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Dave Roddenberry: Sovereignty is a multi-use concept with a seemingly unending supply of definitions. It is also in an apparent logical conflict with the idea of interstate cooperation. Yet, for centuries states have sought to collaborate across a number of fields, though perhaps none more so than that of security.
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Christian von Campe: Energy security is a key issue for nearly every industrialized state, and the United Kingdom is no exception. This paper examines energy policy in the UK from a threat perspective, and proposes solutions for ensuring the heavy dependence on a sufficient and secure energy supply is not an Achilles heel.
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Alexandra Dobra: It is popularly believed that neoliberalism and globalization go hand in and are detrimental to the power of the State. Indeed, globalization appears as the very enemy of the State, by undermining its democratic capabilities. Nevertheless, both the State and globalization share a symbiotic relationship- they both require each other for survival.
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Jakob Stenfalk: Solving the problems of the 21st century requires broad international cooperation. Having glaring double standards is fundamentally destructive of the trust that such cooperation requires.
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Rudi Guraziu: The demise of the Cold War seems to have boosted the salience of regionalism across the globe, and RTAs have blossomed since then. But is regionalism a help or a hindrance in the process of globalization?
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Christian von Campe: The process of globalization not only erodes nationalism, but at the same time presents the opportunity for the ideology of nationalism to return to the fore. The current economic crisis presents a new challenge to the globalized world.
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Shashi Tharoor: India seems to be immune from the global economic recession. The November terrorist attacks against the commercial capital did not hinder the country’s speedy growth rate and the prompt return of investors and Foreign Direct Investments.
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John Dalziel Frew: The trend that will define the future of global governance is the globalization of decision-making: when decisions made in one place increasingly affect the lives of those living in another, hopes of security rest on recognising the far-reaching consequences of apparently parochial actions.
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Eckart von Klaeden: The “strategic partnership” between the EU and Latin America must be followed up with concrete and substantive political initiatives. The European Union, Latin America, and the United States must work towards a trilateral dialog.
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Sergio Marchi: A policy of integration is crucial to shaping the lives of migrants and finding the appropriate accommodation between them and their fellow citizens.
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Dominique Moisi: France should come to terms with the present century and come back into Europe. I have a few answers to the question that went unasked in the recent French presidential election campaign, and seems to have gone unconsidered by the French people.
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Nikolas Kirrill Gvosdev: I reject Rudolph Giuliani’s call to expand NATO membership to other, non-Western democracies. Adding states like Australia or India to “globalize” NATO would undermine its original and enduring purpose: collective security through Article 5.
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John Koenig: The transatlantic relationship is more complex—and more vital—than ever before. Responding to Egon Bahr’s article, I note that NATO is and should remain rooted in the transatlantic community.
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Egon Bahr: Europe must emancipate itself from the United States and take a stand for multilateralism. I see NATO expansion as an invitation for the US to continue to dominate the alliance—Europe should oppose it.
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Joseph S. Nye: We cannot overlook Japan as a global powerhouse. How its people and government respond to emerging China will be “one of the great questions for this century.”
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Sylke Tempel: I look at the ever-present globalization bogeyman at the top of this year’s G8 protest agenda. But are concerns justified? Many of the more fuzzy arguments of globalization critics can be easily discarded.
