Who do you think is primarily to blame for starting the Cold War?

Gavrilo Princip

Explanation:

Princip was the Serbian who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which sparked World War I. Following World War I, Russia weakened as it cannot take on providing a second front for the Allies as well as fighting a civil war. Russia lost against the communist forces, which led to the Communist rise to power, effectively eliminating Russia from World War I. Enter in the U.S.S.R, which then made dealings with Germany, in which they were able to take satellite countries for themselves in Europe. They then joined the Allied side & helped defeat the Axis, which in turn granted them territories, which helped expand their sphere of influence. As the Market Economy & Command Economy are on the opposite spectrum, and with the arms build up, the world entered into the Cold War.

Without Princip assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, none of this may have happened.

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separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005