Dear fellas The impact statements for military deterrence as part of your homework. Thank you for submitting your homework. Cheers and stay COOL.
Citizen Armed Forces
As a result, this ensures that they are ready to defend Singapore at ALL times and through NS, an effective SAF is produced despite our small size and population. In addition, a well-trained large army with a strong sense of belonging to defend Singapore is created to deter external aggression.
Total Defence
As a result, this deters potential aggressors as all Singaporeans are prepared for defence in all areas. Any potential enemy will have to take on the SAF as well as the entire population.
Military Co-operation
As a result, this fosters friendly ties with armed forces of other countries and at the same time allow our soldiers to learn new tactics and experiences. These will then deter external aggression against Singapore.
Defence Industry
As a result, our defence industry helps SAF to be self-reliant in essential defence weapons and equipment and we do not have to rely on others in times of conflict. In addition, the production of new weapon systems allowed the SAF to be well-equipped with the latest and most modern weapon, thereby deterring external aggression.
Multi-agency coordination on Security
As a result, an integrated security approach help to prevent, protect and effectively respond to any security threats by sharing intelligence and resources. This will deter external aggression especially from terrorists attack because their movement will be tracked and made known to the relevant authorities, making it difficult to move across national boundaries.
Friday, April 23, 2010
4 Commitment - sample conclusions from your peers on Venice
Dear 4 Commitment
What do you think of the following conclusions?
1. 'Social challenges rather than maritme competition was responsible for the decline of Venice.' How far do you agree with this statement?
If the Venetians did not spent their days enjoying themselves and lost their fortunes through gambling. Instead, they work hard and continue to strive for better development for Venice. Even if the trade route did not work, the economy of Venice will not be affected that badly, as there is other event that contributes to Venice's economy. However, when the Venetians lost the mind set to work hard, Venice falls as there are no Venetians to work for the country. As such, there was little initiative in finding solutions to challenge the EIC and VOC.
By Lenice
2. 'Foreign threats rather than political challenges was responsible for the decline of Venice.' How far do you agree with this statement?
Political threats are the major cause as the government is the foundation of a country's success or failure. When a government of a country is corrupted, it is the same as a building having a weak foundation, which will collapse when any disaster strikes. Likewise the fall of Venice is due to a corrupted government, which then is not able to handle internal or external threats, such as foreign threats, which in the end cause Venice to fall.
By Faz
Thank you.
What do you think of the following conclusions?
1. 'Social challenges rather than maritme competition was responsible for the decline of Venice.' How far do you agree with this statement?
If the Venetians did not spent their days enjoying themselves and lost their fortunes through gambling. Instead, they work hard and continue to strive for better development for Venice. Even if the trade route did not work, the economy of Venice will not be affected that badly, as there is other event that contributes to Venice's economy. However, when the Venetians lost the mind set to work hard, Venice falls as there are no Venetians to work for the country. As such, there was little initiative in finding solutions to challenge the EIC and VOC.
By Lenice
2. 'Foreign threats rather than political challenges was responsible for the decline of Venice.' How far do you agree with this statement?
Political threats are the major cause as the government is the foundation of a country's success or failure. When a government of a country is corrupted, it is the same as a building having a weak foundation, which will collapse when any disaster strikes. Likewise the fall of Venice is due to a corrupted government, which then is not able to handle internal or external threats, such as foreign threats, which in the end cause Venice to fall.
By Faz
Thank you.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
4 Aspire Test on Rise of Venice
The question is as follows :
'Venice rise to power in the Mediterranean World was due to its capable leaders'. Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (13 marks)
Thank you for attempting this question
'Venice rise to power in the Mediterranean World was due to its capable leaders'. Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (13 marks)
Thank you for attempting this question
Thursday, April 8, 2010
4 Commitment (Even Index number)
Social challenges rather than maritme competition was responsible for the decline of Venice. How far do you agree with this statement?
(Just write on the conclusion only)
(Just write on the conclusion only)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
4 Commitment (Odd Index number)
Foreign threats rather than political challenges was responsible for the decline of Venice. How far do you agree with this statement?
