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Egyptian Pharaoh Standing Army
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South East Asia Second World War
1,651 words... year later. The ANZUS treaty signed by Australia, New Zealand, and the United States in 1951 represented the security blanket Australia had been desperate for since the end of the Second World War. The ANZUS treaty has since become the cornerstone of the Australian foreign policy. 15 Originally, the treaty was supposed to act as a protection from the powerful forces of Japan. But soon after ANZUS was signed the Japanese realized the strength of such an agreement and decided to sign a peace t...
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Peoples Republic Of China Republic Of Korea
1,515 wordsPacific Asia's Economic Development, All the Pacific Asian countries have a long history of economic involvement with the United States. Lately the region has been going through a few economic problems. The United States is clearly the only country that will assist the region in overcoming this crisis. Pacific Asia has proved itself to be a break through region in achieving great financial and industrial success in such a short period of time. What went wrong? How will this crisis be resolved? A...
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Asia Pacific Region World Trade Organisation
2,078 wordsTrade and investment Australia's export structures have changed considerably over the past 15 years. Although trade in commodities remains strong, new services and sophisticated manufacturing export markets have emerged. Merchandise exports were valued at $ 86 billion in 1998 - 99. During the same year, Australian exports of services totalled $ 26 billion. Exports recorded seven per cent average annual growth in the five years to 1998 - 99. They now account for 20 per cent of GDP, compared with ...
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Subsistence Level Farming Separate From Outer Asia Asian
888 wordsThe concept of Eurasia is easily identified: it is the combine bodies of both the European and Asian landmasses. However, a concept of Inner or Outer Eurasia is no so easily defined. Whether sub-regions are delineated by culture, geography, politics, or religion is yet to be decided. Denis Sinor and David Christian are two authors that attempted to clarify the discrepancy of an Inner Asian border. Borders can be formed a number of ways. Rivers, mountain chains, and other geographic infrastructur...
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Asia Pacific Region Foreign Direct Investment
1,175 wordsh 2 >Executive Summary Telstra is Australias largest and most efficient telecommunications company, which provides one of the best-known brands in the country. They offer a full range of services and compete in all areas of telecommunications both domestically and internationally. Telstra, originally Telecom Australia was established in 1901 by the Postmaster Generals Department to manage all domestic phone services. Telecom Australia continued to be operated by the Postmaster Generals De...
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South East Asia Post War Period
1,797 words... k, discovered that a tough peace treaty was not a possibility. The development of the Cold War conditions in Asia and the outbreak of the Korean war lead to the USA reassessing the role of Japan in the post-war world. Japan was to be built up as an effective counter-balance to the spread of communism in Asia. The Australian government thus had to adjust its policy realistically to these changed circumstances, obtain the guarantee of the USA for Australian security through the ANZUS pact and ...
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U S Foreign Policy Second World War
2,904 wordsU. S. Foreign Policy and Aid to Nepal in the Cold War Period: Implications for Future Direction U. S. Foreign Policy and Aid to Nepal in the Cold War Period: Implications for Future Direction Table of Contents Introduction The U. S. Interest in Nepal The Motivations for Aid The U. S. Aid and its Foreign Policy Objectives U. S. Aid and the Politico-Economic Objectives An Evaluation of The Aid Impact The Future Direction of the U. S. Aid Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Foreign aid is basicall...
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Women In Southeast Asia
2,400 wordsWomen in Southeast Asia An Indonesian activist writing in 1996 claimed the male-dominated regimes and masculine political cultures encouraged by these men created a politics that is competitive, heavily dependent on military force and infused with aggressive macho political habits. Feminine political culture, in contrast, reflects the legitimacy of the people. It is a political culture of calm, radiating, listening tolerance. He goes on to ponder why Cory, Suu Kyi and Megawati, managed to become...
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Hong Kong Financial Crisis
2,079 wordsHave you ever been in a situation where you were low cash and in debt? Well, I know I have. I remember one time when I had used up all of my money for the month, and owed, at the same time, my sister ten dollars. Boy, that was pure hell. You can? t buy anything, and you feel like you have no control over anything. Well, imagine an entire continent in a financial rut. That is what is currently going on in Asia. This dilemma is known as the Asian Financial Crisis. Now, what exactly is the Asian Fi...
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Mercedes Benz Daimler Benz
4,799 wordsTwo of the worlds most profitable car companies having a strong presence in Europe, North America and Asia, with the enormous potential for even more growth around the globe together will now rank third in the world in revenues and fifth in vehicle unit sales. Assets being blended include time-honored brands and speed to market, high-technology advances and product innovations in both the North American and European markets. Together, they form a global powerhouse. One of the chairmen for the ne...
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Spheres Of Influence Won The War
885 wordsAfrica and Asia Imperialism Imperialism is political, social or economical one country that rules an alien country. During the 1800 s, European Countries and the United States started imperialism in Asia and Africa. In 1841, Dr. Livingston started exploring the African Interior, which produced promising information of the land and rivers. Explorations of gold and diamonds in Africa by Rhodes spurred excitement in the Western Countries. Two European nations had already had colonies in East Asia i...
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Greatly Impacted Greatly Influenced
2,036 words10 / 25 / 00 Section 8 Western Imperialism V History 101 B 10 / 25 / 00 Section 8 Western Imperialism We live in a world in which the consequences of nineteenth and twentieth century Western imperialism are still being felt. By the early nineteen hundreds Western civilization reached the high point of it? s long standing global expansion. The expansion took many forms such as economic, political, and cultural imperialism. Europeans invested a lot of money abroad to build railroads, ports, mines,...
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