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BRICS: The New World Powers
There is a new era arising in international relations. The rise of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is changing power dynamics in world affairs. While the U.S. maintains its superpower status, it is increasingly being …
Currency Rates are the Fulcrum Among Competing Global Economies
Free Trade Around the World: Recent Developments
Financial Crisis Commission Inquiry: Looking Backward and Moving Forward
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is a bipartisan commission that has been called upon to examine the causes of the financial crisis that has gripped the United States as well as the international community over the past year and …
What Egypt Thinks About Globalization
Egypt, as one of the cradles of civilization, and long-time leader of the Arab world, provides a strong narrative highlighting the challenges and successes of globalization. On the one hand, the country has transformed itself economically, from a centrally …
A Flurry of Multilateralism: The G.A., G-20, and Iran
In September 2009, the leaders of the 20 largest economies in the world met in Pittsburgh to discuss how to reshape the world economy in the wake of the global recession. This economic summit is just one of an …
Turkey: Challenges and Potentialities for a Crossroads of Globalization
Source: wikitravel.org Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, on September 18, 2009, declared that the new session of Parliament beginning on October 1st would address the issue of Kurdish civil and political liberties.1 In the same spirit of …
Turkey: Challenges and Potentialities for a Crossroads of Globalization
Source: wikitravel.org Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, on September 18, 2009, declared that the new session of Parliament beginning on October 1st would address the issue of Kurdish civil and political liberties.1 In the same spirit of …
Brazil: The Sleeping Giant Awakens and Rebounds from Recession
Introduction Source: geology.com Brazil, by far the largest and most populous country in Latin America and the eighth largest economy in the world, has perennially been regarded as a “country of the future” whose expectations far exceed the realities. …
What Eastern Europe Thinks about Globalization
The United Nations Statistics Division classifies these countries as being part of Eastern Europe: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine. The Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are also usually considered to be part …