America in Latin America and Vietnam War; Warsaw Pact invasion in Hungary (1956), Soviet Invasions in Czechoslovakia (1986) and Afghanistan (1979)
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Number of civilian and military deaths in WWII
38-55 million civilians died and 22-25 million military deaths
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Percentage of post-1991 worlds that have been civil wars
95%
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South Africa's ranking in military expenditure
43
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Who had most soft power in 2012 and why?
UK was seen as the state with the most soft power due to hosting the Olympics, Skyfall, Adele (and other films and music), the jubilee and recent royal wedding and pregnancy
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Size of UK army? (Active military personnel)
206,600
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90% of suicide bombings occur where?
Iraq, Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
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When did Saddam Hussein enter Kuwait?
2 August 1990
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Kuwait's oil ranking?
fifth largest oil reserve in the world
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Humanitarian Intervention examples
African Union in Dafur 2003; NATO in Libya 2011 and Kosovo 1993; France in Mali 2013
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America's economy size
$15.685 trillion
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Sanctions examples?
UN and bilateral via US and EU against Iran and nuclear weapons programme; o Syria bilateral through EU, UK and US (due to China and Russia veto) although considering lifting arms ban
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Barack Obama's red line?
Use of chemical weapons; despite being used no intervention has taken place
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Soft Power examples?
Dalai Lamar; Vatican, newly liberated Afghans asking for a copy of the Bill of Rights
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UK opinion of Bush?
Low as 16%
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China and India's combined percentage of world GDP
20% in 2013
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EU's GDP
$16.584 trillion GDP (world's largest)
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EU Soft Power examples
2013 €80 million for Sudan and €110 million for new country of S. Sudan + primary role in Iranian sanctions
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US Military failings
withdrawals from Vietnam, Lebanon (1984) and Somalia in 1993 as well as Iraq and Afghanistan highlight some failures
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When is China estimated to overtake America?
2020
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% of world spending on R&D by the USA?
40%
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Cultural influence of America?
2nd largest amount of films (611 in 2012) but most widely distributed; o Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Proms and Halloween
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1. Negative cultural impact of China
lack of democracy, restrictions, Tianamen Square
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2. Negative cultural impact of India
4th most dangerous country in the world for women (2013 Dehli **** case)
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3. Negative cultural impact of Brazil
history of police brutality and torture
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4. Negative cultural impact of Russia
Infamous human rights legacy, poisoning people, huge levels of corruption (153 in the world)
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5. South Africa
1/3 women in Cape Town ***** and refuse to acknowledge existence of HIV/AIDs
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Number of US military bases in number of countries
700 military bases in over 100 countries
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Number of languages spoken in London
300
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China v. America Growth Rate
9.6% v. 2.6%
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China v. America Current Account
+$272.5bn v. -$561bn
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China v. America GDP
$7.318 trillion v. $15.685 trillion
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China v. America GDP per capita
$3,744 v. $45,989
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China v. America Military Spending
$106bn v. 6x larger (41% of global military budget)
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