Essays on Bosnia

Introduction

Tobacco smoking is considered to be a major health issues around the globe and is also claimed to be the most preventable cause of death in current time (Borgan, et al. 2014). Tobacco smoking is associated with 6 million deaths per year around the globe and is considered as one of the biggest public health issues by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Behbehani, et al. 2014). Based on current evidence and a report published by the WHO, 5 out of 6 million deaths are associated with direct tobacco smoking while nearly 600,000 deaths are due to non-smokers exposed ...

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The demise of the Soviet Union has been a major cause of controversies on the relevancy of NATO in the contemporary world. Many of these controversies are informed by a superficial understanding of its roles in light of the emergence of the US as a world superpower. Admittedly, the role of NATO has been pivotal in restoring order and tranquility in Europe and Western bloc. NATO’s military interventions in places such as Afghanistan and Syria have been crucial in restoring order in the world. With its revised rules that include global war on terrorism, and drug trafficking, it ...

Abstract

The demise of the Soviet Union has been a major cause of controversies on the relevancy of NATO in the contemporary world. Many of these controversies are informed by a superficial understanding of its roles in light of the emergence of the US as a world superpower. Admittedly, the role of NATO has been pivotal in restoring order and tranquility in Europe and Western bloc. NATO’s military interventions in places such as Afghanistan and Syria have been crucial in restoring order in the world. With its revised rules that include global war on terrorism, and drug trafficking, it ...

Throughout the world history, there were many examples of genocides. Most of them took place in the XX century and they were the most violent ever in history. According to the estimates, only during Holocaust (Germany) and Holodomor (USSR) over 10 million people dies due to the unlawful and inhuman actions of the governments. For sure, the reasons for those genocides were different as “the leaders goals vary, depending on the time, place, and circumstances” (PBS). For instance, Adolf Hitler wanted to create a vast political empire, Joseph Stalin wanted to secure himself from any kind of rebellion, Slobodan ...

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The human family in all its forms and all its habitat has undergone struggles to restore the world in order and create a peaceful society. As long as we can remember, the struggle to attain security and peace has been reflected in the various lifestyles of the entire humanity. The nation-state remains the largest single component that comprises of human grouping willing to achieve a peaceful coexistence. It has not been easy to maintain peace in the world we live as nations have engaged each other in conflicts. The detrimental effects that resulted from the first and second world ...

The WW1 erupted in the year 1914 and continued for about four years. The main participating countries were from Europe, N. America, Middle East, as well as other nations. The war was fought between two alliances, that is, the Central Powers versus the Allies. The Central Powers majorly comprised Germany, Turkey, as well as Austria-Hungary while the Allies was made up of France, Russia, Japan, Great Britain, Italy, as well as the U.S, which joined later in 1917 towards the end of the war. The WW1 was unique in its nature, marked with mass human killings, property destruction, as ...

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The First World War (1914-18) was triggered by the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which invoked several alliances between different countries in order. But, other events that preceded the assassination worked as a build-up towards the First World War that engulfed the whole world. The increasing nationalism, militarism and imperialism, also played a major role as states and people within started to identify themselves one nation. Also, the presence of the alliance system and the rise of Pan-Slavism started to light the fire. Combined together, these factors brought the world to the brink of a war, which ...

The recipe for Greek mussaka and good advices I received from my neighbor who originates from Greece. Mussaka is a main course dish that is prepared in all countries of the Balkan Peninsula and is considered as a national meal in every one of them. The difference is in the meat and some people, according to taste add two egg yolks in the bechamel sauce and change the bottom or both layers with potatoes. The word béchamel has a French origin and it came much later with many other words as names to the similar things, prepared in ...

Question 1

Basing on the major causes of the Bosnian war, the above statement by Maass is true and very applicable. This war was essentially fought because Croats and Serbs who lived in Bosnia wanted to seize the Bosnian territory for Croatia and Serbia respectively. This was trailed majorly by several mitigation factors, with ethnic tensions in addition. Slobodan Milosevic was the national leader for Serbia by then and was assertive for what he referred to as a “Greater Serbia”. The Muslims and the Croats who lived in Bosnia feared that Milosevic would endeavor to take the land that they occupied ...

Goldstein in his book Winning the War on War brings out a contrary opinion concerning the twentieth-century war. Specifically, he contests the claim that twentieth century was one of the bloodiest in the record. He argues that the wars were smaller in scale and fewer in number contrary to what many had reported (Goldstein p. 5). He analyzes the negative and positive effects of peacebuilding and peacekeeping considering the way United Nations (UN) has made a lot of strides in trying to reduce war proliferation in different member nations. He explains that this has been achieved through giving the ...