(Just write on the conclusion only)
(Just write on the conclusion only)
Monday, April 5, 2010
4 Aspire - the complete answer from your very own classmates on the Decline of Venice
Please do give your feedback.
The blue sentences are the impact statement.
Foreign Threats
Firstly, its involvement in the mainland has forced the Venetian government to turn its attention to controlling these mainland territories rather than trade. One way for Venice to protect its territories and commercial interests was by taking advantages of the rivalry among the mainland states. Venice tried to achieve balance of power by offering to help one fight against the other. However, Venice's act of switching alliances with different opposing states proved that it has constantly treading on fragile relations with the larger states. It also meant that Venice could come under attack should negotiations fail. This situation put the Venetians at high risk as there was no certainty which alliance would ultimately benefit Venice.
Secondly, the Ottoman Empire, originated from Turkey, had a powerful empire in Middle East and North Africa. It wanted to expand into Europe. In addition, the Ottomans had replaced Genoa as Venice's greatest competitor for maritime control. Trade was greatly disrupted as Ottomans acquired many sea ports. Besides, Venice was forced to give up some of its less important territories to avoid further losses. Sea campaigns were also started, and as a result, these wars drained Venice's resources and manpower. This reduced Venetian trade.
Thirdly, the League of Cambrai, a military alliance, was formed in 1508 which consisted of Spain, Hungary, France. Venice's growing influence in region made it unpopular among the various mainland states. This reduces the power of Venice and divides its territories amongst the larger states. It had also defeated a Venetian mercenary army. The cost of the wars drained and weakened Venice’s resources. Venice had to raise taxes to finance the employment of its mercenary armies as well as to replenish its supply of weapons.
As a result of all these, it has clearly shown that Venice needs to spend large amounts of resources and wealth to build up its military. In addition, Venice needs to recruit manpower to the army to accommodate with the large number of soldiers in the League of Cambrai. This makes Venice vulnerable as it is unable to overcome trade competition and maintain their efficiency in managing voyage. Trade monopoly is also greatly affected. This also show that foreign threats have successfully diverted Venice from trade.
Secondly, by the 17th century, new trade rivals emerged when the Dutch East India Company was formed. The Dutch bypassed Venetians to go to the East to get their supplies. Venice also faced competition from the British when the English East India Company was established. These developments adversely affected Venice's position as and entrepot port.In addition, The Dutch and the British had better designed ships. To stay competitive, the Venetians imitated the design of these ships. However, the Venetian sailors lacked the skills to operate them. Furthermore, larger states such as England and Holland were more successful in negotiating for favourable trading rights in new ports. The Venetians responded to these challenges by imposing a protectionist policy but such a policy did not attract traders as it proved to be too costly to trade with the Venetians. Hence, it eventually resulted in the loss of some of its trading partners.
As a result, maritime competition is a major factor in the decline of Venice because it was unable to adapt to new trade rivals. The European countries had destroyed Venice monopoly of trade and greatly decreased the profits Venice earned from its trade. In addition, the European countries were developing fast on their trade but Venice responded poorly to the competition by making unwise decisions. Hence many traders did not choose to trade with Venice and there was a loss in profits for Venice in the area of trade. With less profits earned from trading, this meant that Venice would have difficulty in financing its wars against other countries which pose a threat. This would have made Venice vulnerable. As Venice already have problems to support its military, Venice will be unable to develop its trade hence Venice will earn less and less profits and this eventually led to its downfall as the other countries took over its monopoly of trade.
Firstly under incapable leadership, The rotation of duties of officers ensured that no individual or family could dominate the government. However, this also meant that competent officers would have to leave office after one term. Nicolo da Canal and Antonio Grimani, were an excellent ambassador and financier respectively. However, both were incompetent in military warfare where they suffered a disastrous defeat from the powerful Ottomans. Venice became weak and vulnerable to external threats as both leaders did not possess the ability and skills to lead their navy to battle.
