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United States Hegemony, 2005.
This paper discusses the basis of power belonging to the United States and explains the United States hegemony within the global system.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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In this paper, America holds hegemony through military, economic, cultural, and political positions. The threat to American power seems low due to the massive military aggression that America has taken against the Middle East in recent times. The writer discusses that the overwhelming sense of military might, along with political and economic justification on the part of the U.S. appears to be the ongoing trend on the international scene. The writer notes that this power lessens the strength of the E.U., Russia, and China as America culturally dominates the world through the power that it wields.
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"This study seeks to understand the basis of power that has become United States hegemony within the global system. The basis of economic, military, political and cultural power is accessed to comprehend U.S. domination within an international scope. In defining these pillars of strength, one can realize that the United States is not likely to face any serious challenges to its hegemony in the coming decade. The United States military presence is a major cornerstone of hegemony that is now being imposed throughout the world."
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The United States and World Hegemony, 2005.
This paper discusses the United States as the dominant power in the world.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper argues that the U.S. has forgotten that part of what allowed it to maintain a dominant international presence in the Post World War II era was a smart combination of soft and hard power. The author argues that the U.S. must return to this position. The paper stresses that military might should have limitations.
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"As we embark upon the Twenty-first century, it is apparent that one nation wields more or less uncontested military power over the globe. Within the international community of today, the United States has assumed the role of policeman; however, the corollary roles that are often assumed by great powers with military pre-eminence - that of wise counsel and international paymaster - have increasingly evaded the U.S. as she comes to rely excessively on her military might to achieve her aims. While it is true that hegemony is often associated with military power, it is also true that that military supremacy is only possible if it is conjoined with economic resources - and with economic and, especially, diplomatic efficacy."
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Dollar Hegemony and World Trade Adjustment, 2007.
An in-depth study of currency selection for trade invoicing.
5,170 words (approx. 20.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 129.95
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The paper addresses the issue of identifying the factors affecting the currency selection in invoicing the international trade. The paper empirically analyses the change in composition of the foreign exchange reserves across countries on the basis of the IMF COFER (currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves) data and their relation to invoicing currency in foreign trade. The paper also discusses the mechanisms how exchange rates pass through into prices of goods as they enter a country. Finally, the paper discusses the future role of the Euro currency in trade balance and in foreign assets reserves and the policy implications of this.
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"The choice of currency for trade invoicing came to depend on many factors especially after most of the world's currencies became freely floating. This leads to not only price uncertainty but also to uncertainties of demand. One of the main findings of the early literature is that traders seek to avoid currency risk by using their own currency. If prices are set before the exchange rate fluctuations are known, and orders are placed after the shock to the exchange rate, then the exporter faces 'demand uncertainty' if the exporter invoices the transaction in his own currency (PCP). If the exporter, on the other hand, prices the goods in local currency (LCP), as the exporter does not know which price he will receive (in his own currency), 'price uncertainty' arises."
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Dollar Hegemony and World Trade Adjustment, 2007.
An in-depth study of currency-selection for trade invoicing.
5,170 words (approx. 20.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 129.95
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The paper addresses the issue of identifying the factors affecting the currency-selection in invoicing the international trade. The paper empirically analyses the change in composition of the foreign exchange reserves across countries on the basis of COFER data and their relation to invoicing currency in foreign trade. The paper also discusses the mechanisms how exchange-rates pass through into prices of goods as they enter a country. Finally, the paper discusses the future role of the Euro currency in trade balance and in foreign assets reserves and the policy implications of this.
Outline:
Currency Selection in International Trade
Trade Invoicing and Exchange-Rate Pass Through
Policy Implications and Conclusions
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"The choice of currency for trade invoicing came to depend on many factors especially after most of the world's currencies became freely floating. This leads to not only price uncertainty but also to uncertainties of demand. One of the main findings of the early literature is that traders seek to avoid currency risk by using their own currency. If prices are set before the exchange rate fluctuations are known, and orders are placed after the shock to the exchange rate, then the exporter faces 'demand uncertainty' if the exporter invoices the transaction in his own currency (PCP). If the exporter, on the other hand, prices the goods in local currency (LCP), as the exporter does not know which price he will receive (in his own currency), 'price uncertainty' arises."
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United Nations and World Politics, 2002.
A look at how the United Nations impacts world politics.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper looks at the role the United Nations has played in world politics since its founding. The author examines why the UN has operated the way that it has. In addition, the paper presents a discussion of the principle arguments for and against a strengthened UN.
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?The United Nations (UN) was created in 1945 at the end of World War II when the global world realized that the internal and external struggles that the nations had needed a mediator through which the problems could be solved in a neutral manner without the threat of war. The destruction the world face in lieu of the World War II was something that none were willing to face again. They had seen first hand the devastation and the violation of human rights that were created when the nations warred. Thus, a peacekeeping body was formed for the international community in the form of the UN.?
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The World Bank and the United Nations Development Program, 2002.
