Law of war crimes: command responsibility and the Yamashita precedent
Essay - 5 pages - Criminal law
In an interesting article from the Legal Times untitled ‘From the top on down'1, two American military judges, namely J.D. Hutson and J. Cullen, lay emphasis on the need to hold Secretary of Defence D. Rumsfeld accountable for abuses on his watch mostly directed at Afghans and Iraqis....
Failures and benefits of free trade and the role of World Trade Organization (WTO)
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
The free flow of international trade gained significance after the Second World War when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was tabled. The GATT was followed by the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. The WTO was formed to establish...
An analysis of Arson plus as a Noir genre
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Salman Rushdie once asserted that in the literary world, “Nothing comes out of nothing.”The implication is that every piece of artistic work garners inspiration and may be similar to other literary works thus creating allusions. Consequently, it is the reason that classical noir...
Between 1856 and 1914, how did the authority of the central power try to build and impose itself on the multiethnic Russian imperial domain despite the rise of national affirmations?
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
On the eve of World War I in 1914, Russia is one of the most backward powers and the entire political system collapses in 1917 with the Russian Revolution. However, these two elements are opposed to the will of the tsar Alexander II in 1856, who, after the defeat of the Crimean...
Reflection on the celebration of the Liberation of Auschwitz
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,' said the philosopher George Santayana, underlining the importance of the duty to remember to fight against the forgetting and perpetuation of past atrocities. Therefore, we shall not forget the Shoah, that is to say, the...
Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four: When the future meets the past
Thesis - 4 pages - Literature
Freewill has always been an attribute of humanity that is to be protected at all costs, as freewill plays an important role in defining who we are. Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four go to great lengths to show the effects of loss of individuality when governments take control of...
Is free trade preferable to protectionism?
Essay - 2 pages - International economy
In 2018, the United States increased its tariffs by almost $300 billion on imports, thus causing trade wars with China and Europe. This tariff barrier put in place by the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, is an offensive protectionist measure, that is to say a customs...
Critically discuss the contributions of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement to international legal scholarship
Thesis - 6 pages - International law
After the World War II and its atrocities, a new international institution, the United Nations (UN) was created in 1945 to focus on the new challenges faced by the international community. One of the major challenges was the wave of decolonization which started between the two...
How was the perception of Arab Spring and pan-Arabism by local and western approaches?
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
If the Arab Spring has been largely diffused as an unprecedented wave of revolutionary moves into the Arabic world, its connections to a wider global history have often been limited to the tricky issue of pan-Arabism and its underlying questions about nationalism. It all started on...
The New Order in Global Economy and Finance: from the Bretton Wood system to the successive waves of globalization
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - International economy
Following the Second World War, all countries pegged their currencies to the dollar, the United States pegged to gold. The dollar was the only currency that could be exchanged for gold. The United States was at the center of the system as the dollar was the international...
Thomas Olesen's "Globalizing the Zapatistas: From 3rd world solidarity to global solidarity" from the third world quarterly, volume 25, no. 1 (255-267)
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Thomas Olesen's work is a highly thought-provoking piece centered on the issue of how the Zapatistas' uprising and subsequent struggle has generated a new era of transnational solidarity efforts. Olesen goes to great pains to stress how this new ear is markedly different from solidarity...
The Dayton Peace agreement
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
The Dayton Peace agreement, initiated in Dayton, Ohio in November 1995 and signed in Paris a month later, put an end to the worst conflict Europe had known since the Second World War. After three years of diplomatic shortcomings and blocked negotiations, US envoy Richard...
Financial Market and Sustainable / Green Finance
Dissertation - 18 pages - Finance
In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report focusing on the mitigation of climate change. The experts underline the emergency of a new way of life in order to limit global warming to 1,5°C. To respect the agreement taken during the COP 21, the IPCC proposes...
Miscommunication during and after attack of Pearl Harbor
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The foundation of the attack of the Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941. The information in this paper discusses the lack of communication during and after the attack of Pearl Harbor. Details such as communications from Washington D.C. to Pearl Harbor conflicts in communication, and the...
