The caste system during European colonialism was not invented by Europeans. It was, however, adapted and exploited by British colonials throughout their occupation of India.
The Chicken game theory is not only applicable to the strategies of current global actors. It forms an explanatory framework for all strategic interactions between any two actors.
It is possible to observe that the US has sufficient strategic reasons to block the creation of a Palestinian State in order to not jeopardize its security strategies.
The mainstream media and the Bush Administration blended the Taliban and Al-Qaeda together making the two groups the same terrorist entity in the eyes of the American public.
Argentina miscalculated how, and to what degree, Britain would react. This was the primary reason for Argentina’s failure to gain sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
The U.S, throughout the invasion and occupation of Iraq, exhibited an overreliance on force, to the exclusion of more appropriate forms of soft power, including the promotion of democracy among the Iraqi population.
The United States is unique among wealthy nations in its vast private inventory of firearms, consisting of nearly 300 million guns, used for hunting, recreation and murder.
The Chinese Yuan will likely become the medium of exchange in South-East Asia, but is not likely to challenge the predominance of the US dollar internationally.
The failure of the ICTR to deliver equal justice to RPF war criminals as those Hutus who perpetuated the Rwandan genocide threatens to set a dangerous international precedent.
Should Iraq erupt into sectarian violence or take an anti-American stance, particularly should engagement with Iran become inevitable, it will have negative consequences for Obama during the election.
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