Phrases (Peace - Defense - Disarmament) and... bases - Viktor Govorkov (1952) - Relations between the United States and the USSR in the early 1950s
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Modern history
On March 12, 1947, the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, announced his concern about the "Communist threat" before Congress. He thus establishes the American doctrine: "I believe that the United States should support free peoples who resist attempts at enslavement [...]. I believe...
The figure of communism and Us-USSR bilateral diplomatic relations during the cold war : a conflict analysis
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
The Cold War is, together with the World Wars, probably the most important episode in Europe's and the United States XXth century diplomatic history. The conflict has an impressive amount of dimensions, motives and outcomes, most of which are probably still unknown. This being said, one...
The status of Caspian 15 years after the fall of the USSR
Thesis - 27 pages - International relations
Until 1991, when the Soviet Union ended, the Caspian was controlled by two States, the USSR and, to a more limited extent, Iran. The dissolution of the USSR and the emergence of three new coastal states have changed this balance. The Caspian Sea is now acquiring an international...
China and the USSR in the 1950's: Has China been a satellite-State of the Soviet Union? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
Stalin used to say: “Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron”: this quote can perfectly apply to the relations that the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union have fostered during the first years of the creation of the People's Republic of China....
The effect of USSR on Cuba
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
The second half of the 20th century saw a great deal of USSR involvement in Cuba economically, politically, and militarily. The USSR contributed large amounts of money, weapons, subsidized goods, and other aid to the Cuban government lead by Fidel Castro. Cuba underwent a great many...
China and the USSR in the 1950's: Has China been a satellite-State of the Soviet Union?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Stalin used to say: “Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron”: this quote can perfectly apply to the relations that the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union have fostered during the first years of the creation of the People's Republic of China....
What are the options of the Russian foreign policy, a decade after the collapse of the USSR ?
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
Since the break-up of the Soviet Union ten years ago, Russia has been in a state of confusion about its relations with the outside world, unsure of what direction to face in foreign affairs. Following fifty years of making global headlines with every single foreign policy move, Russia has...
America's Post-Cold War Security
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Political science
The Cold War was a prolonged period of political rivalry between the US and USSR and their allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, beginning in 1947 and ending in 1991. The term "cold war" refers to the absence of direct, large-scale warfare between the two superpowers, as they...
The Cold War (1947-1991)
Course material - 3 pages - Modern history
The expression used for the first time in 1947 and popularized by the journalist Walter Lippmann is the name given to the international relationships between 1947 and 1991. It was a military and ideological conflict concerning every aspect (economy, ideology, propaganda, science, conquest of...
Ukraine joining the European Union: myth or reality?
Essay - 1 pages - International relations
Ukraine is an Eastern European country located between Poland and Russia. However, it is not a member of the European Union, which is a unique partnership between 27 European countries, known as Member States, or EU countries. This country has shown interest in joining the EU since 1993, two...
The United States and the World: The US and the Cold War (1945-1980)
Course material - 5 pages - Modern history
The goal of this document is to stress the main thrust of American strategy in the Cold War in order to understand the legacy of the Cold War on American foreign policy today. The main structures of US foreign policy and foreign policy establishment and instruments, still in place today, were...
Analytical Report on a Conflict and Conflict Management: The War of the Sands
Tutorials/exercises - 15 pages - International relations
In 1956, Morocco claimed sovereignty over parts of the Sahara which were under Moroccan influence, “the Greater Morocco”. Interested in Algerian Sahara because of recently discovered resources, France tried to trade these territories against a common organization responsible for...
How did Anthony Lake's ideas shape US strategy in the context of the immediate post-cold war period?
Presentation - 5 pages - Political science
This document is about Anthony's Lake contribution in US strategy post-cold war.
The United States and the end of the Cold War (1989-1990)
Course material - 4 pages - Modern history
President George H. Bush was elected in November 1988. He had to steer the end of the Cold War, 1989-1990. His team was different from Reagan's, although he had been his vice-president: there were no neo-conservatives; the new Administration was more adept of Kissinger's prudent line....
The development and failure of the European system (1815-1945)
Course material - 7 pages - Modern history
There was a European system before the current European Union. Its roots went back to the 17th century and the Westphalian peace of 1648. It reached its maturity during the 19th century, after the Vienna Congress, and under the impression of 25 years of revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It was...
