Saying goodbye to pacifism
A nation that once renounced war now stands at the edge of rewriting its identity. Japan, shaped by the ashes of World War II, based its global reputation on peace, restraint, and constitutional idealism.
A nation that once renounced war now stands at the edge of rewriting its identity. Japan, shaped by the ashes of World War II, based its global reputation on peace, restraint, and constitutional idealism.
As World War II ended, the victors, USA, USSR, Britain and China, established the United Nations (UN) with the avowed aim of maintaining international peace and security, and developing friendly relations among states.
What began as the recovery of a single World War II-era bomb in Jharkhand’s Baharagora has now escalated into a wider security concern, with early indications suggesting the possibility of a cluster of unexploded ordnance beneath the area.
The nuclear arms race and Cold War, begun during the closing stages of World War II, gradually petered down with SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) I and II agreements of 1972 and 1979 between the US and USSR.
The international order built after World War II was never flawless, but it rested on a shared assumption: that power would be exercised within agreed limits.
Changing the 1947 imperial household law which stipulates that no female member of the family can become monarch, however, will not be easy.
With the emergence of secularism and the advent of nationhood, nationalism sprouted, which was a construct beyond merely the monarchy. Meanwhile, at the economic level, capitalistic ideas grew along with the establishment of manufacturing and factories
In the wake of the IndoChina conflict, the Eastern Theatre is increasing its operational preparedness.
On the investigative documentary, explorer Mike Scott and his partner, Luke Mahoney, use the secret Nazi document to unearth a sealed and unseen Nazi underworld.
Russia says this narrative is an unacceptable rewriting of history and routinely protests at the removal of Soviet-era military monuments in eastern and central Europe.
