Current Event #1 The article begins by introducing Eugene Kaspersky, the “CEO of what is arguably the most important Internet security company in the world” (Shachtman). His company, Kaspersky Lab, protects over 50 million people today. However, Kaspersky Lab isn’t just an anti-virus company; it’s also a huge help in finding cyber-espionage. In 2010, one of Kaspersky’s researchers had found “Stuxnet”, a highly-sophisticated computer worm that targeted Siemens industrial software and equipment and became
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The Internet has been a game changer since its inception and today it has become embedded in most electronic devices and accessible by millions of people around the world. Naturally the technology has worked its way into politics, through blogs, news websites, and social media. This has given birth to a new form of activism which people call clicktivism - acts of activism done through the internet such as blog posts, sharing news articles etc on social media, and advertising activist movements through
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other causal factors like war, political ideology, economic policy and political self-interest, it has played a lesser or greater part at different times over this one hundred year period. Poverty was rife in 1880 but there was little interest from the government in reforming social conditions. The prevailing attitude of the government was “laissez faire”. Samuel Smiles a social commentator championed the ideal of ‘self-help’. If poverty did influence social reform at this time, its influence was
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with Adam Smith and he was born in 1883, the year communist founder Karl Marx died. With these auspicious signs, Keynes seemed to be destined to become a powerful free market force when the world was facing a serious choice between communism or capitalism. Instead, he offered a third way, which turned the world of economics upside down. In this article, we'll examine Keynes' doctrine and its impact. (To read about Adam Smith, be sure to check out Adam Smith: The Father Of Economics.) Keynes was ultimately
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the United Kingdon, which holds sovereignty over Scotland. The Queen of England is the head of state. Scotland was an sovereign state until 1707 when they came under the control of the United Kingdom. Scotland does however have a limited self-government within the United Kingdom and is also represented in the United Kingdom Parliament. The United Kingdom Parliament has power over Scotland's taxes, social security, defense, broadcasting, and international relations. Where as the Scottish Parliament
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Military Technology Saif Alasmari ELS Berkeley Mel Potts Abstract On the one hand, we live in the technical world, which is my major at university where I learned a lot about technology. In my opinion, I believe that technology relates to every area. On the other hand, one of the specific areas that plays an important role in the country is military. The question is “does increasing military technology make us safer?” If so, how is military affected by technology, or the other way
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open market and government spending. In law, the government uncontrolled the corruption cases and it might become the barrier for international investors to contribute Angola’s wealth because it is risky to set up the business inside the distrust government. For evidence, the corruption perception index 2012 stated that Angola ranked as 22nd country most corrupt. Besides, this country got low score in term of property right which is 15. Based on the information, Angola is one of the strong socialism
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Government is a set of people governing a community by laying down some customs and laws, thereby streamlining and ensuring its smooth functioning. In the world today, there are various types of governments in different regions of the world that govern their country and their citizens differently. For instance Nigeria, which has a presidential system of government and runs according to a constitution , which makes an elected executive the head of state. On the other hand, China has a Totalitarian
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Geopolitical analysis of Gazprom INTRODUCTION Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas and one of the largest companies in the world. Gazprom was created in 1989 when the Ministry of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union transformed itself into a corporation, keeping all its assets intact. The company was later privatized in part, but currently the Russian government holds most of the control in its hands. The major parts of Gazprom’s production fields are located around the Gulf
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