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Geopolitics is concerned with how geographical factors, including territory, population, strategic location, and natural resource endowments, as modified by economics and technology, affect the relations between states and the struggle for world domination. Classical geopolitics was a manifestation of inter-imperialist rivalry and emerged around the time of the Spanish American war and the Boer war. It constituted the core ideology of U.S. overseas expansion ...
The present study takes issue with this argument. In the chapters which follow we shall argue not only that classical political economy prior to Ricardo did not represent the interests of industrial capitalists but also that the classical political economists up to and including Smith were strongly critical of the values and practices associated with merchants and manufacturers. Much as they may have approved of certain important economic effects of division of ...
Babur, the first mughal emperor, was a descendant of the Turkish conqueror Timur on his father's side and of the Mongol (in Pakistan, mughal) conquer or Genghis Khan on his mother's side. This Islamic dynasty is a line of Muslim emperors who reigned in India from 1526 to 1858. From 1526, when Babar defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, the ruler of Delhi,and establishment himself in neighbouring Agra, until 1638, when his great-great-grandson Shah Jahan built a ...
Religion commands love, mercy and peace. Terror, on the other hand, is the opposite of religion; it is cruel, merciless and demands bloodshed and misery. This being the case, the origins of a terrorist act should be sought in disbelief rather than in religion. People with a Fascist, Communist, Racist or Materialist outlook on life should be suspected as potential perpetrators. The name or the identity of the triggerman is not important. If he can kill innocent ...
"Urbanization is a reality of our changing world. In developing countries, the lack of job opportunities in rural areas, decline in subsistence economies, and hope of a better life have given rise to the modern megalopolis. Unfortunately, urban infrastructure, institutions, and the natural resources base are often inadequate to support these burgeoning populations. A central question worldwide is, "how can our cities be sustained under these ...
