United States Armed Forces

— West Relations after 1945 Definition: ‘cold war´ describes the conflict between the USSR and the ‘Western Powers´ in the period following WWII / Period of tension characterized by conflict at diplomatic, economic and all levels short of actual armed conflict between the principals on either side. Origins: breakdown of wartime co-operation between the Allies (Obvious at Yalta and Potsdam conferences) possible to trace as far back as 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation

democratic foreign policy G. john Ikenberry and Charles A kupchan The upcoming president election represents a defining moment for the United States and its engagement in global affairs. The foreign policy of the Bush Administration represents a radical departure in principle as well as practice from the tradition of liberal realism that guided the United States throughout the second half of the 20 th century. The Democratic Party promises to reclaim liberal internationalism, restoring a centrist

the new king, William III, with his wife Mary. In 1707, England and Wales signed the Union Act with Scotland, thus creating Britain. A new flag. 300th anniversary this year. Creation of the Parliament of Britain. In 1801, Britain united with Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1901, Queen Victoria died. She left her mark on the UK, since she had reigned for most of the 19th century. The Victorian era. In 1952, Elizabeth, George VI’s daughter, became the new queen

Afghanistan in recent history between first, in October and November 2001, the United States, with the military contribution the Northern Alliance and other western nations (UK, France, Canada, etc..), the Taliban regime. This war is part of the "war against terrorism" declared by the Bush administration following the attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York and Washington. The purpose of the invasion by the United States and its allies was to capture Osama bin Laden, destroy the Al Qaeda had bases

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo CNDP UN: United Nations RC Huye: Radio Communautaire de Huye TIP: Trafficking In Person US: United States UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights NGO: Non Governmental Organization STD: Sexual Transmissible Disease HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus RDRC: Rwandan Demobilization and Reintegration Commission MIFOTRA: Ministry of Public Serve and Labor 1 INTRODUCTION From the birth

elle précise : « toute action […] qui a pour intention de causer la mort ou de graves blessures corporelles à des civils ou à des non-combattants, lorsque le but d'un tel acte est, de par sa nature ou son contexte, d'intimider une population, ou de forcer un gouvernement ou une organisation internationale à prendre une quelconque mesure ou à s'en abstenir »5. Pour Laurent Bonelli, il est préférable de parler de « violence politique » et non de « terrorisme » car cela « permet d’éviter les impasses

l'opération de paix dans la sousrégion ne daignant faire recenser les armes de leurs effectifs. Un certain nombre de ces armes restaient donc dans l'espace de la CEDEAO après le départ des forces de paix, créant une source de prolifération difficile à contrôler. Grâce aux nouvelles mesures, les armes des forces de paix pourraient être suivies depuis leur entrée dans la région jusqu'à leur retrait effectif à la fin des opérations. Ce chapitre met en évidence le rôle important joué par le Secrétariat

Indochina . The war broke out in November 1946, when French warships bombarded the port city of Haiphong, after the Vietminh, the French demand after deducting all of its troops had ignored the city, as a result the French were able to push back the forces of the Vietminh to the west of Hanoi. 1949 France took the Vietnamese Emperor Bao Dai, who had deposed the Vietminh in 1945, in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City again) as the leader of the "Republic of Vietnam". After the victory of Communists in the

Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh (INC) |  -  | Speaker of the House | Meira Kumar (INC) |  -  | Chief Justice | S. H. Kapadia | Legislature | Sansad |  -  | Upper House | Rajya Sabha |  -  | Lower House | Lok Sabha | Independence | from the United Kingdom  |  -  | Declared | 15 August 1947  |  -  | Republic | 26 January 1950  | Area |  -  | | 3,287,240 km2 ‡(7th) 1,269,210 sq mi  |  -  | Water (%) | 9.56 | Population |  -  | 2010 estimate | 1,189,070,000[10] (2nd) |  -  |

period of overseas British expansionism. Britain dominated overseas markets and managed to influence and almost dominate Chinese markets after the Opium Wars. The Empire's strength was guaranteed by dominance of a Europe lacking in strong nation states, and the presence of the Royal Navy on all of the world's oceans and seas. This led to the spread of the English language, the British Imperial system of measures, and rules for commodity markets based on English common law. The Pax Britannica