...------------------------------------------------- THE NEW WORLD ORDER Terms by George Bush Senior Can be generally divided into three stages of transformation: * From the end of the Cold War until 9/11 * From 9/11 until the Global Financial Crisis * From the GFC to present day ------------------------------------------------- From the Cold War until 9/11 * Period from 1989 until 2011 * After a stagnant period, the 1990s turned into a decade of economic growth * Globalization saw a technological revolution * Number of states increased at the UN 1989: End of power politics * End of Bipolarity – The Cold War was marked as an era of bipolarity in which the US-inspired capitalist system ‘played off’ against the Soviet-inspired ‘state socialism’. * NATO vs WARSAW PACT; US dollar system played off by COMECON * Move towards Perestroika effectively killed off competition – leading to a reduction of ideological contestation End of Ideology/ Victory of Capitalism? * Belief that capitalism ‘triumphed’ over socialism – greater expansion of capitalist norms. * TINA syndrome. With the exception of a few ‘rogue’ states, most have realized its best to ‘play’ the game and embraced market values. * Led to: * 1. The ‘Retreat of the State’ argument * 2. The ‘End of History thesis’ Post-Cold War Triumphantism * Led to the liberalization moves in the 1990s and the renewal of International Organizations * Increase...
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...China and New World Order Based on what you have learnt in this course, what kind of world order do you think we have now and to what extent a new world order is shaped by the rise of China? In what aspects is the rising China changing the existing world order? World order has a variety of definitions. In general, it refers the pattern of relations between states, behaved according to a set of institutional rules and principles. It changes over time when great powers rise and fall. Suggested by George Modelski, the Long Cycle Theory believes a war will emerge after the rising power threatens the original hegemony and might replace the existing world order. The challenge posed by the rise of China to the western dominance is felt worldwide as her second largest economic status. A question has been asked by an American scholar John Ikenberry – “Will China overthrow the existing order or become part of it?” This essay aims at introducing the current world order and investigating how it has been changed with the inclusion of China. One of the two major types of world order is the Westphalia order which is based on the modern state system. It is the concept of authority on the territory that the sovereignty of states and the fundamental right of politics is self-determined without any intervention from other states in internal affairs. This system highly respects the territorial integrity of states and the legal equality between states that is no matter the size of a country...
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...Something stupendous happened in the middle of a recession last year. At a time when vast swathes of Europe were being laid waste by an economic tsunami, world trade grew fastest in the last 50 years. It is not hard to figure where this growth was taking place – not in Europe or the United States. The long anticipated South-South show is now a reality. Trade data show a paradigm shift from the advanced nations, which will show an import growth of 0.9-1 percent, while the emerging economies will exhibit import growth of 4.5-5 percent this year. What this means is that the emerging nations are trading more among themselves while the West is being edged out of the fastest growing markets. But behind these statistics hides another story – the United States, the flagship of the Anglo-American empire, is listing. And from its shadow is emerging a new world order being drafted by the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and the latest member, South Africa. Since the G-7 has turned into a gabfest, the BRICS will increasingly set the global economic agenda. This is not a replay of the Great Game – geopolitical manoeuvres aimed at top dog status – though you can never discount that possibility entirely. The BRICS have no empire ambitions, and in fact are a diverse group of multi-ethnic nations with very little in common. Russia and South Africa are literally and racially poles apart, and India and China are on opposite ends of the freedom index. This rainbow coalition...
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...A New World Order By: Karen Tumulty & Mark Thompson TIME Obama picked his national-security team and it is made up of members who tend to disagree on major policy issues. Each one of them is a powerful figure in the political world except for the national security adviser James Jones. Jones is former four star marine general he worked for John McCain but claims no party and doesn’t take any political side. He feels that the political parities and viewpoints shouldn’t interfere with national security. Robert Gates a familiar face will be returning again this year, Obama is the eighth president he has served under. Hillary Clinton was nominated by Obama to be secretary of state, she was a fierce opponent against Obama during the primaries but he knows her foreign policy skills are a huge talent of hers. The national-security team is only a nomination position and it is up to congress to decide if they like the presidents pick if they do the president gets to keep his pick and they will become part of the team. If not he will have to choose another person and put his pick to congress for approval. This is one of congresses checks against the executive office and it is there for congress to make sure the right person gets the job and tries to keep the president from choosing one of his homies or a member of the fringe elements of society. Obama still has to keep these opposing opinions in check or it will turn out like President Bushes national-security team which...
