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The rise of political Islam and the continued influence of Western nations in Middle East and Gulf politics created the conditions for rising tensions in the 1980s, which continue to shape geopolitics today.
- The Lockerbie Disaster 1988
All 'International relations' essays The Lockerbie Disaster,...
- The Velvet Revolution
All the family together. There was a short note about some...
- Shakespeare in China
Nowadays I gather one can spend a whole day seeing many...
- Berlin Wall Traffic Jam
The Central Committee of the SED ('Sozialistische...
- Chimes of Freedom
The Radrennbahn Weißensee may not have had the same ring as...
- Romanian Revolution
The international community increasingly withdrew from...
- Ronald Reagan Inauguration
The end of this gruelling hostage saga, combined with the...
- Cold War Scotland
Further reading. The National Library pof Scotland holds the...
- The Lockerbie Disaster 1988
The 1980s also saw the IMF come of age as a participant in the international financial system. Under the Bretton Woods system of fixed but adjustable exchange rates (1946-73), the IMF played a subsidiary role to the few industrial countries that provided the capital and managed the system.
- Foreign Policy Before Reagan’s Presidency
- Reagan’s Foreign Policy
- The Middle East
Reagan’s first election came at a time when many Americans feared their country was in an irreversible decline. American forces withdrew in disarray from South Vietnam in 1975. The United States returned control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1978, despite protests from conservatives. Pro-American dictators were toppled in Iran and Nicaragua in 1...
The conservative movement gained ground on gender and sexual politics, but it captured the entire battlefield of American foreign policy in the 1980s, at least for a time. Ronald Reagan entered office as a committed Cold Warrior. He held the Soviet Union in contempt, denouncing it in a 1983 speech as an “evil empire.” And he never doubted that the ...
The Reagan administration took a cautious approach in the Middle East, where its policy was determined by a mix of anticommunism and hostility toward the Islamic government of Iran. When Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, the United States supplied Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with military intelligence and business credits—even after it became clear that...
In the 1980s, the advent of the desktop personal computer vastly multiplied the number of people who could have computing power at their fingertips. The 1990s saw the rise of universal internet connections, while the 2000s put all this together in the portable and ubiquitous form of the smartphone.
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Aug 23, 2018 · In the 1980s, a new conservatism arose in social, economic and political life, characterized by the policies of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Jan 1, 2003 · The challenge U.S. policymakers face today is to recognize that fundamental change in world politics and to use America’s unrivaled military, economic, and political power to fashion an...
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Apr 13, 2011 · Full of pop culture references and examples, the book explains how the '80s have informed policies, politics, new pop culture, and society today, and how history and pop culture of times long...
