There are a lot of politicians nowadays with good interpersonal, leadership and communication skills that assist them to gather the crowds of people and make influential speeches. They make a lot of promises and loud announcements to illustrate that they are definitely a man of changes. However, there are few outstanding leaders ‘whose actions speak louder than their words’. They indeed make positive changes that facilitate not only to the prosperity of the nation but also improvements in the world. One of those remarkable politicians is Helen Clark. Mrs Clark is the former the first elected female Prime Minister of New Zealand and currently is the head of United Nation Development Programme. She has been one the most successive and successful leaders with numerous honours in New Zealand. Particularly, her antinuclear policy, her strong stance to prioritise the UN`s mission and her contribution to “Multipolar world” made a contribution to more peaceful and secure world.
Helen Clark was an active politician and activist for peace from the youth. She studied politics at Auckland University and closely studied rural political behaviour and representation. From her young age, she was against of New Zealand`s military intervention in Vietnam war when New Zealand was the ally of the USA. Also, she was against of military bases of the USA in New Zealand. In 1999, Helen Clark became the first elected female Prime Mister serving three successive terms between 1999 and 2008. Being the Prime Minister, Helen Clark`s government implemented major economic, social and political initiatives. For example, Helen Clark and her supporters maintained an independent foreign policy, keeping New Zealand out of nuclear zone and denying taking par...
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... Helen Clark has made her own contribution towards more peaceful world by holding an independent foreign policy that was based on advocating the justice. Her nuclear free legislation illustrated the strive for international peace and disarmament. By making New Zealand nuclear free zone she served other nations as an example how the diplomacy should be prioritised over the military power. In addition, the politician’s government was against the USA intervention in Iraq without mandate of the UN. She emphasized the fact that it is UN`s mission to establish peace in the world but not the mission or objectives of the world powers. . Therefore, the world has become a safer and more peaceful place to live with New Zealand being nuclear free zone and with more countries including New Zealand maintain independent foreign policy and contributing to” Multipolarity”
I am choosing to write my essay focusing on Nancy Pelosi, arguably one of the most influential politicians of her time, and certainly one of the outstanding ladies of the political world. Not only was she the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House, she also was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame at Seneca Falls. She ranks with the most consequential speakers, certainly in the last 75 years.”(Burstyn) Nancy Pelosi was born on March 26th in 1940 and she has represented San Francisco for approximately 29 years. This however is not by far her most notable achievement, speaker of the house aside, under her guidance the 111th US Congress was said to be the most productive in the history of its conception. This means that she was able to oversee the 111th Congress in a manner that minimized the terrible three, collective action problems, commitment problems, and coordination problems. These problems all come down to the inability to make decisions, and are extremely ponderous to efficiency. She ran it as famously, even though the house was so divided when she took the pos...
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Claire Lee Chennault was born to John and Jessie Lee Chennault on September 6, 1890 in Commerce, Texas. In his historic life, he earned 17 medals which includes the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster. From becoming a school teacher to general, he was discharged from service twice due to disagreements with other higher ranking officers and commander of the Flying Tigers. The man even has an air base named after him due to his successful career; Chennault Air Base in Lake Charles.
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In the beginning of the movie, The Diary of a Mad Black Women, Helen’s physical appearance is presented as how a wealthy person would dress. She dresses very elegant like as if she were a lawyer. She wears suits, dresses, skirts, and tops tailored to fit her slim body. She doesn’t wear tennis shoes or sandals, she wears heels. When Charles kicks her out of their home and as the movie continues, Helen begins to dress more like a middle class person. She wears more of a Sunday’s best attire; more colorful, comfortable and happy. She wears Summer cloths and now her shoes have transformed from heels to sandals.
In 1989, President George H. W. Bush named her U.S. Ambassador to where she witnessed the country’s transition to democracy. She later served as U.S. Delegate to several International Conferences and Summits on treaties and human environment. Some of the skills that she possessed have been critical to her success which includes negotiating skills, studying international event and problem areas, and most importantly, teamwork (Biography.com). Acco...
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...y was an ambassador for global women’s issues, calling for them to take a larger political and economic role and condeming human right’s violations such as sex-trafficking and abuse. (Kamp 2013). ‘The Hillary Effect’ allowed for female empowerment, and has been expected to ‘achieve 50% female political representaion by 2050’. (Horansky 2012). Hillary also launched the Global Hunger and Food Security Programme and worked with the United Nations to fight world hunger and poverty, ‘a threat to the stability of governments and societies.’ (Clinton 2009). Overall Hillary ensured $832 million for global development projects. (Lemmon 2011). As a former First Lady and Senator, Hillary’s fame allowed her ‘raise issues on a global agenda that no one before her has been able to do’, and ended her tenure with respect and postive regard by the international community.* 281
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...nfusion of her people to pass bills and laws that would otherwise not be passed.
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Whenever world politics is mentioned, the state that appears to be at the apex of affairs is the United States of America, although some will argue that it isn’t. It is paramount we know that the international system is shaped by certain defining events that has lead to some significant changes, particularly those connected with different chapters of violence. Certainly, the world wars of the twentieth century and the more recent war on terror must be included as defining moments. The warning of brute force on a potentially large scale also highlights the vigorousness of the cold war period, which dominated world politics within an interval of four decades. The practice of international relations (IR) was introduced out of a need to discuss the causes of war and the different conditions for calm in the wake of the first world war, and it is relevant we know that this has remained a crucial focus ever since. However, violence is not the only factor capable of causing interruption in the international system. Economic elements also have a remarkable impact. The great depression that happened in the 1920s, and the global financial crises of the contemporary period can be used as examples. Another concurrent problem concerns the environment, with the human climate being one among different number of important concerns for the continuing future of humankind and the planet in general.
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