Next, corruption of the government came along when The Venetian government began to suspend the salaries of civil servants and impose higher taxes on trade in order to finance the cost of wars with the Ottomans and neighbouring states. This created much unhappiness among civil servants and the poor. The Senate became dominant and bribed poor candidates to vote for them. A group of nobles began to dominate the government and bribery became part of life as did complacency. The Venetian economy and society was led to corruption due to the inefficiency and power-hungry, money/success-minded Government of Venice, bringing Venice to its downfall
Lastly, regarding the over-dependence on mercenaries. No conscription was allocated to the navy and the Venetian army as they over-relied on mercenaries. However, these mercenaries were soon drawn away from Venice when other states' were able to pay them better. Venice became weakened as more and more mercenaries got attracted to higher salaries of other states and hence preferred to fight for the other states that provided them with much more.
Since the political system was exposed to corruption and inefficiency and the Venetian government abused its power. The population ended up losing trust, faith and understanding in their government. What threatened them all the more and made them begin to lose a slight sense of their belonging and responsibility towards their country and society would be the tremendous increase in vulnerability and unease they were felling from external threats.
The Venetians became less prepared for war as they shifted their focus away from security matters. Having lived in peace and stability meant that they were more concerned about wealth than maintaining the security of the city- state.
As the nobles become more affluent, they became less involved in important matters such as administration and development of the city-state. They also become more distant from the commoners and the gap between the rich and the poor widened.
The lifestyles of the Venetians changed as they became richer. However, their pursuit of entertainment and pleasures helped in the flourishing of the arts in Venice. Many wealthy nobles indulged in lavish parties and celebrations, known as Carnevale which could last as long as six months. Gambling halls grew and some rich nobles addicted to gambling lost their fortunes.
As the nobles indulge themselves in complacency and wealth, they will not try to improve the social relationship between the poor. The poor might not feel belonged in the country and thus, they would feel that there is no need to contribute themselves to the country. This will increase conflict between the poor and rich hence, this will mark down the country's ability in handling internal issues.
The blue sentences are the impact statement.
Foreign Threats
Firstly, its involvement in the mainland has forced the Venetian government to turn its attention to controlling these mainland territories rather than trade. One way for Venice to protect its territories and commercial interests was by taking advantages of the rivalry among the mainland states. Venice tried to achieve balance of power by offering to help one fight against the other. However, Venice's act of switching alliances with different opposing states proved that it has constantly treading on fragile relations with the larger states. It also meant that Venice could come under attack should negotiations fail. This situation put the Venetians at high risk as there was no certainty which alliance would ultimately benefit Venice.
Secondly, the Ottoman Empire, originated from Turkey, had a powerful empire in Middle East and North Africa. It wanted to expand into Europe. In addition, the Ottomans had replaced Genoa as Venice's greatest competitor for maritime control. Trade was greatly disrupted as Ottomans acquired many sea ports. Besides, Venice was forced to give up some of its less important territories to avoid further losses. Sea campaigns were also started, and as a result, these wars drained Venice's resources and manpower. This reduced Venetian trade.
Thirdly, the League of Cambrai, a military alliance, was formed in 1508 which consisted of Spain, Hungary, France. Venice's growing influence in region made it unpopular among the various mainland states. This reduces the power of Venice and divides its territories amongst the larger states. It had also defeated a Venetian mercenary army. The cost of the wars drained and weakened Venice’s resources. Venice had to raise taxes to finance the employment of its mercenary armies as well as to replenish its supply of weapons.
As a result of all these, it has clearly shown that Venice needs to spend large amounts of resources and wealth to build up its military. In addition, Venice needs to recruit manpower to the army to accommodate with the large number of soldiers in the League of Cambrai. This makes Venice vulnerable as it is unable to overcome trade competition and maintain their efficiency in managing voyage. Trade monopoly is also greatly affected. This also show that foreign threats have successfully diverted Venice from trade.