The Social Contract (pros/cons)
Essay - 2 pages - Law's history and philosophy
According to Rousseau, justice cannot be defined as "the right of the strongest". If justice were so, the most powerful individuals would always be the right ones. Hence, he develops the idea that freedom is our self regulation. This is the reason why the well-known philosopher developed a new...
World War II: A War of Annihilation
Course material - 3 pages - Modern history
This document examines the extent to which World War II was a war of annihilation subject to totalitarian regimes' violence, organized around key periods until the Allied victory in 1945.
Critique of Francis Fukuyama's Liberal Democracy Theory
Text commentary - 2 pages - Modern history
Analysis of Francis Fukuyama's vision of liberal democracy as the end of history, critiquing its limitations and nuances in the context of global political and economic upheavals from the 1970s to the early 1990s.
Post-Cold War Conflicts and Global Realignments
Course material - 138 pages - Modern history
The end of the Cold War marked a significant shift in global politics, with the Gulf War being the first major conflict of the new era, characterized by international cooperation and the emergence of new global balances.
uban Missile Crisis: JFK's 1962 Speech and the Escalating Cold War Tensions
Text commentary - 3 pages - Modern history
"Discover the pivotal moment that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. John F. Kennedy's 1962 speech reveals the escalating tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, as Cuba becomes a strategic battleground. Learn how JFK's powerful address reaffirmed Western...
How useful is Friedrich and Brzezinski's 'totalitarian model' for understanding the Soviet system both during and after the Stalin period?
Book review - 6 pages - Modern history
In 1918, Lenin affirmed that the « Soviet power is a new type of state, in which there is no bureaucracy, no police, no standing army, and in which bourgeois democracy is replaced by a new democracy - a democracy which brings to the forefront the vanguard of the toiling masses, turning them into...
Finland during the Second World War
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
On December 6, 1917, Finland benefited from the disorder caused by the Bolshevik Revolution to declare its independence. Finland attached great importance to this independence and attempted to defend it from the vagaries of the Second World War. At the beginning of the war, Finland was a...
The Consequences of World War Two
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
A shift in the world axis of power is seen as the major result of the war. Power shifted from Europe because most of the countries had been crippled by the war and their economies were left yearning for intervention. The war had taken place against a backdrop of world depression which made it...
Was the Khrushchev period (1953-64) a period of thaw in the Cold War?
Thesis - 6 pages - Modern history
Since the start of the Cold War in 1945, it seemed as if both the USSR and the USA, the two most powerful and influential superpowers, were set to be opponents in the game for world domination. Indeed, as no actual fighting and direct collision between the two nations took place, it was...
What were the reasons behind the introduction of the policy of détente and why was it not sustainable?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
The 1970s and 1980s were characterized by a particular period in the international relations which is called 'détente'. Détente is a French term that defines a situation of 'relaxation to relieve tension', which applies to the historical time when the United States and the Soviet...
Case study: Rus Build joint venture
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The Rus Build case talks about a joint venture created in 1989 between an American and Russian company. The US Company is Fredericks Construction, Inc led by john Fredericks and Gribov Engineering Institute is the URSS Company. Before getting into details let's remind briefly what a joint...
Cuba crisis (october 1962)
Essay - 10 pages - Modern history
In autumn 1962, the United States of America and USSR were on the verge of starting a war owing to arrival of Fidel Castro as the ?head of power' in Cuba. In April 1961, the American Army tried to invade Cuba in order to overthrow Castro from his position but the efforts went in vain...
Explain and Illustrate the concept of "limited war" in the context of the cold war - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
After 1945, the parallel rises of US and USSR, emerged two superpowers in competition at all levels, fighting for hegemony on the post war world. Characterized by the possession of the nuclear weapon, obtained and used in 1945 by the United States and developed in USSR in 1949, this...
History 9067/3: international history, 1945 - 1991 - published: 09/07/2013
Case study - 4 pages - Modern history
On 24 June 1948, Stalin of the Soviet Union, or USSR, blocked all ground and water access from West Germany to West Berlin. In response, the US brought supplies into West Berlin from the air. This, known as the Berlin airlift, lasted for almost a year. Then, on 12 May 1949, the blockade,...
International relations from 1944 to 1946
Thesis - 3 pages - Modern history
In 1944, the world entered its sixth year of conflict. Thus, the desire for peace and reconstruction could be felt increasingly in international relations. And so, the leaders of major powers in this period of history, such as the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...
