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Effects Of Economic Sanctions Within The Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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 The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a critical geopolitical issue with far-reaching implications. Understanding the impact of economic sanctions against Russia in this context provides insights into how nations use economic coercion to influence international events. Because economic sanctions have significant ramifications, studying their effects is crucial for businesses, policymakers, economists, and the public at large. In this book, the editor selected six studies written by researchers from diverse perspectives who all specialized in economic coercion and/or Russia. They offer a unique overview of very specific themes that have not been examined before. How can a boycott of Russian oil strengthen/weaken Russia’s tendency to autocracy? What are the sociological repercussions for Russian science? Were Russia’s import-substitution strategy and industrial production affected by Western sanctions? Which factors influenced firms’ decisions to suspend or withdraw business operations in Russia? How were high-tech exports of Russian small- and medium-sized enterprises influenced by sanctions? This book will not leave these questions unanswered and will even go beyond by offering a final chapter that provides a complete and comprehensive assessment of the economic sanctions'' impact on the Russian economy, covering sanctions implemented between 2014 and 2023.
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Russia-Ukraine War: Policies, Implications, And Sanctions

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 In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, democratic nations came together to isolate his regime with coordinated condemnation and a punishing set of sanctions. They have reduced revenues from trade and petroleum products, pushed more than a thousand companies to pull out of Russia, and isolated the country’s financial industry. Yet, the Russian economy only shrank by 2 percent in 2022. Russia has dramatically increased trade with other autocratic nations including China and Iran, not to mention India. The Russian economy is surviving better than any thought it would, and part of that has been the laundering of dirty money in Switzerland.
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U.S And European Countries: Overview, Policy And Implications

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 This book looks at the background of various European countries and their relationship with the United States.
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Georgian Science And Technology Developments

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 Gathers and presents significant research from Georgian authors in all areas of science, technology, and medicine. This title discusses topics such as: economic developments in Georgia; technology of thin films; characteristics of crystal structures; analytic functions; cell decomposition theorems; and, the creation of stabile lasers.
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Rethinking The European Union: A Critical Vision

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 This book is the initiative of young researchers looking for the right forum where to disseminate their investigations concerning the European Union. The combination of independent researchers are understood as a part of a whole, a part of a project in constant development. The EU is constantly pushed forward in the integration process by internal and external forces, in a development full of obstacles that need to be overcome. These researches provide an insight academic view on the main fields of integration in the European Union, from a perspective of deeper integration. They combine the analysis with critics and future proposals for a better understanding a very important social movement, foreseeing the logical obstacles the process will encounter and present a set of proposals for the right implementation of measures solving the necessities of the Europeans.
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Europe: Environmental, Political And Social Issues

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 Europe: Environmental, Political and Social Issues begins with a comprehensive study of European-level policies and legislation at the national level that transpose or complement European Union legislation in order to gain a broader perspective on the multiple regulations of European countries concerning the renewable energy community. Next, the authors review the chromosomal and molecular diversity of the viviparous lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823), the world’s widest-ranging terrestrial reptile, occurring from the Cantabrian mountains and Ireland in the west through the entire Eurasian landmass to Sakhalin and Hokkaido Islands in the east. This compilation also assesses the importance of party political preferences on policies regarding irregular migrants’ access to housing in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, looking beyond political discourse and focusing on policy implementation through governmental decisions. The authors explore post-communist Central Europe, with attention also to Germany and Austria, which play a significant part in the environment of the region. Some processes of economic, political and social reconstruction and development are outlined. In closing, literary representations of Central Europe and its image in the works of Milan Kundera, Ingeborg Bachmann and others are addressed. At the same time, emphasis is placed on problems of territoriality, "the feeling of border," the specific nature of Central European multicultural society and the processes of cultural interaction.
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Ukraine: A Political Landscape

