Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 18, 2008	Bahamas Minster of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing attributed the collapse of American International Group (AIG) to globalization
Laing Blames AIG On Globalization: By TAMARA McKENZIE - Nassau, Bahamas: After American International Group (AIG) – one of the world’s most prominent insurance companies – had to be bailed out of massive debt on Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of America, Minster of State for...... [view]

Posted By:  CSRwire Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008	Applied Disenfranchisement
Something occurred to me this morning, while driving quietly along the stretch of highway that is the MASSPIKE without a peripheral care to the swooshing world around me. Why is it that while many Central and Latin American countries reap in poverty like that of a honey bee in honey, the mainstay...... [view]

Posted By:  srachiles Posted On:  Aug 11, 2008	How flat is the world?
I'm not very disciplined when it comes to journaling or things like that, but I think it's good to record ones thoughts, if only to sift through and clarify them. Here goes... As a teacher, the only time I really get to do meaningful reading is during summer vacation. I use that time not only...... [view]

Posted By:  GlobalEco Posted On:  Jul 29, 2008	My TIG petition
This is the link to my TIG petition on Labor Abuse http://petitions.takingitglobal.org/HelpStopLaborAbuse... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Jul 28, 2008	The end of the line… for now
As evident by the fact that I have not blogged here in months, I just wanted to post a final note and let you all know that GlobaLab has suspended activities for the time being. As an experiment, very much rooted in my academic experience during 2006-07, I felt it no longer reflected my...... [view]

Posted By:  CoreyNorman Posted On:  Jul 22, 2008	Avaaz.org
Here is another website some of you may be interested in. It is called Avaaz.org : The World In Action. Their mission is: Avaaz.org is a new global web movement with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want. Across the...... [view]

Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	Cities are the new power centres
Much of the blogging on this site has focused on environmental issues, world issues and discussions of diversity, all obviously related to globalization. My job is to bring cities into the discussion, and it turns out this is easy to do. It’s not well enough understood that globalization...... [view]

Posted By:  ReillyY Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	Cities are the new power centres
Much of the blogging on this site has focused on environmental issues, world issues and discussions of diversity, all obviously related to globalization. My job is to bring cities into the discussion, and it turns out this is easy to do. It’s not well enough understood that globalization...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	THE POWERLESS POWERS
Reflections of Fidel: THIS is a serious subject. The summit meeting of leaders of the eight most highly industrialized powers on the planet took place July 7-9 at a mountain retreat on the banks of the Toyako, a lake formed inside a volcanic crater located in the north of the island of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 7, 2008	The empire’s hypocritical politics
Reflections of Fidel: IT would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain’s and Bush’s. I feel no resentment towards...... [view]

Posted By:  ReillyY Posted On:  Jun 5, 2008	DO YOU WANT SOME CANADIAN CITIES TO LOOK LIKE THIS?
Photo by Camilo Jose Vergara. Source: Invincible Cities web site. Cities can be sources of economic power, a point that’s emphasized in the Canada’s World Discussion Guide and in my previous post . But they can also be economic liabilities, and bellwethers of...... [view]

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Global Affairs Monitor - Modern China: The Promise and Challenge of an Emerging Superpower

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Website:  http://monitor.worldsavvy.org   Description:   Modern China: The Promise and Challenge of an Emerging Superpower The Chinese narrative is unique, and Western powers in an age of globalization find themselves in unfamiliar territory. As global economies become increasingly integrated and pressing world problems require global solutions, the well-being of all countries is affected by China. Most experts see the international community today as being at a cross-roads: China cannot be ignored, so it must necessarily be either balanced and contained, or engaged as a full-fledged, (and perhaps unconditional) member of the world’s power infrastructure.   [view]