11M 2004

 

EUROPA LISTADO DE ESTADOS

    Albania, Alemania, Andorra, Austria, Bielorrusia, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Bélgica, Chequia, Chipre, Ciudad del Vaticano, Croacia, Dinamarca, Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, España, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Grecia, Hungría, Irlanda, Islandia, Italia, Kosovo, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgo, Macedonia del Norte, Malta, Moldavia, Montenegro, Mónaco, Noruega, Países Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Reino Unido, Rumanía, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Suecia, Suiza, Ucrania.

 Ámsterdam,  Andorra la Vieja, Atenas, Belgrado, Berlín, Berna, Bratislava, Bruselas, Bucarest, Budapest, Chisináu, Copenhague, Dublín, Estocolmo, Helsik, La Valeta, Lisboa, Liubliana, Londres, Luxemburgo, Madrid, Minsk, Moscú, Mónaco, Nicosia, Oslo, París, Podgorica, Praga, Pristina, Reikiavik, Riga, Roma, San Marino, Sarajevo, Skopie, Sofía, Tallin, Tirana, Vaduz, Varsovia, Viena, Vilna, Zagreb, Kiev.

DIDACTALIA

The new international order

 

 

1.1 The new international order

In 1991, the bipolar order marked by the division of the world

into blocs disappeared and a new unipolar order began in which

the __________became the only global superpower.

But since the beginning of the 21st century, and especially

since the __________ crisis of 2008, the world has been moving

towards multipolarity or collective decision-making.

 The causes that have driven multipolarity are several:

 ➜ Opposition to American_____________.

 ➜ The influence that other traditional powers like _______ and

the European Union maintain and the economic surge of new

emerging groups like the BRICS and TICKS, which are claiming

greater power in global decisions

 ➜ The importance of the __________ countries.

1.2 The global system of states and their conflicts

In the world today, countries are grouped into large regions of

similar political, economic, social and cultural traits.

These regions are the traditional ______of power –the US,

Japan and the EU; Southeast Asia– where the emerging powers

China and _______stand out; Russia and the republics of central

Asia; the ________Arab world; Latin America; and Sub-Saharan

Africa.

Relations between the global _________are not egalitarian,

as significant differences in power and influence exist between

them. As a result, since the end of the Cold______, international

areas of tension and conflict have multiplied.The main areas of

tension are located in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

The most frequent international conflicts today are those where

two or more neighbouring countries are in opposition;

this is the case with India and ______, the two Koreas, and the

Arab countries and Israel. Civil wars, or confrontations between

members of the same society, also abound.

The causes of these conflicts can be quite diverse:

➜________.  This group includes territorial conflicts,

that is, over borders or the desire to control territories

considered__________; nationalistic disputes over

certain territories’ desire for autonomy or independence; and

those that are the consequence of political regime changes and

the _______for liberties. 

➜ Economic. The most frequent are over control

of resources (water, land, oil) or minerals (diamonds, uranium,

coltan).

 ➜ Other causes of conflict are______, motivated by

confrontations between racial groups, and religious, if different

religions (Christianity and Islam) or different denominations of the

same religion (Shiites and Sunnis) clash.

BRICS is the acronymcoined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The BRICS members are known for their

significant influence on regional affairs.[1] Since 2009, the governments of the BRICS states have met annually at formal summit1. 1 Define: unipolar when did it take?

      bipolar, multipolarity order.

 2. What causes have driven multipolarity?

 3. Guess the countries of emerging countries TICKS

 4. Define emerging country and give examples.

 5. Where is the areas of main tension?

 6. What is cause of the most international frequent conflict? Give an example.

 7. Describe the political causes.

 8. What is the most economic frequent conflict?

 9. Can you describe other  cause of conflicts?

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER

https://elpais.com/politica/2016/03/09/actualidad/1457534124_969445.html

 https://elpais.com/internacional/2021-04-14/biden-justifica-la-retirada-militar-de-afganistan-es-el-momento-de-terminar-con-la-guerra-mas-larga.html

 

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-where-are-the-worlds-ongoing-conflicts-today/

 

La globalización

 

WHAT´S GLOBALISATIÓN ?

WHAT´S GLOBALIZATION?

https://www.learnpick.in/prime/documents/ppts/details/333/international-organisation

1. What are some unpleasant side effects of globalization?

2. How many people have more money than all the money owned by the poorest half of the entire world's population

3.What movements or organizations have been created because of the problem of inequality?

4.What is the difference between the 1950's and nowadays 21sth century?

5.Older generations blame Globalization, free trade and open immigration policies, what are politicians doing to change negative voters against globalization? 

6. Has this made things worse or better? Why? 

7-What are some solutions to the problems caused by globalization, given to us in the video?

 

1. What are some unpleasant side effects of globalization?

-       Increasing inequality. People lose jobs through outsourcing and an  increase of foreign migration workers

-       Only the best companies with the best technology thrive/succeed.

 

2. How many people have more money than all the money owned by the poorest half of the entire world's population?

-       8

 

3. What movements or organizations have been created because of the problem of inequality?

-Occupy Wall Street

-Fighting Inequality Alliance

 

4. What is the difference between the 1950's and nowadays 21sth century?

-Inbetween 1950's and 1990's it was expected that most children make higher incomes than their parents, nowadays that is not as comun.

 

5 Older generations blame Globalization, free trade and open immigration policies, what are politicians doing to change negative voters against globalization?

-       Turn inwards to help ensure jobs don't leave the country, they lock down borders, decrease the number of work visas and punish companies for not using local labor

 

6.  Has this made things worse or better? Why?

-       Worse, because protectionism has been proven(throughout history) that it leads to slower growth and decreases the competitiveness of nations engaged in such policies

 

7 What are some solutions to the problems caused by globalization, given to us in the video?

-       find ways to address the problem of extreme wealth inequality and encourage reasonable sharing in the global marketplace. To do this companies and governments must work together to improve their competitiveness and make the world more global, not less.

-       this needs to be done in a way that will help transition and retrain workers who are being displaced, moving them to areas of growth, like healthcare, information technology, automobiles,energy, farming, education, financial services

-       focus on 3 initiatives:

     1. To revive through increased innovation

2. To improve transitions from education to employment

3. Adjust taxes raising disposable incomes for low and middle income households