The nuclear proliferation by non-signatories to the NPT, coupled with the decline in US status and rise of Asian military power, has increased tensions surrounding the nuclear debate.
While the EU has achieved successes in promoting democracy in its immediate neighbourhood, its normative foreign policy has been less successful within a global context.
An independent Scotland is unlikely to have the financial security or the resources required to develop and maintain the broad national security and defence that the SNP publicises.
Basically, the Heckscher-Ohlin idea is that nations export goods that intensively use their abundant factor and import those goods that are manufactured from the scarce factor.
For the majority of states, offensive nuclear strategy is simply not feasible, and it is unlikely rogue states would implement a first-strike strategy due to fear of retaliation.
The US invaded Iraq to strengthen and expand its ability to exert hegemony over this key regional area, to control Iraq’s oil reserves, and to liberalize Iraq’s economy.
No commodity has such importance for the future of world politics as oil. From a largely commercial activity, international trade in oil has become a source of east-west tensions, north-south negotiations, and considerable disagreement within the West.
Through analysing the Japanese memory of WWII it is clear that ethics are susceptible to unconscious limitations, often leading to denial and forgetfulness of the past.
Due to unique geo-political circumstances surrounding its emergence, the Taliban’s brand of Islam is unique, combining conservative aspects of the Deobandi and Wahhabi schools.
Government initiatives were aimed at using immigration as a means of not only building the population, but also improving the economic state of the nation simultaneously.
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