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...Kaleena Reese- Midterm Professor Q. Fuck you and your corporation, y’all niggas can’t control me. See they’ll confuse us with some bullshit like the New World Order. Meanwhile the DEA, teamed up with the CCA. They tryna lock niggas up They tryna make new slaves. See that's private owned prison- Kanye West Corporations is defined as Firm that meets certain legal to be recognized as having a legal existence, as an entity separate and distinct from its owners. Corporations are owned by their stockholders (shareholders) who share in profits and losses generated through the firm's operations, and have three distinct characteristics legal existence: a firm can (like a person) buy, sell, own, enter into a contract, and sue other persons and firms, and be sued by them. It can do well and be rewarded, and can commit offence and be punished. Limited liability: a firm and its owners are limited in their liability to the creditors and other obligors only up to the resources of the firm, unless the owners give personal-guaranties. Continuity of existence: a firm can live beyond the life spans and capacity of its owners, because its ownership can be transferred through a sale or gift of shares. Municipal authority of a town or city. A very large, usually diversified, firm. However, America and corporations go hand in hand. In the United States, where they say a prison population of up to 2 million – mostly Black and Hispanic – are working for various industries for a pittance. For...
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...Redefining the Concept of Sovereignty in a Globalized World Order 2. Introduction The theme of the present paper is to analyze the effect and impact of globalization on the sovereignty of states. While pointing out the effect, impact and even the need of globalization, albeit in a structured pattern, in the present era, the author intends to examine the concepts of industrial revolution, neo-liberalization, international corporate governance, millennium development goals, the need for international institutions and the international regulatory framework in different areas like international trade, financial services sector, environmental protection etc., with a view to question the relevance of the traditional concept of sovereignty in the present globalized world. * Origin of the research problem: Research Question Whether the traditional concept of sovereignty of states has undergone a sea change in the wake of massive globalization? The Industrial Revolution which is referred to the period from the 18th to the 19th century brought the winds of change during which major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, transport, and technology had a profound effect on the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the human race. Starting in the United Kingdom, and then subsequently spreading throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world, the Industrial Revolution is the most important event...
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...international governance, expansion of the incident or failed states, and others. Recent advances in technology have created a single world market of labor and capital. The ability to act as a high use value, regardless of their location in alignment rates worldwide. In recent years, this factor of a price equalization were used nations with abundant cheap labor and the people who have access to cheap capital. Some argue that the current era of rapid technological progress the merit of work, and some argue that it is a merit of capital. What both camps infringed is the fact that the technology not only integrates with existing sources of labor and capital, but also creates new ones. Machines replaced the principal amount of types of human labor than ever before. How do they reproduce themselves, they also create more capital. This means that the real winners in the future will not be providers of cheap labor, or the owners of ordinary capital, both of which will be shorter for automation. Luck is in favor of a third group: those who can innovate and create new products, services and business models. Distribution of income for this creative class, as a rule, take the form of law, with a small amount of winners capture the majority of awards and a long tail, which consists of the other participants. Thus, in the future, the ideas are really scarce in the world with a few exceptions, and those...