Shows the major differences between the World Bank and the UNDP, with the former more concerned with economic issues than socio-cultural ones.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 62.95
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For fifty years international organizations have focused on accelerating development in the lesser-developed countries. Two of these organizations, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program recently released comprehensive overviews of their programs and prospects for development. These reports illustrate the UNDP's emphasis on socio-cultural factors and the World Bank's focus on economic issues. These are two distinctly different interpretations of development.
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Effects on The United States of World War II, 2002.
A look at the positive and negative impact.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 55.95
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Positive and negative impact. Effect on women and minority groups, broadening their aspirations. Greater population mobility. Decline in strength of family aas the key social unit of American society. Economic impact. Move from agricultural production to industrial base. Creation of a new imae for the U.S. of a global superpower.
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"Effects of World War II on the U.S.
As World War II broke out in Europe, the United States was, for the most part, determined upon maintaining its neutrality
and the isolationist policy that had become a national
characteristic in the wake of World War I and the Great
Depression (Johnson, 1997). Even while providing some financial
and material support to Great Britain via the Lend-Lease
Program, the U.S. in general and the Roosevelt Administration in
particular remained somewhat removed from "Europe's War" -
until, of course, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December
7, 1941. After the attack, the United States moved rapidly to
amass a large military machine and to provide that machine with
all of the resources that were needed to wage war on two
disparate fronts. AS Paul Johnson (2000, p. 779) has commented,
Pearl Harbor..."
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The United States and the United Kingdom, 2004.
This paper discusses the historical and current relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that the close ties between the United States and Great Britain are deeply rooted in common language as well as a long-running and deeply connected historical base of strongly tied economic as well as militaristic cooperation that has spanned since the era of World War II. The author points out that the United Kingdom is the United States' largest customer and the United States is the country that invests the largest amount, each year, in the United Kingdom. The paper relates that the commonly held values of democracy and the inherently held beliefs in the freedom of speech, human rights and a similar legal system are the ties that bind the two countries inevitably together.
Table of Contents
Statement of Thesis
Introduction
Background and History
Common Initiatives - Joint Investments
Conclusion
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"The United States was once under British rule and in fact the American Revolution was fought for the purpose of removing the U.S. Colonies from the rule of the British. The American Revolution was fought and independence was won establishing America as an independent and separate nation from Great Britain but only after a grueling war. Great Britain was determined to keep the Colonies under British rule and after an attack on Charleston and lives having been lost the colonists stated their intentions in a document entitled "Declaration of the Causes and Necessities to Take up Arms" and the action to break away from what most considered to be their mother country began. It has been stated in history that most of the colonists identified with the British and that many of the colonists considered themselves to be Britons."
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The United States Almost Un-United For Good, 2002.
This paper presents a look at the history of the Confederate Army and the Confederate States of America.
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The author takes us through the beginning and end of the attempt to create its own nation despite the fact that the original US still outdid the Confederate States in population, as well as finances and military power. There were six sources used to complete this paper.
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Health Care Systems Of United States And The United Kingdom, 2002.
Compares healthcare costs and outcomes.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, $ 47.95
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Compares healthcare costs and outcomes. Underlying structures and principles of healthcare in each country. Social policy. Health care delivery. Advantages & disadvantages of each. Focus on quantitative measures (costs, mortality rates, quality, access to care, public satisfaction). Managed care. Fee-for-service. Primary care. Chart of costs. Table of outcomes.
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"COMPARATIVE HEALTH CARE COSTS & OUTCOMES ? UNITED KINGDOM & UNITED STATES
The structures and the principles underlying the health care systems in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) are dramatically different. Depending upon one?s perspective on social policy generally and health care delivery more specifically advantages and disadvantages characterize each country?s health care system in relation to that of the other country.
This research compares the costs and outcomes of health care delivery in the UK and the US. The primary focus of this comparison is on quantitative measures. The quantitative measures presented in this research, however, reflect both objective data (e.g., actual costs, mortality rates, and so ..."
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The United States, the United Kingdom and Iraq, 2004.
A look at the strain put on the special relationship developed between the UK and the US because of the war on Iraq.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper looks at how, thus far, the UK and the US have worked together fairly smoothly on the war on terror, but that the war on Iraq has placed severe strain on the special relationship developed between these two countries.
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"This research paper discusses the current state of the special relationship' between the United Kingdom and the United States in the light of the war on terror and the current Iraq war. The special relationship' refers to the close military and diplomatic cooperation that has characterized Anglo-American relations since..."
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The Legalization of Gay Marriage in the United States The Legalization of Gay Marriage in the United States, 2006.
A discussion regarding the controversial issue of same sex marriage in the USA.
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This paper discusses the long debated issue of gay marriage in the United States. This paper reports how proponents of the issue contend that same sex marriage is not about gay rights but about human rights. It further discusses how these individuals believe that gays in modern society have long been subjected to inequalities and a lack of support from the social order. The opponents of the gay marriage issue refer to a stereotypical framework for gays in general that suggests that gays are evil and dangerous to children.
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Worlds Within Worlds, 2002.
Examines the hidden lives of women in works by feminist writers de Beauvoir, Wollstonecraft and Woolf.
