Angola is a country on the southwest coast of Africa. Its official name is the Republic of Angola. The Congo River and Congo (Kinshasa) separate it from the rest of the country. Most of Angola's people live in rural areas and work on farms. Angola produces a variety of crops, including b...

GLOBALIZATION Has Globalization gone too far? Many believe that the new global economy generates a race to the bottom in labor, economic, and social standards. Globalization is the process by which events in distant places affect people's lives and their opportunities. Trade and finance...

Expanding the Security Council Expanding the Security Council is an issue that I was thinking about for long time. Many countries believe that they should become members of the Big Five club; they demand the expanding of the council. Countries like Japan, Germany, Italy and even some under develo...

The Cold War was a war between the USA and USSR. It was not a war like world war one or two but a war of ideological differences. The cold war was the result of mutual suspicions stemming from long term rivalries and ambitions amongst the two super powers. It lasted from 1947 to 1992 and between tha...

The Anglo-Russian "cold war" of the 19th Century and the US-Soviet "cold war" of the 20th Century were both conflicts over differences concerning the spread of communism. England's objective in the Anglo-Russian conflict was containment, the idea that England wanted ...

The Cold War was caused by many factors which each contributed to the uncertainty and instability of the situation between the America and the Soviet Union. While there were many important factors, only a few stand out as prominent causes of the conflict. First, the decision by America...