The commercial Chinese trade in 2013 exceeded, for the first time, 4.000 billion dollars, making the Asian giant the first commercial power in the world. In fact, in 2013 the total exports and imports from China reached USD 4.16 trillion with an increase of 7.6%. More specifically, China’s exports increased by 7.9% to 2.21 trillion dollars… Read More China, the World’s Largest Economy- With Limits
After the demonstrators (most of them students and activists) occupied the Taiwanese Parliament on the 19th of March 2014, and protests are still going on, the government has instructed the police to restore order and clean-up the Parliament from what it described as an “unlawful” act that went against the principle of democracy. The police… Read More Taiwanese Protesters still Fight…for the Right Cause?
President Obama has authorised the deployment of further US military forces to Uganda to help track notorious rebel warlord, Joseph Kony. Under the War Powers Act, the President informed Congress of the decision on Sunday night as the deployments began. At least four CV-22 Osprey aircraft are scheduled to arrive in the country by the… Read More US Pledges Further Support to Stop Joseph Kony
Apparently there is a strict gender policy also to serve lunch nowadays. Being sexy and ‘provocative’ can lead you to dangerous and unconformable situations, such as sexual harassment and rape, as it has been pointed out many times by men and political leaders, but also ,ironically, by courageous women (the latest ‘ironic’ campaign was carried… Read More No Room for “Blondies” at the Nuclear Security Summit
Most of the contributors of this blog, including the two co-founders, have participated and continue to participate in Model United Nations, also known as MUNs or Model UN, which are “an extra-curricular activity in which students typically role-play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees.” The delegates who participate in MUNs represent and… Read More MUNs: Why We Love Them and Dislike Them
In Venezuela the government does whatever it pleases: from taking properties into national hands with any excuse, to taking control of private companies (from oil to communications to cement), to rigging elections and manipulating media. For those and many more reasons (including lack of personal and food security), there have been numerous protests over the… Read More El Que Se Cansa Pierde: Why Is It Different this Time around in Venezuela?
Photo credits: wideshut.co.uk Dr. Rajash Rawal is a researcher at the European Public Management Research Group and a lecturer at the Haagse Hogeschool in the Netherlands, but most of all he specializes in the role of media in European politics. Rawal has published and contributed to many articles regarding the topics of e-democracy, e-government, social…
A teacher, a lawyer, a political analyst, a deputee director for the UN and a journalist: American-born David Bosco is an ambitious multi-tasker. Currently, he is a contributing writer at Foreign Policy and an professor of International Politics at the American University of Washington D.C. in the United States. During his experience as a freelancer…
Earlier this month, members of the Campaign To Stop Killer Robots briefed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Issues on the emergent threat of autonomous weapons systems and killer robots. On 7 March, Ban Ki-moon spoke to the advisory board personally and encouraged a quick resolution on the concerns expressed internationally regarding the… Read More Stop the Killer Robots: an Interview With Professor Noel Sharkey
The perspective on the revolutionary power of climate change is provided by the Canadian journalist Naomi Klein and hes article on “How science is telling us all to revolt” published in New Statesman, October 29, 2013. Klein became famous worldwide thanks to “No Logo”, the book manifesto of an anti-globalization movement that was born in… Read More Is There Still Time to Start a Revolution to End the Extreme Consequences of Global Warming?
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