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The Impact of Globalization on the United States (Praeger Perspectives)

19 hours ago ago from Law Book Reviews

December 19, 2009 by admin Filed under Law Books Leave a comment Over the past decade, a virtual cottage industry has arisen to produce books and articles describing the nature, origins, and impact of globalization. Largely and surprisingly absent from this literature, however, has been extensive discussion of how globalization is affecting the United States itself. Indeed, it is rarely even acknowledged that while the United ...

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Europe : Nice location, shame about the neighbours, by Nick Witney

8 hours ago ago from Regards citoyens

Nick Witney argues that Europe’s biggest challenge in coming decades is how it will get along with the Islamic world, and warns that Europe needs to shake off its habitual passivity on the Palestinian issue In ‘The Clash of Civilisations’ Samuel Huntington described how in the aftermath of the Cold War civilisational identity was remaking the global order. It was widely praised, and widely criticised too – for such inconvenient truths as ...

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Obama’s Foreign Engagement Scorecard

22 hours ago ago from The New York Times

If there is a one-word handle that fits the conduct of foreign relations in Barack Obama s first year as president, it is The Obama administration has engaged with Iran , Russia , Burma, Sudan , North Korea. sounds harmless something any sensible administration would do (though the Bush administration apparently did far less of it). But what, in fact, does President Obama have to show for itself? And how do you keep score? He ...

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