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The Concept of Sustainable Development

anon • Jul 27 2011 • Essays

Sustainable Development is a concept that at its core is revolutionary, yet difficult to pragmatically define. The history behind sustainable development is one that does not stretch far. Tensions that can be found within this idea are numerous, ranging from its ambiguous and vague definition, to the failure of attaining a universal pragmatic and operational framework.

The Functions of Diplomacy

anon • Jul 20 2011 • Essays

Throughout the course of history diplomacy has been a paramount element in the upkeep of peace and in the creation of positive change. Without diplomacy much of the world’s affairs, and organizations, would not exist. There are many examples of how diplomacy has affected countries, and even individual citizens.

On Hamas: A fresh analysis of an old ‘problem’

anon • Jun 22 2011 • Essays

The dominant Western rhetoric enforces the portrayal of Hamas as a static organisation, its violent and ‘fanatical’ behaviour rendering it as innately characteristic while contradictory evidence is marginalised as irrelevant. This myopic approach has failed to understand Hamas, and for peace ever to be achieved this paradigm must be broken.

How far has the Palestinian ‘right of return’ been the main obstacle to the peace process since 1993?

anon • Mar 14 2011 • Essays

Drenched in controversy, very few topics inspire such heated historical debate as to why the Palestinian people find themselves displaced and in a state of constant limbo. A failure to address the right of return has provided some groups with a motive to derail the peace plan at all costs.

Transnational Labour Migration and the International Sex Trade

anon • Feb 27 2011 • Essays

The sex trade has been overlooked in migration studies, often only appearing in criminological or gender studies.

‘Diaspora’? The Case of the Russians of Central Asia

anon • Feb 2 2011 • Essays

Russians living in Central Asia and Russians returning to the Russian Federation cannot be considered to be diasporas

Great Power interventions and the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967-1973

anon • Jan 12 2011 • Essays

This thesis will argue that two pivotal moments in the Middle Easts recent history, the Six Day War of 1967 and the October War of 1973, whilst not inherently conducted or directly propagated by the Great Powers, stemmed from their irresponsible interference.

Islamic Identities in Post-Soviet Russia: Realities and Representations

anon • Nov 25 2010 • Essays

In Russia, depictions of Muslims tend to be generalised, and in extreme cases are depicted as violent extremists with desires to convert the world to fundamentalist Islam

Why did Communism survive in China but not in the USSR?

anon • Nov 17 2010 • Essays

While there were many factors that contributed to the downfall of Communism in the Soviet Union, the main one was that during the 1980s nobody believed in it any more; which was the key difference between the survival of Communism in China. China had a truly mass movement with Communism, while the Soviet Union was largely created with the ideas of one man, Lenin.

Does Britain bear the primary responsibility for World War I?

anon • Nov 13 2010 • Essays

The sheer chaos of an era said to have required a daily calendar to catch the sense of rising tension between all the capitals makes it seem nonsensical to ascribe substantial blame to Britain. Eyebrows should rightly be raised over Britain’s non-interventionist policy on the eve of war in 1914, despite unconcealed German desires to be the main protagonist in global affairs. Which role did Britain play in the slide to war?

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