The events of September 11 came as a great shock that was meshed with feelings of fear and uneasiness for the American population and the greater international community as well. Since then Washington has rhetorically pledged to make the promotion of democracy a primary goal in America’s foreign policy objectives.  Through this, the United States has expressed its desire to revive the ideals of the liberal systems that were made popular in the 20th century and advance them in the developing...

One of the most significant developments in South Africa’s economic rise under the National Party (NP)’s apartheid regime, both politically and economically was the establishment of the Atomic Energy Board (AEB).  The international socio-political climate that was emerging shortly after the NP’s electoral victory led to the AEB being designated as solely responsible for the production, processing and disposing of uranium (Cho, 2006:6).    In the culmination of the Cold War in the mid 19...