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This paper will compare and contrast the one theme that binds all these three authors which is the dual role of women in society. The first role being that of the public woman (performing the duties that societies expect them to play) and the second is the private woman (the woman who realizes that what they desire does not always blend well with what society expects from them).
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From Old World China to the New World America, 2004.
This paper reviews three novels, based on the generational transition from China to America: Amy Tan?s ?Joy Luck Club? and ?The Bonesetter?s Daughter? and Maxine Kingston?s ?The Woman Warrior".
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This paper explains that Amy Tan and Maxine Kingston?s central themes reflect the inherent difficulties faced by the foreigners in a different land. The author points out that, in ?Joy Luck Club?, Amy Tan employs the stories of four Chinese women and their highly Americanized daughters, bred and born in America. The paper states that Maxine Kingston reveals a great deal about the Chinese convictions pertaining to their culture and traditions, which have many superstitious beliefs in her book, ?The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts?.
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"However, the basic problem that thoroughly reflects the uneven, unbalanced and highly disturbing transformation from the old world to the new world is that of the lack of comprehension and interest of the young girls that belonged to these four Chinese women. Born and brought up in America, Jing-Mei, Lena, Rose, and Waverly all exhibited little emotional attachment to the culture they never experienced living in a foreign land and consequently showed clandestine aversion towards their own native cultural values. The four Chinese women who were also good friends, wanted comforts, luxuries and all the positive American values for their Chinese American daughters but also desperately wanted to inculcate a strong sense of discipline arising out of the Chinese traditions and cultural values into their daughters."
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ASEAN in the Global Power Structure, 2005.
Examines the effectiveness of an Asian coalition and how much it serves the interest of the region compared to the self-interests of the United States.
13,700 words (approx. 54.8 pages), 24 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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The idea for a regional block in Asia, to a large extent, was conceptualized by the United States. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presented the ASEAN concept as an alliance of all the free nations of the Pacific and Asia and invited the Asian countries to come together in a co-operative effort to bring about economic development of the region, promising them the U.S.'s financial assistance and support. For all intents and purposes, this is what everyone believed ASEAN would accomplish at the time, including the ASEAN member nations themselves. However, the cooperative development of the nations was only the covering for the U.S.'s real agenda: to halt the progress of Communism and use the ASEAN nations and Japan as the roadblocks:
While the goal of the ASEAN member countries has been acquiring an "Asian identity" and achieving regional economic cooperation, the objective of the United States has been largely strategic in nature.
Such reality poses a number of implications for ASEAN. On one hand, it leaves ASEAN as a pawn for the United States and its allies, making the possibility of upholding real ASEAN interests difficult in the face of a hegemon's (the United States) interests. In addition, it also renders the concept of ASEAN regionalism in question because of the massive outside influence that it is vulnerable to under U.S. "guidance."
This leaves the question of whether ASEAN is truly a Southeast Asian regional block or not. Thus, as this essay argues, ASEAN although originally intended to be an organization that upholds Asian regionalism and reduce dependence on foreign powers and markets, was intentionally used by the United States and its allies to uphold their own political and economic interests - the industrialization of Japan within a neoliberal paradigm and the expansion of U.S. ideals to counter the communist treat, among others - in Asia and the rest of the world.
In order to prove this point, the paper first provides the theoretical foundations of its thesis using the theories of Structural Power and Hegemony. The next section then provides an analysis of the roles that the U.S. and its main ally, Japan, played in the development of ASEAN and the effect of their influence in ASEAN. China's role and effect in ASEAN are also discussed. The paper then provides a historical account of the development of ASEAN to show the facts that support the case. The next section then sketches the future of ASEAN. The essay ends with concluding remarks. It includes figures and graphs.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Theoretical Foundations of U.S. Influence in ASEAN
The Role of the US
The Role of Japan
The Role of China
Three Contesting Powers
ASEAN Evolution in the Face of a Global Power Structure
Cooperation in the State of Turmoil (1967-1984)
The Birth of ASEAN in 1967
Vietnam Policy and ASEAN
ASEAN and the Promotion of Asian Capitalism
The Cambodia Crisis
Cooperation in the Age of Growth (1985-1996)
The Plaza Accord
Flying Geese Model
Economic Cooperation
Cooperation in the Age of Crisis and Recovery (1997-2005)
The Asian Financial Crisis
The IMF in ASEAN
ASEAN+3
China: A Potential Regional Rival
Japan's Assistance Measures
Post 9-11 Security: ASEAN as a Pawn of U.S. Policy
The Future of ASEAN
The Evolution of Cooperation between ASEAN and Japan
ASEAN and the G3 Bloc
Human Rights Issues Facing ASEAN
Toward a Regional Community
Conclusion
Works Cited
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"ASEAN was founded in 1967 to deepen economic interaction and cooperation within the region. When it was first formed, the ASEAN member nations intended it to draw them together into a unified regionalist entity that would reduce dependence on foreign powers, particularly economically. The member nations were third world countries that had up to that time relied heavily on foreign markets, and one of the goals of regionalism was to combine the resources of the countries and convert them from five individual weak entities into one strong entity capable of standing on its own."
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