and diplomatic relations were ceased, now the United Nations (UN) Security Council would pass a resolution calling for Iran to release the hostages. The sentiment, at least in the western world, was growing, during the weeks before Christmas of 1979, over the plight of the American hostages, the media which was already giving daily reports on the government’s release attempts, hostage updates or the effects on…

Notably, the life of the brilliant Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is completely incredible unusual. His bright, generous talent and constant creativity resulted in absolutely amazing, one-of-a-kind contributions. Mozart lived only 36 years, but started his musical career at 6. In childhood, despite of the numerous concerts, he created a lot of works. In general, Mozart wrote 50 symphonies, 19 operas, sonatas, quartets, quintets and other works of various genres. Today, Mozart's…