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...How will democratization, economic liberalism, resurgent nationalism and religious revivals affect world order? INTRODUCTION We cannot certainly say that the whole world would change because there are so many factors that can be manipulated on this statement. As well, it is quite vital that we must look at the fraction of the globe changing to realize if this is influentially enough to alter, firstly, their neighbors and eventually the rest of the Earth. In the other hand, all the countries are somehow connected to each other, either by any kind of agreement; or deal or by security matters or, most importantly, by economic treaties, which is the one that normally rules over. In other words, everything is a hug chain and if one link is moving the rest of the links will follow. This is in different dimensions and magnitudes, per say, the closest ones will move strongly than the far ones, yet, they will move as well. The movement can be facts as little as a strike or as big as a coup d'etat or, why not, a march in favor for homosexual rights. Globalization is commonly the factor raising the masses making the globe shake at the rhythm of those who have the “control”. This is because we are in an era of consuming in which the people look up for spending whatever money they have in their pockets and to posses as many item as one’s economies can allow. BODY There are 4 main different factors that to my opinion make the 4 elements of the question link to each other: globalization...
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...Henry Kissinger’s World Order asks, if today’s leaders can rise above their own definition of world “order”, to achieve peace and global stability. Especially when the “balance of power” is constantly threatened by anarchy and chaos. The reason Kissinger, makes this his core enquiry, is because it addresses a challenge that the human race faces today, one that it might fear the most- a total global chaos. Kissinger uses conflict between different nations as the premise to his argument. He does so by looking at the historical experience of different civilizations, even going back to the Dark Ages, as suggested by the subheading of the book. The author begins by defining World Order as “an inexorably expanding cooperative order of states observing common rules and norms, embracing liberal economic systems, forswearing territorial conquest, respecting national sovereignty and adopting participatory and democratic systems of governance”. But in the introduction, the author also lets us know that “No truly global 'world power' has ever existed”. And what is considered to be the 21st century world order, is just a treaty which was devised in western Europe, without taking into consideration, the other countries and civilisations. Towards the end, Kissinger remarks that the leitmotif of our age is science and technology. With countries making huge advances in technology, they consider the security dilemma, before looking at the zero (sum) game analysis. Technology could thus prove...
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...World order is a term used to describe the balance of power among the nations of the world. It is linked with the political, economic and social framework in the world at a particular time and the effect that this situation has on the relationship between countries. There is an increasing need for world order in the global community due to growing conflict both within and between nations and regions. The increased trade between countries has stimulated the growth of many world order issues such as the access to resources, the inequality in a nation’s distribution of income, crimes against humanity and the growing awareness of human rights globally have also led to an increased need for world order. The importance of world order in promoting peace and harmony can be seen in the dramatic growth and development of international law over the past 60 years. The international responses currently in place include are mainly enforced by the United Nations (UN) and are aimed at the maintenance of world order in the international community. There is an increasing need for World Order in contemporary society than ever before as a high level of interdependence between countries has resulted from the push for globalisation and free trade. This interaction between countries has instigated greater conflict in the world in the form of terrorism, civil unrest and conflict for access to the world’s shrinking resources. Access to resources has been a major source of conflict due...
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...The New World Order: Not Built in a Day Luke Nosko 2011-04-02 David Tabachnick Word Count: 3028 The end of the Cold War, marked by the collapse of the Soviet Union, was the beginning of an unprecedented geopolitical scenario in modern times, namely the existence of a lone superpower nation which easily dominated the other countries of the world in terms of military strength and international economic and political influence. With this never-before-seen position of power in the modern, globalized world came the heightened importance of American foreign policy decisions, and the world waited to see how the US would react to being thrust abruptly into this role of the unipole of world power. The first test of US foreign policy as the sole superpower would actually come before the official dissolution of the USSR (though it had been in steep economic decline for some time), when Saddam Hussein lead the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. US President George H. W. Bush would place this conflict into perspective for the countries now looking to the US for leadership in his address to a joint session of Congress and the nation on September 11, 1990, and it was then that he most famously claimed that the US would strive to establish and protect the concept of a New World Order (NWO): “We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these...
