Global Issues (4th Edition)
Richard J. Payne
Language: English
Pages: 352
ISBN: 0134202058
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Updated in its 4th edition, Global Issues is a current and topical look at the forces driving globalization. From democratization, human rights, and global finance to terrorism, pandemics, and climate change, this texts surveys global problems that transcend boundaries and are challenging the international system. This is the only text of its kind to place complex issues into comprehensive context and thus explain the growing political, economic, and cultural interdependence visible in the headlines and in readers’ lives.
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Lawmakers and national leaders, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Given the fact that Italy is predominantly Catholic, you are probably wondering why such an address would be significant. The pope’s speech marked the first time a head of the Catholic Church had ever made an appearance in the Italian Parliament.19 Much of Italy, unlike the rest of Europe, continued to be ruled by popes until the middle of the nineteenth century. In 1871, Italy was largely free of control by the papal.
Violators of human rights to justice, regardless of where they committed their crimes. The world, less preoccupied by ideological rivalries, turned its attention to issues ordinary people confront daily, including widespread atrocities. Small countries, unable to unilaterally deal with crimes against humanity, stressed the need to create a permanent ICC. At the request of Trinidad and Tobago and several other Caribbean and Latin American countries, the UN General Assembly asked the International.
Decentralized. Al-Qaeda, the organization, is based on an ideology articulated by Abdullah Azzam in 1987, which called for Al-qaeda al-sulbah (i.e., a vanguard of the strong). He envisioned Sunni Muslim radical activists who, through independent actions, would mobilize the umma (i.e., a global community of believers) to act against oppressors. The word qaeda is generally understood by Islamic militants as a precept or a method, as opposed to an organization. Al-Qaedism is essentially a worldview.
Nonproliferation Norms: Why States Choose Nuclear Restraint. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. Explains why some countries that were moving toward acquiring nuclear weapons abandoned their projects. Wright, Robin, ed. The Iran Primer. Washington, DC: Institute of Peace Press, 2010. Wide-ranging discussion of Iran’s relations with its neighbors, the United States, China, Russia, and the European Union. It also discusses Iran’s institutions and politics. ENDNOTES 1. John Noble Wilford,.
Funds allowed wealthy investors to avoid many financial regulations, and hedge funds were early participants in financial globalization.15 Essentially, hedge fund managers created portfolios reflecting an assessment of the performance of diverse global markets. As long as the number of participants was relatively small, hedge funds avoided great systemic risks. This changed with revolutions in computer technology that allowed split-second timing on huge volumes of trades. An integral component of.