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 The monograph is devoted to the modern development of the Ukrainian state, which appeared on the political map after 1991. The movement to the independence of Ukraine began even before the collapse of the USSR. In the late 1980s, the Ukrainian authorities, represented by the Communists of Ukraine, began to pursue a policy aimed at isolating the republic’s economic and political system from the central authorities. Such a policy in a short time transformed into a national movement, focused on the republic’s withdrawal from the united Union, and the establishment of Ukraine as an independent state. The process of formation of the political elite of Ukraine, its ideological views, which for decades have determined the internal and external policies of the Ukrainian state, are explored. The book examines the factor of regional development of Ukraine, the role of the historical factor in the formation and development of the modern Ukrainian state. The territory of Ukraine is a "mosaic" of individual regions, which for a long time were part of different states. This factor had a huge impact on the formation of modern Ukraine, laying the inter-regional contradictions. The significance of the economic problems that Ukraine faced is analyzed. A lot of attention is given to the internal political struggle that has developed since independence. The struggle of the political elites of Ukraine at times reached violent terms, which led to internal political crises. Throughout the entire period of independent development, Ukraine was torn by internal contradictions. Issues of language, identity and culture were constantly used by the Ukrainian elites in the struggle for power. The book shows the evolution of Ukraine’s foreign policy. The policy towards European integration and the expansion of relations with NATO was formed gradually, under the influence of internal and external factors. It is concluded that the foreign policy of the Ukrainian state was consistent and aimed at weakening relations with Russia. A similar policy was pursued by all Ukrainian presidents, each of whom contributed to the course of Ukraine towards rapprochement with the EU and the United States of America. In recent years, Ukraine has not been able to overcome internal contradictions. Interregional differences, the history of the formation of the Ukrainian state, continue to have a negative impact on the process of the formation of Ukraine as an independent state. The victory in the election of the new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, opened up a new stage in the development of Ukraine, which leaves a lot of room for academic discussions of the country''s future.
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Italy And The European Union: A Rollercoaster Journey

by Bruno Mascitelli

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 At the end of the Second World War in 1945, which brought on a new Italian State, Italy’s Foreign policy was first and foremost that of re-joining the new order of western alliances and playing a role in the re-building of a new Europe different from that which had brought war and conflict. The book "Italy and the European Union: A Rollercoaster Journey" seeks to bring to English language readers the manner in which Italy directed, approached and implemented its vision toward the new Europe. New visions and proposals emerged through champions such as Altiero Spinelli, Alcide De Gasperi, Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet. It was meant to be a new European journey, which would seek to put war and conflict behind it. Being an original member of the Coal and Steel Authority established in the early 1950s, Italy sought to become a player in the direction of European integration. However, it did so with significant distractions and hurdles-at times as a bystander and at other times as a prominent player. The presence of Franco-German leadership was in the first instance a vision but for Italy at times contentious. Equally, Italy was afflicted by its internal distractions and priorities, which were at times a threat to its stability and to its political institutions. At times Italy made significant contributions to the direction of the European journey much of which under the constant eye of ideological tensions in country. It was the country with the largest Communist Party in Western Europe within a bi-polar Cold War arrangement, which remained a constant source of suspicion and concern. From being a Europhile member state in the 1990s to one where Euroscepticism appears regularly, Italy remains ambivalent about its relationship with the European Union depending on the political party in government. This book seeks to provide the story on how and why these changing perceptions of the European Union occurred and what possible avenues awaits this country on its rollercoaster journey with the European Union.
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European Union: Policies, Perspectives And Politics

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 The present volume brings together a collection of fifteen contributions both by well-known scholars and young researchers from Norway, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, the United States, Germany, Ireland, and Romania, focused on various political, legal, social, and economic aspects of the contemporary European Union. The book is divided into two parts, the first one examining different EU actors, policies, and politics, from the rule of European capitalism to integration challenges, from the discourse on migration to the reform prospects of the common agricultural policy, from threats to competitiveness to the EU’s educational policies, from the potential election of the Commission president to the role of parties in the current European political landscape, and from rural and urban well-being across the Union to more technical EU law aspects. The second part looks into the role of the European Union as a regional and global actor from a few broader perspectives, dealing with several difficult trials it now faces, from the Eurasian challenge embodied by Russia and China to its current problematic relationship with both its eastern neighbour (the Russian Federation) and its long-time transatlantic partner (the United States), and from its role as mediator in the Serbian-Kosovar reconciliation to its stance regarding the Republic of Moldova’s European aspirations and their impact on the identity discourse in the small autonomous region of Gguzia. The contributions are based on multidisciplinary perspectives from the fields of law, political science, economics, social policy, and international relations, forming a cohesive and coherent collection that provides the reader with many relevant perspectives on some of the European Union’s most challenging contemporary policies, as well as on its role as a key regional and global player in a world beset by levels of instability, uncertainty, and threat seldom seen before in recent history. The EU’s domestic problems, ranging from the rise of populism to growing Euroscepticism in almost all member states, and from increasing public disillusionment with politicians and political processes to the never-ending chaos of Brexit, coupled with its continued inability to speak with a strong, unified voice in matters of foreign policy and international crises means that this political structure formed in the early 1950s to guarantee peace in Western Europe, which later evolved into the intricate confederative framework we know today, is facing deep, uncharted waters that may well prove difficult to navigate. The present volume aims to provide a few answers to the most pressing questions confronting today’s European Union.
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Ukraine: Background, Policy And Issues