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...What are conspiracy theories? - Explanations – power relations A conspiracy theory is an explanatory proposition that accuses two or more persons, a group, or an organization of having caused through secret planning and deliberate action, an illegal event or situation. People formulate conspiracy theories to explain, for example, power relations in social groups and the perceived existence of evil forces. - Oxford English Dictionary: The American Historical Review - 1909 According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use of the phrase "conspiracy theory" occurred in a 1909 article in The American Historical Review Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? - A sense of control There are number of factors, but probably one of the most important ones in this instance is that, paradoxically, it gives people a sense of control. People hate randomness, they dread the sort of random occurrences that can destroy their lives, so as a mechanism against that dread, it turns out that it’s much easier to believe in a conspiracy. Then you have someone to blame, it’s not just randomness. - Psychological forces (VS evidence-based thinking) Psychological forces like motivated reasoning have long been associated with conspiracy thinking, but scientists are learning more every year. On the other side there is the evidence-based thinking which most of the people who do not believe in these theories have. o Motivated reasoning Motivated reasoning is an emotion-biased...
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...easier and faster than before. Technology was one of the best invention of all the time . 1.1 Background of the Study PC World is located at Quezon City, Manila. The Pc World opens at exactly 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday. The nature of their business are selling computer parts like Flashdrive , Motherboard , Mouse , Videocard , Memory etc. Manual Transaction are visible in PC World. It is one of the newest PC store in town. It built by Mr. Richard Galvez 1.2 Statement of the Problem -The following statements are the current problems in the PC World. 1.2.1 General Problem The current manual system gives a slower , Inaccurate and unreliable data -Problem arises on Pc world since they’re using manual on all of their transaction resulting to slow service 1.2.2 Specific Problem Manual transaction makes the processing and validating of the inventory a time consuming task. -Supplies being delivered by the Supplier was counted and processed manually,And the Supplies that are being added and Out are also using manual transaction. Thus errors in counting and doing reports may be committed. 1.3 Objectives of the Study -Our main objective is to create and develop a computerized system that will help PC world in their transactions. 1.3.1 General Objective -To create a computerized Inventory System for PC World that will make the transaction easier , faster , and secure...
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...Essay about ’The Order of Things’ Love can hit you like a tornado. Both create an aftermath in which you can often find yourself totally reset, with new ground rules to play by. The short story ‘The Order of Things´, written by Judy Troy investigates themes such as the resetting of a mindset, the value of our short lives, but most of all: love. This essay seeks to focus on the setting, the two main characters, their relationship and symbols to underline certain points of the text. The setting in this short story takes us to the small town Worland, which is located in the state of Wyoming, USA. As with most small towns in the United States, we get the feeling that it is a town where people have close relations with one another. For instance, the first line of the story mentions “…the first inning of the Worland Lutheran softball game…” as the place where our characters Lucy and Carl meet. The fact that it is a Lutheran softball game points towards Worland being a religious town as well. The story takes place over about half a year, from August to around February. This makes for some interesting use of the weather, which is used to underline certain points and moods: “Then in bed, with the sound of rain on the thin roof, they talked about their marriages.” (p. 8 l. 60) Everyone knows the sound of rain dazzling on a thin roof. It screams intimacy. Intimacy is something Carl has never really been used to dealing with. He is the result of a rushed marriage without intimacy: “…...
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...to this evolution of technology companies are constantly modifying processes and procedures to keep up with the advancement of technology. Home life also changed from televisions to phone - the more advanced technology becomes the more advanced people have to become with devices. We also discussed the order of importance and we realized the order of speed, availability, accuracy and consistency is based on the individuals’ need and on the system that they are working in. Support was also suggested to be part of the benefits list because without support and they are issues in the system it would be impossible to have any of the benefits at all. We also discussed working remotely using virtual private network (VPN). The benefits of VPN and how it can assist companies with having individuals work outside of the office. Along with VPN, disaster recovery plans were also discussed and how they can benefit a company to have one in place in the case of a disaster. Our assignment last week was based on acts and how being technically advanced can have an effect of acts. Acts are created to put a “law” into place for situations that can occur in the information technology world to have an individuals’ personal information private and/or safe. Due to technology advancing often over time, the acts have to be modified to continue with...
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