A community portal about Globalization with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Globalization, or globalisation is the increasing interdependence, integration and interaction among people and corporations in disparate...
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A community portal about Globalization with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Globalization, or globalisation is the increasing interdependence, integration and interaction among people and corporations in disparate locations around the world. It is an umbrella term which refers to a complex of economic, trade, social, technological, cultural and political interrelationships. The term has been used as early as 1944, however Theodore Levitt is usually credited with its first use in an economic context.
Because globalization always produced winners and losers and the current crisis will most likely increase / deepen the gap between the two.
Boomtime for Mafia Inc as it buys up tourist Italy - Europe, World - The Independent via kwout
If there is one thing that the Mafia does well, it is to take advantage of economic opportunities in times of social disruption and to diversify when necessary. Organized criminal groups are among the ones that very aptly adapted to... Read Full Story
So how do we market this product Alizee . We will use the controversial book "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Freidman. (wikipedia) He suggests the world is "flat" in the sense that globalization has leveled the competitive playing fields between industrial and emerging market countries. Technology has helped flatten or level the playing fields. To market Alizee we create an 'online Alizee' a virtual Alizee. Decisions on technology need to made. What is to be used, Youtube, Myspace... Read Full Story
In an interview with the Guardian , Mary Kaldor outlines her views on human security in the global context. That is the subject of her latest book, Human Security (review forthcoming). Her view fit fairly well with the vision of global security outlined in Samantha Power’s latest book on Sergio Vieira de Mello (which I reviewed here ). Mary Kaldor is current Professor of Global Governance and co-Director (with the indispensable David Held ) of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at... Read Full Story
Via the BBC ,
“Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has arrived in Europe to begin a new life, reports say, after protests by Muslim groups forced her into hiding in India. “She has landed safely somewhere in Europe,” a spokeswoman for the writers’ group, Pen, told the BBC, adding that her exact location could not be given. Ms Nasreen said earlier this week that her health had suffered as a result of spending time in hiding. She fled her native Bangladesh in 1994 when her book attracted... Read Full Story
There have been many articles already concerning the food shortage that affect the poorest countries in particular. Early this week, the BBC reports that the World Bank would double its aid package to Africa.
“It will contribute $700m (£348.6m) in the 12 months from June 2008, up from $400m in the the previous year period, and may boost its loans further. The move comes amid climbing wheat, corn and grain costs, which pushed global food prices up by 40% last year. There are concerns that... Read Full Story
“All The News You Never Knew You Needed To Know …Until Now.” In The News: For Better or worse… That describes Baghdad: Iraq’s Deputy oil minister freed, [ The insurgents go visiting government officials at home, capturing the Deputy oil minister and others from the oil ministry… see 8/15/07 for details ] , but in Karbala where 1 million pilgrims have assembled, a skirmish broke out between the Madhi army and the National police/al-Badr brigade… It took two army units to break it up. Juan... Read Full Story
“All The News You Never Knew You Needed To Know …Until Now.” In The News: Bright Ideas In Imperialist Thought: The U.S. Marine Commandant claims that the Marines operations might work better if they take over the U.S. Afghanistan deployments and the Army moves to Iraq. One-Trick Warmongers: You’ve heard this before… Robert Gates and Condoleezza Rice are accusing Iran of having ‘long-range nuclear ambitions’. Turkey recalls it’s ambassador to the U.S. over a house resolution calling the... Read Full Story
Via the BBC ,
“The UN’s International Narcotics Control Board has called on Bolivia to ban coca chewing, and the use of the plant in products such as tea.
Bolivia says such a ban would be an attack on its culture.
Analysts say much of Bolivia’s coca harvest goes into cocaine, making it the world’s third-largest producer.”
In three short sentence, the BBC lays out a big problem and different ways of looking at it and raises the common dilemma of multiculturalism: if something is... Read Full Story
I have visited Zambia. It is a beautiful country, plagued with the multitude of issues that afflict peripheral countries since their decolonization and represents a good case of dependency. Lately, there have been many articles in the press regarding various problems that have emerged in Zambia and make it a perfect case study of global dynamics.
Zambia is the only country in the region that has not experienced a civil war since its independence in 1964 (before that, it was called... Read Full Story
This is really disturbing. This item comes from IRIN ,
“In just four months the face of this child in northern Benin was eaten away by the disease known as Noma. And yet it could have easily been prevented. The disease is not communicable, experts say. The cause is simply poor nutrition and oral hygiene. Noma starts in the mouth as a oral lesion that then becomes gangrenous, rapidly destroying soft and hard tissues of the mouth and face. Over 100,000 children suffer from it each year... Read Full Story
From Spain's Princess Letizia to Italy's Mara Carfagna, the game of politics is no stranger to beautiful, powerful women. Following is a list of women whose influence is matched only by their sheer hotness.
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