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 This book is a comprehensive compilation of reports, correspondence and other publications on Ukraine. Some of the issues discussed include: U.S. Policy; the conflict with Russia; the presidential election; the whistleblower complaint; atomic energy.
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In Depth Look At Hungary

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 An In Depth Look at Hungary opens with a chapter suggesting that socio-economic inequalities are one of the most relevant barriers to healthcare access in Hungary. Some mechanisms for decision-making are studied using content-analysis according to the Hungarian health policy strategies and concepts. Next, this collection provides an overview of the Hungarian teacher education system, describing social and cultural features of the country as well the main parameters of the Hungarian education system. The authors investigate the development of irregular armed forces comprised of local citizens which were deployed in border protection. Border protection has received increased attention in modern times, particularly regarding the mountain ranges which serve as a natural defensive zone when entering the country. The concluding chapter demonstrates those instruments by which an excessively polarized society could be prevented in the near future.
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Kosovo: Past, Present And Future

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 Balkans region has always been reminded with negative images such as war, conflict, fragmentation, ethnic cleansing and instability with reference to the "Balkanization" concept. Such a heritage resurfaced particularly during the disintegration process of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in which Kosovo was one of the most critical parts as an autonomous province. With the abolition of autonomous status of Kosovo, Albanians in the province resisted against Serbian rule through respectively non-military, passive resistance and parallel strucrures, and military means, the Kosovo Liberation Army. Tension and pressure in Kosovo led to the emergence of physical conflict and violence, and eventually North Atlantic Treaty Organization intervention on 24 March 1999. After the end of more than a five century domination of Ottoman Empire in Kosovo, it respectively became a part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the First World War and Socialist Yugoslavia after the Second World War. With the dissolution process of Socialist Yugoslavia, Kosovar Albanians were in search of independence as the new ‘masters’ of Kosovo. On 17 February 2008, they managed to have their ‘new born’ indepenedent state. However, its present conditions and future should be analysed through a multidisciplinary perspective. As a matter of fact, this book intends to undertake such an academic effort by examining historical, legal, gender, security, political and foreign policy issues of Kosovo.
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United States Of Europe: The Global Player

by Georgios I. Zekos

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 Europe is currently caught in a malfunction triangle between national politics, European policies, and global markets. Moreover, the democratic politics of the EU have remained national. Moreover, a single currency has been established without establishing a set of institutions to facilitate any regions of Europe to operate efficiently. The European area has been going through a lengthened period of weak economic activity and very low inflation, and there is a need to strengthen its Economic and Monetary Union, based on political stability, so as to upsurge its resilience to economic shocks. To that extent, uncertainty and political fragmentation have been amplified significantly in the aftermath of financial crises, which have been economically destructive, making crisis resolution more problematic. The crisis across Europe has led to a failure in confidence in European institutions, leading to political fragmentation of positions among Member States, and stirring up nationalistic instincts. This has impeded decision-making, averting the formation of a common growth strategy. Nevertheless, it is essential to move towards the establishment of the United States of Europe in order to avoid the collapse and disintegration of the EU.
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Tedo Zhordania: A Researcher Of The History Of Georgia