The Indian political situation - Clement Attlee (1942) - To what extent does India's independence impose itself on the British political powers?
Text commentary - 2 pages - International relations
Clement Richard Attlee, a member of the Labour Party, was a British statesman who served as British Prime Minister at the end of the Second World War and subsequently from 1945 to 1951. Attlee held a number of posts, including First Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
Economic and commercial consideration in the American foreign policy
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The American imperialism began about 100 years ago, in 1890, with the end of the Frontier, an imaginary line that separated civilization from wilderness and that was constantly moving towards west. When the whole territory was conquered, it was like a shock in American mentality and it actually...
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...
The impact of Al Qaeda's attacks on the financial sector
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
“Five-and-a-half years ago, 19 terrorists hijacked four airplanes and changed the course of history. Just as we underestimated Al Qaeda then, we risk repeating the same mistake now.” (Hoffman 2007, 44). First, the question itself merits a two or so sentences - it is interesting by...
Conflict between Israel and Palestine
Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The conflicts between Jews and Arabs are wells published. These conflicts have historical roots and seem to never end. Though there have been efforts to mediate between the two parties, these efforts have often produced limited results and after a short duration of peace, the conflict reemerges....
The Cuban case
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
In this document, we find answers to the questions: To what extent did the particular situation of Cuba in the post Second World War era influence the international relations theory? According to the current international relations theory, what are the perspectives for Cuba...
The 'levels of analysis' device is often employed in order to better understand and explain outcomes in international politics. Evaluate the different levels of analysis used by Classical and Neo-Realist
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
'Man is by nature a political animal'. For every realist, Aristotle could be a respectable ancestry more than Machiavelli, who was closer to the classical realist theory. The Realist family is not the oldest, but maybe the simplest one, and the first one to formulate a real answer, and a...
An analysis of the Cartier group (2006)
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Cartier operates in an oligopolistic market. Thus, there are several suppliers available for the buyers. Moreover, this market targets clients by offering very specific products within a certain image that most of the other CSP cannot afford. Alain Dominique Perrin turned Cartier into a luxury...
Analyzing financial STATEMENTS: Christian Dior (2007)
Case study - 30 pages - Business strategy
In a short span of time, the Christian Dior group achieved its main objective: to make LVMH the world leader of the luxury industry. This accomplishment was achieved despite the risks of the prevailing economic situation. Thanks to a rigorous financial management and the purchases made by...
What were the main factors of the collapse of " Social Democracy " in Britain?
Essay - 11 pages - Modern history
After the Second World War, the British political and economic landscape underwent a radical transformation in its own foundations. Indeed, the previous economic orthodoxy that had characterized the governing of Britain was substituted by a Keynesian form of welfare state. It...
Global Governance
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The aftermath of the Second World War gave birth to the Bretton Woods Institutions. They determined the broad outlines of the international financial system and two organizations intended to work for the economic reconstruction of countries affected by war: IBRD and...
Pestel Analysis - Airbus
Case study - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
The Airbus company operates in the aeronautics sector, which includes a civilian component and a military component. Airbus was created in 1969, following an agreement between several European powers, notably France, Germany and England. The head office is located in France, near Toulouse. The...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Research and documentation center Sarajevo
Thesis - 9 pages - International relations
The second half of the twentieth century saw a growing trend toward democratization, or countries moving from repressive regimes to democratic governments. In Europe, this came largely at the end of the Second World War, with the fall of Nazi Germany, and more...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) theories: An overview of the main FDI theories
Essay - 6 pages - Finance
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) acquired an important role in the international economy after the Second World War. The increase of the volume of foreign direct investment was so sharp that economists considered FDI as a new stage of Capitalism after the classic Marxist...
The Volkswagen Group : A study
Case study - 31 pages - Business strategy
As the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe and 5th in the whole world, the Volkswagen Group focuses on the automotive market and offers products and services along with an entire automotive value chain. With nine independent brands, the Group provides a unique range of models from...
The Foreign Policy Transition: Isolationist to Internationalist
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Many people describe the period between World War I and World War II as a time of United States isolationism, but that is a common misconception. While it is true that during the interwar period America was very politically isolationist, the country was very...
