Global
there is one global market for...
manufactured and agricultural goods, energy in all forms, investment capital, services (particularly tech services), and labor.
Proliferation...
What is....
the spread of new technology (or idea, mainstream, etc)
Methods of terriorist
What is....
bombing/IEDs; assassinations; hijacking; chemical/biological weapons
Mercantilism...
an economic policy designed to maximize exports and minimize imports; associated with imperialism
Migration...
Immigration...
Emigration...
Moving between countries
Moving INTO a country
Moving OUT OF a country
Benefits of globalization
• Job creation > employment grows quickly led by exports
• Access to better, cheaper products
• War less likely when countries rely upon each other
Types of proliferation...
Vertical: within a country; building more or updating existing weapons or delivery systems
Horizontal: new countries acquiring them
Terrorism is...
The use, or threat of use, of violence by an individual or a group, whether acting for or in opposition to established authority
intellectual property rights
patents and copyrights
disease eradification
polio, small pox, malaria, measles, and yellow fever.
Italicized are decreased, not disappeared.
The theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports
What is protectionism?
Reason to develop nuclear weapons
What is...
protection >> deter enemies from attacking
prestige >> a member of the nuclear club
science >> develop nuclear energy and science-technology
Fighting terriorists...
With technology (Drones, Spy satellites, NSA internet surveillance)
New ways of thinking (Better military strategy/tactics, Back to diplomacy)
Tariffs are...
Quotas are...
market share >>
a tax on imports; drives up the price and makes them less competitive in the domestic market
numerical limits on units of goods
gives the a price advantage in foreign markets and claim a larger market share
non-communal diseases
communal diseases
tuberculosis, HIV, and AIDS
Pentagon’s New Map argued...
That future threats would come from regions and countries not “fully integrated” (developing countries)
Inventive and disincentive...
Incentive: we’ll give you X if you don’t develop weapons, Share nuclear energy tech, Nuclear fuel for reactors, Dispose of your nuclear waste
Disincentive: we’ll cut you off from any nuclear assistance and impose sanctions on you (trade, aid, etc.)
Motives....
•Separatism
•Change government ideology
•Imposition of a theocracy
Subsidies...
Dumping
government gives cheap loans or grants to manufacturers
selling products under true cost of production (made possible by subsidies)
Overseas UN refugee efforts; representatives in countries with large refugee populations
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Possible downsides to globalization
What is...
Loss of jobs
“Foreign” “dangerous” ideas and information
“Cultural pollution”
why care about proliferation?
with every new nuclear country the world becomes more and more dangerous
Modern period...
•Rapid evolution over the last half century
•1960-80s…”liberationist” and Leftist
•1990s-present…Islamist terror
benefits of trade
comparative advantage -
- how all countries can benefit
- bigger markets and more variety
- trade imbalances (deficits and surpluses)
increase longevity
- better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases
- access to safe water
- public health education and changed bx
- disease eradification