by Ketevan Nadiradze

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 This work presents the first monographic study of Tedo Zhordania’s life (1853 - 1916) as a scholar tirelessly exploring the history of Georgia, whose heritage presents a genuinely significant case of 19th century Georgian historiography. Following the tendency practised in the 19th century, scholars exploring issues of Georgian studies did not observe thematic and chronological boundaries; therefore, the heritage of Zhordania is various and multicoloured. He was involved in studying manuscripts and sources as well as in exploring issues of social-political and Church history of the medieval period. This fact makes the description of the scholar’s heritage even more interesting as it gives the reader an opportunity to follow the development of research regarding the issues Zhordania was interested in from the 19th century up to 1900. The monograph explains why historical studies should know more about the scholarly heritage of Zhordania and the methodology of his research. In addition, it substantiates the significance of the conclusions made by him from the modern standpoint and determines the extent of the impact on the enhancement of Georgian historical thought. In order to achieve this, the full picture of Zhordania’s life as a statesman and public figure has been confirmed. His contribution, both to the development of Georgian historical thought and maintaining and enhancing Georgian mentality whilst suffering Russian assimilatory politics has been revealed. Zhordania’s works have also been studied in order to reconstruct the process of work attached to him. The best way to explore Zhordania’s work is via notes made by the scholar in his writing pads, block notes as well as his inscriptions in the margins of books read by him and articles written by him or about him in the periodicals of the 19th century [such as "Iveria", "Mtskemsi" ("The Shepherd"), "Tsnobis Purtseli" ("Information Leaflet"); "Kvali " ("The Trace")," " ("The Spiritual Herald of the Georgian Exarchate"), and "" ( "The Caucasus")]. All were explored and analysed. Due to the emerging and increasing interest in the development of general scholarly thought of the 19th century, this book is notable for readers interested in Georgian history. They can follow the development of Georgian historical science in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century when the Georgian in-group was being consolidated under the Russian colonial regime. As is known, actualisation of the historical past acquired a special significance in that period. Thus, presenting the facts of social and scholarly work by Zhordania seems crucial for reconstruction of the full picture of this process. Due to the above-mentioned factors, the portrayal of a Georgian historian is equally interesting from the point of view of the history of the Georgian identity. The scholarly heritage of Tedo Zhordania is explored in this monograph based on the comparative method. The previous research concerning the issues he worked on, his personal contribution and the development by subsequent Georgian researchers is taken into account.
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Albania: Social, Economic, And Environmental Issues

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 Social Economic and Environmental Issues.
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Modern History Of Sociology In Italy And The Various Patterns Of Its Epistemological Development

by Guglielmo Rinzivillo

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 This work aims to foster interest in the links between a particular theoretical and conceptual development of sociological science in Italy and the debate surrounding the history of scientific subjects, here called the "epistemological history" of various disciplines. The author sets out to trace the "points of view" emerging from Italian epistemological sociology between the early twentieth and twenty-first centuries and related to the debate on the historical and philosophical sciences. The intention resides in revealing the distinctive characteristics of the latter, their "internal" (logical and methodological) rather than "external" (historical and social) factors, while investigating the task of the new historians of science confronted with the changes caused by various "knowledge" and forms of technological "know-how". The text provides the contemporary scientific community with a new route to follow when seeking to rationally establish and write the "history of sociology". The addressees are, more than anything else, the new generation of scholars of the history of science.
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Adventures With The Connaught Rangers 1809-1814

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 William Grattan was a young Irish Lieutenant who served in the famous Connaught Rangers [the 88th regiment] in some of the hottest engagements of the Peninsular War. Adventures with the Connaught Rangers 1809-1814 is a memoir of his service with the 1st Battalion of the 88th regiment. Vividly written and accompanied by maps, this is one of the most famous fighting memoirs of the Peninsula War.
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Serbia: Current Political, Economic And Social Issues And Challenges

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 This book presents a comprehensive overview of the current, most critical political, economic and social issues, and challenges facing Serbia on its road towards integration in the European Union. The chapters in the book are written by highly renowned authorities in their respective research fields including prominent scholars, academics, and researchers. Thorough analysis of the challenges and issues currently facing the Serbian society and state encompasses the following: Finance and banking sector, including the cooperation with international and European financial organizations, and its internal competitive environment; Economic sector, including the effects of globalization on the entrepreneurship in Serbia and the intellectual potential of the Serbian economy; IT sector, which includes semantic technologies, the data-driven economy, and open-data ecosystems in Serbia and in related European areas; Foreign policy issues of Serbia related to the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia; Serbia and the European migrant crisis; Corruption phenomenon in all sectors and on all levels of Serbian society, including the varieties of its mechanisms, as well as methods and instruments for combating it; Media sector, including its status, challenges, and prospects in the context of Serbia’s Euro-integration; Social gender issues including women’s domestic violence in Serbia and methods for its reduction; Status of rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases in Serbia; The book provides a representative account of the most important, current challenges and issues in Serbia. It can serve as an authoritative source of information on the covered topics for the general public, as well as for specialists in different fields, interested in having a deeper insight into these topics.
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Serbia: Current Issues And Challenges In The Areas Of Natural Resources, Agriculture And Environment

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 This book presents a comprehensive overview of the current, most critical challenges and issues facing Serbia, on its road towards integration in the European Union. The chapters in the book are written by highly renowned authorities in their respective research fields including prominent scholars, academics, and researchers. Thorough analysis of the challenges and issues currently facing the Serbian society and state encompass the fields of: Mineral resources of Serbia including societal, economic, and environmental aspects; Biofuels status and prospects in Serbia; Sustainable agriculture and rural development of Serbia; Development of innovative agriculture production technologies for linseed, glycine, grain, and spring field crops, among others; Environmental concerns in Serbia including pollution sources, types of pollutants, as well as the current status, trends, prospects, and methods of pollution control; Environmental pollution with persistent organic pollutants; Contamination of urban soils in Serbia and their pollution status; Environmental pollution by heavy metals and radionuclides in certain localities in Serbia. The book provides a representative account of the most important, current challenges and issues of Serbia in the considered areas. It can serve as an authoritative source of information on the covered topics for the general public, as well as for specialists in different fields, interested in having a deeper insight into these topics.
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United States Of Europe In Place Of The European Union - Economics, Law And Politics

