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Coercive diplomacy is a threat diplomacy whereby one of the actors threatens the other with repercussions, whether of a military, economic or social nature. This diplomatic tactic involves using the threat of the war in Europe or launching a nuclear attack in exchange for ceding the requirements of the other state. This diplomacy is therefore an instrument of prevention and management of conflicts before the conduct of a State that, otherwise, could end up causing a warlike confrontation in…

9. In most wars, property belonging to the opponent is destroyed. During its colonial wars, the British Army often burnt down the houses of civilians. In the Anglo-Boer War, the first farm-burnings occurred at an early stage, shortly after the outbreak of the war, when the British destroyed the farms of rebels in the Cape Colony; and when a British force made an incursion into the south-eastern OFS on 9 January 1900, several farmhouses were destroyed and the livestock carried off. In the light…

to account for the fall of the soviet union and the period of peace and unipolarity following. A neorealist assumption claims that under a system of unipolarity, peace will most likely be achieved. If this claim is correct, it would account for the United States position as a hegemon following the Cold War in which issues not involving state actors such as cybersecurity and the war on terror became imminent. However, realism provides that states are constantly acting to maintain a balance of…

In a number of countries, an emphasis is placed on improving the school environment so that it becomes a microcosm of the more peaceful and just society that is the objective of peace education. This creates a consistency between the messages of the curriculum and the school setting, between the overt and the ‘hidden' curriculum. Interventions on the level of the school environment tend to address how children's rights are either upheld or denied in school, discipline methods…

Many countries in the world face issues and factors that threaten the wellbeing of its citizens, and the country itself. Guatemala is one of these countries that seems to consistently face these threats and issues. Guatemala is a low to middle income country located in Latin America. Its inhabitants have faced and dealt with a myriad of diseases, poor political figures, economic crises, and a 36 year long civil war. Guatemalans battle with issues surrounding alcoholism, lack of education,…

Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the goals that created by the United Nation (UN) in order to develop the member states by achieving all of those goals. There are a lot of countries in the world that still have many challenges and problems that prevent them from becoming the developed countries. The newest sustainable development goals were released by UN in September 2015. The newest version of Sustainable Development goals consists of 17 goals which were…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), established at the end of the Second World War, proposed, as stated in its Constitution, to "forge peace in the minds of men." Therefore, it also states in the same document, that its mission is not to act in conflicts but in the causes that generate them. In this sense, since its creation, it is proposed to release humanity from three major threats: the war (the last had left about 50 million dead); Ignorance (by…

example for all women. Roosevelt portrays the American Dream because she overcame hardship in her youth and achieved success through her hard work and determination while serving as a first lady and, afterwards, when serving as a leader at the United Nations. Although Eleanor Roosevelt's family had money, it does not mean her life was all that easy. In her early life, Eleanor grew up in a divided home with high expectations from her mother that she was not able to reach. Eleanor was not…

Their agile structure and unique capabilities make them the primary go to force for military operations and activities. Marines have been involved in several joint operational environments from stability operations with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), to peace operations with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), to counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in the aftermath of the war in Afghanistan, and counterterrorism operations in the Philippines with…

The Sons of Liberty were terrorists or heroes in the eyes of the beholder. I believe that the sons of liberty were fanatics. The sons of liberty burned tax collector's homes, tarred and feathered offenders, and were very violent. The Sons of Liberty hired thugs and other shady people looking to get into trouble. In addition, they didn’t pay taxes they caused the Boston massacre and they were vandals.Also, they were very persuasive and manipulative people The Sons of Liberty were vandals…