tension in international affairs
11Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
12ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
13Iloilo International Airport — Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Iloilo Pangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Iloilo Exterior of Iloilo International Airport IATA: ILO – ICAO …
14American Israel Public Affairs Committee — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is an American lobbying group that advocates for pro Israel policies to the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States. It has been consistently ranked among the most powerful and most… …
15AFRICAN AFFAIRS — ▪ 1994 Introduction The subcontinent s 48 states experienced a year of promise and disappointment. A new state, Eritrea, was born in May; three serious violent conflicts were halted with cease fire agreements (Rwanda, Liberia, and… …
16United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs — The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) [http://disarmament.un.org] promotes the goal of nuclear disarmament and non proliferation and the strengthening of the disarmament regimes in respect to other weapons of mass destruction, chemical… …
17History of public international law — The history of international law examines the evolution of state practice and the doctrinal developments in international law. In that respect, it is different from international private law and comparative history of constitutional law. Although …
18World Vision International — For the television production company of the same name, see Worldvision Enterprises. World Vision International Founder(s) Walter Stanley Mooneyham, World Vision United States Type Non governmental organization Founded 197 …
19Foundation for Tolerance International — The Foundation for Tolerance International is a Kyrgyz non governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1998 to prevent conflict and build peace and justice in Central Asia. It has operated for nine years in a fluid and changing context, but it has …
20HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
