Domino Theory
It is about chain of events. In politics, a theory that if one nation comes under the influence of one ideology or power, the same influence will be applied on the neighboring nations. It has been used mainly for communism a theory that if one nation comes under communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under communist control.
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Whatever we think, sadly to be added, the worse is awaiting us. Bloodshed for state legitimacy is not going to stop in Syria. It will certainly hit other states of the region. We will see more bloodshed and more of new regimes, in fact. To me, bloodshed, unlikely, will stop only when we acquire the same experience that once was experienced by the developed societies.
Even if in case of war with Iran, which seems less likely, Indian energy security, in all probability, will not be endangered. The theory of war stems from the recent quarrel (January 2012) exchanged between Iran and US in which Iran warned the West that "if any disruption happens regarding the sale of Iranian oil the Strait of Hormuz will definitely be closed." Well, since the navies of Western powers such as...
I run into Dr. Taheri's article WHY DEMOCRACY IS BIWILDERING by accident and decided to bring up some points about democracy. It may help us to have a clearer picture about democracy. Perhaps Dr. Taheri meant to say why democracy is BEWILDERING , meaning confusing and difficult to understand and I believe the word “BIWILDERING” was a typographical error?
On the 14th of March in 1883, around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, one of the greatest thinkers of the world ceased to think. He had been left alone for couple of minutes, and when his close friends came back to him, they found him in his armchair, peacefully gone to sleep—but forever. Since then his ideas has remained to be a major source...
"enjoy wine and women, the earthly world is momentary and would end into nothing, Khayyam, to the world your presence does not matter, as if you don't exist at all, thus enjoy your limited time," or the poem "nobody knows the secret laws of the universe, behind the curtain you and I are discussing the issue, but once the curtain falls, neither you nor I can escape unharmed," or...
Anarchism is often equated with anarchy. This is an understandable mistake. Anarchy implies chaos, disorder, and confusion resulting from the absence of government. Few, if any, anarchists advocate such a state of affairs. Indeed, they contend that the opposite will result from the elimination of government.
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