From KKX
Maritime Competition
Firstly, the 15th century was the beginning of an age of exploration and discovery. Marco Polo's tales of his voyages encouraged many European explorers to follow in his footsteps. In 1497, the Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, successfully reached Calicut, a thriving spice centre in India, by going round the Cape of Good Hope. The Portuguese were able to buy their spices directly from India and this led to competition with the Venetians. This new sea route destroyed Venice's monopoly of the lucrative spice trade and greatly reduced the large profits which Venetian traders earned for centuries.Secondly, by the 17th century, new trade rivals emerged when the Dutch East India Company was formed. The Dutch bypassed Venetians to go to the East to get their supplies. Venice also faced competition from the British when the English East India Company was established. These developments adversely affected Venice's position as and entrepot port.In addition, The Dutch and the British had better designed ships. To stay competitive, the Venetians imitated the design of these ships. However, the Venetian sailors lacked the skills to operate them. Furthermore, larger states such as England and Holland were more successful in negotiating for favourable trading rights in new ports. The Venetians responded to these challenges by imposing a protectionist policy but such a policy did not attract traders as it proved to be too costly to trade with the Venetians. Hence, it eventually resulted in the loss of some of its trading partners.
As a result, maritime competition is a major factor in the decline of Venice because it was unable to adapt to new trade rivals. The European countries had destroyed Venice monopoly of trade and greatly decreased the profits Venice earned from its trade. In addition, the European countries were developing fast on their trade but Venice responded poorly to the competition by making unwise decisions. Hence many traders did not choose to trade with Venice and there was a loss in profits for Venice in the area of trade. With less profits earned from trading, this meant that Venice would have difficulty in financing its wars against other countries which pose a threat. This would have made Venice vulnerable. As Venice already have problems to support its military, Venice will be unable to develop its trade hence Venice will earn less and less profits and this eventually led to its downfall as the other countries took over its monopoly of trade.
From Michael
Political ChallengesFirstly under incapable leadership, The rotation of duties of officers ensured that no individual or family could dominate the government. However, this also meant that competent officers would have to leave office after one term. Nicolo da Canal and Antonio Grimani, were an excellent ambassador and financier respectively. However, both were incompetent in military warfare where they suffered a disastrous defeat from the powerful Ottomans. Venice became weak and vulnerable to external threats as both leaders did not possess the ability and skills to lead their navy to battle.
Next, corruption of the government came along when The Venetian government began to suspend the salaries of civil servants and impose higher taxes on trade in order to finance the cost of wars with the Ottomans and neighbouring states. This created much unhappiness among civil servants and the poor. The Senate became dominant and bribed poor candidates to vote for them. A group of nobles began to dominate the government and bribery became part of life as did complacency. The Venetian economy and society was led to corruption due to the inefficiency and power-hungry, money/success-minded Government of Venice, bringing Venice to its downfall
Lastly, regarding the over-dependence on mercenaries. No conscription was allocated to the navy and the Venetian army as they over-relied on mercenaries. However, these mercenaries were soon drawn away from Venice when other states' were able to pay them better. Venice became weakened as more and more mercenaries got attracted to higher salaries of other states and hence preferred to fight for the other states that provided them with much more.
Since the political system was exposed to corruption and inefficiency and the Venetian government abused its power. The population ended up losing trust, faith and understanding in their government. What threatened them all the more and made them begin to lose a slight sense of their belonging and responsibility towards their country and society would be the tremendous increase in vulnerability and unease they were felling from external threats.
From Salonee
Social ChallengesThe Venetians became less prepared for war as they shifted their focus away from security matters. Having lived in peace and stability meant that they were more concerned about wealth than maintaining the security of the city- state.
As the nobles become more affluent, they became less involved in important matters such as administration and development of the city-state. They also become more distant from the commoners and the gap between the rich and the poor widened.
The lifestyles of the Venetians changed as they became richer. However, their pursuit of entertainment and pleasures helped in the flourishing of the arts in Venice. Many wealthy nobles indulged in lavish parties and celebrations, known as Carnevale which could last as long as six months. Gambling halls grew and some rich nobles addicted to gambling lost their fortunes.
As the nobles indulge themselves in complacency and wealth, they will not try to improve the social relationship between the poor. The poor might not feel belonged in the country and thus, they would feel that there is no need to contribute themselves to the country. This will increase conflict between the poor and rich hence, this will mark down the country's ability in handling internal issues.
From Shaneeza
Thursday, March 25, 2010
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