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1. amomipais82
   

   Hi,
   Current International Issues
   
   Globalization, Iran, and the Sudan
   
   
   
   
   
   Advantage/Disadvantage of Globalization
   
   Cultural imperialism
   
   exposure to other cultures
   
   Cultural
   
   Exploitative: only benefits a few; gap
   
   Jobs, capital, more choices for consumers
   
   Economic
   
   Unwanted external influence  
   
   Weakens power of authoritarian governments
   
   Political
   
   Disadvantages
   
   Advantages
   
   Effects of Glob.
   
   
   
   
   
   North vs. South
   
       * Resource depletion and conservation
       * Northern nations are industrialized & affluent. Southern are poorer, more populous and less industrialized.
             o The North got rich exploiting natural resources of the South.
             o Now the North seeks to restrict the South’s ability to exploit those same resources.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Further Arguments
   
       * Southern states, seeking to exploit their resources
   
   for economic development, say the North is hypocritical.
   
       * One response to this dilemma used by the Nature Conservancy: to pay poor communities NOT to exploit their resources. The idea is this, that the cost of protecting the planet should not rest on poor communities, when everyone benefits.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Millennium Development Goals (2015)
   
       * Halving extreme poverty and hunger
       * Achieving universal primary education and gender equity
       * Reducing the mortality of children under 5 by 2/3
       * Reducing maternal mortality by พ
       * Reversing the spread of HIV / AIDS
       * Halving the proportion of people w/out access to safe drinking water
       * Ensuring environmental sustainability
       * Building a global partnership for development
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Structural Adjustment Programs
   
       * Loans
             o Many have certain conditions attached in order to increase chances of repayment
             o Examples include: cuts in government spending, devaluation of currency, privatization of industry
       * Tied Aid
             o Aid with restrictions on how it can be spent
       * Criticisms
             o Creates burden on the poor, should forgive debts
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Disparities Between North and South
   
   
   
   
   
   Global Priorities in Spending, 1998
   
       * Basic education for the world 6 billion
       * Ice cream in Europe    8 billion
       * Pet foods in Europe and the US 17 billion
       * Cigarettes in Europe   50 billion
       * Alcoholic drinks in Europe  105 billion
       * Narcotic drugs in the world  400 billion
       * Military spending in the world 780 billion
             o (2005, US spending on military = 420 billion, world 950)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   World and Regional Military Spending
   
       * Region    2003
             o Africa    11.4 billion
             o Asia     151 billion
             o Central America   3.3 billion
             o Europe     195 billion
             o North America   426 billion
             o South America  21.8 billion
             o Middle East    70 billion
             o WORLD   879 BILLION
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Military spending vs. aid for dev.
   
   
   
   
   
   Social Movements against Globalization and neo-liberal policies:
   
       * France, 2005-present
             o Mass rioting and public protest over high levels of unemployment and discrimination
   
   
   
       * Mexico, 1994-present
             o Zapatista uprising, the “other campaign”
   
   
   
       * Seattle, Washington
             o 1999 Protests against the World Trade Organization
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Current Issues
   
   Iran: Developing Nuclear Power
   
   
   
   
   
   Iran: Nuclear Future?
   
       * What is the present condition of nuclear development in Iran?
   
   
   
       * What steps is the UN taking to address this?
   
   
   
       * What are the options for the international community?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Iran…
   
       * Claimed this past week that it has produced enriched uranium, for peaceful purposes
                   + Now on the path towards nuclear fuel
                   + Wants to thwart its reliance on oil, not dev. weapons
       * Russia and China support Iran’s nuclear development (members of UN SC)
       * However, Iran’s President Ahmadinejad has claimed that Israel must be “wiped off the map”

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