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 The signing of the Maastricht treaty created economic structure and institutions, and set in motion the process of adopting a common currency. The euro is, among many things, an economic project that sought to advance standards of living by escalating the competence of resource allocations, taking up the principles of comparative advantage, boosting competition, taking advantage of economies that were to scale and strengthening economic stability. The euro-zone is made up of 19 countries sharing a common currency - the euro - symbolizing the most modern stage of more than 50 years of European integration. Structurally, Europe is caught in a malfunction triangle between national politics, European policies and global markets. Moreover, the democratic politics of the EU have remained national, and a single currency is established without establishing a set of institutions facilitating a region of Europe's diversity to operate efficiently. The euro-zone has been going through a lengthened period of weak economic activity and very low inflation. There is a need to strengthen Economic and Monetary Union based on political stability, so as to upsurge its resilience to economic shocks. To this extent, uncertainty and political fragmentation amplify significantly in the aftermath of financial crises that are particularly economically destructive, which makes crisis resolution more problematic. The crisis across Europe has led to a failure in confidence in European institutions, leading to a political fragmentation of positions among member states, stirring up nationalistic instincts that impede decision-making and avert the formation of a common growth strategy. Nevertheless, it is essential to move towards the establishment of the United States of Europe in order to avoid the collapse and disintegration of the EU.
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Internationalisation Of Human Resource Management - Focus On Central And Eastern Europe

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 The aim of this monograph is to provide a comprehensive overview on the International HRM in Central and Eastern Europe supported by qualitative research results. It is the first available publication on contemporary tendencies in IHRM in Central and Eastern Europe, published and based on the CRANET (the Cranfield Network on International HRM) cooperation. Therefore, there are contributions of experienced and relevant authors active in research and publishing in Central and Eastern Europe.This book consists of three sections. The first focuses on the major impact of internationalisation of HRM in Central and Eastern Europe, identifying impacts of foreign investments, explaining emerging HRM models in the international business environment, introducing evolution of international HRM, including relevant factors of labor market changes and cultural diversity influences. The second section introduces a reflection of business aspects and internationalization in partial HRM functions. The third section contains qualitative research results performed in international companies and delivers an empirical background in the form of case studies. This predetermines the monograph's valuable material for researchers in the field of HRM-related disciplines, as well as for teachers and students of graduate programs in business, economics and management.
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Conduct Of The War By Sea

by Nathan Stawell

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 This book is the speech delivered in its original form by Winston Churchill on the 15th of February 1915. Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his numerous published works, including his six volume book on WWII.
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Selected Speeches On British Foreign Policy 1738-1914

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 The governing principle of this volume, originally published in 1914, was not rhetorical quality, but historical interest. Speeches were selected from the earliest days of reporting downwards, dealing with such phases of foreign policy as were of exceptional interest at the time. They were chosen so as to cover a variety of international crises affecting various states.
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European Union And Its Debt Crises - The Deception Of The Greeks

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 The latest global financial crisis has troubled the United States and caused very bad debt crises in many Eurozone member nations due to their integration, common currency, and public policies, but with different economic structures among themselves. The European Union and its Debt Crises: The Deception of the Greeks provides readers with in-depth historical, structural, political, and practical knowledge of the European Union, the Eurozone, and how to confront the latest financial, economic, and social problems. The literature has been enormous on this unique debt crisis for the last eight years, but this book goes beyond the theoretical arguments of different outsider technocrats and gives details concerning the role of the EU institutions, the role of the EU member governments (especially of Greece, which has been deceived so much and for so many years by three different political parties in its government), the role of the Troika (Eurogroup, ECB, IMF, and later the Quartet), and the effects of the crises on the poor European citizens. These crises have unfortunately continued and reanimated recently in Italy. This book also discusses the ineffectiveness of the common public policies, the loss of sovereignty, and the challenges for the future of these "structures", the EU and EMU. It also outlines some policy suggestions and recommendations for the European - primarily Greek - citizens in this globalized world, which is becoming more strenuous each day.
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