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This essay examines transatlantic relationships over the past two decades and the reasons behind why the Western alliance has been able to survive despite predictions of demise. Particular emphasis is given to what the skeptics got right and what they got wrong, including Robert Kagan’s paper entitled “Power and Weakness.” Attention is also given to a new challenge confronting the Atlantic
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“It is an inescapable reality that almost all of today’s great challenges lie outside the traditional NATO relationship, and many are in areas where US and European views have long diverged.” ++ Nevertheless, there remain many areas where US-European cooperation are both desirable and necessary. ++ As the balance of power shifts from West to East, the US and Europe should focus their energies
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The pacification of Europe, the great geo-political feat of the 20th century, has left the continent neutered and incapable of projecting sufficient hard power. ++ A risk-averse Europe that relies too heavily on soft power as a means of influence will find it difficult to carve out a niche for itself on the global stage. ++ China, India, and Brazil ”do not take Europe seriously, at least not in
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Governments must cooperate to stimulate their economies and resist protectionism in response to the economic crisis. ++ Protectionism is short-sighted and could destroy the positive aspects of economic globalization which have encouraged international growth. ++ Protectionism will not stop other forms of globalization and could lead to the spread of disease, friction in nations with high
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Is de-globalization the magic solution to escape the economic crisis? No, it would be the biggest mistake. ++ Protectionism and nationalism are false friends and, as history has proven, responsible for poverty and conflicts. ++ What we need is a new regulating framework based on ethical principles with the mantra “liberty, responsibility, solidarity.” ++ As the most advanced example of
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The idea guiding the upcoming G20 Summit in April to address the financial crisis should be that “every crisis embodies a chance to change things for the better”. ++ On the one hand, the opportunity of the current crisis is the promotion of the concept of shared responsibility and cooperation. ++ On the other hand, it has made governments display their determination to “stimulate global demand
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Behind its image of Eurocapital, seducing people from all over the globe, Brussels is in many ways comparable to a city of a developing country. ++ Dirty, bad economic conditions; 35% of the people aged under 25 are unemployed and this number rises significantly for foreigners. ++ According to Eurostat only three regions rank worse on the European continent ++ But who can help Brussels? ++ The
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To date, the world has known globalization. ++ But the financial crisis has spurred talks on the new trend of deglobalization: shifting focus from the international level to the domestic one. ++ This does not seem to concern the Davos participants: globalization was reaffirmed and it was argued that the benefits of free market economics will always trump calls for protectionism. ++ While in
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The Red Brigades, a communist inspired terrorist group which emerged in Italy in the 70s, have been substituted by new social brigades (NSB), a different name but no less nocuous. ++ Deprived of a strong political culture, NSB take advantage of social malaise to recruit followers. ++ The economic crisis provides conducive conditions for this new group to flourish; the most exposed countries are
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The financial crisis has proven that there is still a major role for the state to play in our global era. ++ New challenges, such as intense capital transactions, have increased pressure on the state and require it to complement its traditional (albeit still capital) functions of protecting its citizens through the monopoly of force, promoting democratization and so forth. ++ In order to succeed
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We now have an opportunity for a world government - a global currency, supreme court, law, civil service, and military force, as in the EU, is possible. ++ Global warming, the financial crisis and the war on terror offer reasons for such global governance. ++ China and the US are becoming more open to global solutions. ++ Susan Rice, US ambassador to the UN, shows a commitment to international
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The financial crisis evinces the exigent need for a “Global Monetary Authority.” ++ No international framework exists for dealing with such crises; the vacuum is perilous. ++ Financial wealth is shifting to the East; the result will be a “clash of philosophies,” in which the American financial system will be contested. ++ The GMA would “set the tone for capital
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In the era of globalization, there is no alternative to multilateralism. ++ But multilateralism can only function with an accepted leadership and within institutions which are capable of acting. ++ Both the G8 and the security council do not include all of today’s important powers. ++ The G8 is loosing influence and should be a group of 14 or 16 members. ++ Industrial countries have to offer
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Globalization means that international affairs no longer occur in a bipolar, unipolar, or even multipolar world, but rather “under conditions of nonpolarity.” ++ In this nonpolar world, coordination between actors is increasingly difficult, and agreements are rarely reached. ++ The problem of Iran, currently Israel’s top concern, will unlikely motivate the international community to act in
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Once upon a time in the West, the notion of globalization brought to mind new commercial outlets, the international exchange of goods and new post-industrial job opportunities. Yet, the integration of highly populated emerging economies, China and India in particular, has modified the circumstances of both Europeans and Americans. Ever more people on either side of the Atlantic now associate
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The US dollar was for a long time the leading global currency against which all other foreign currencies were measured. The downside of this is that as a result, the USA has accumulated a huge trade deficit. In 2006, foreign goods and services purchased by Americans were worth 600 billion USD more than the goods and services they sold abroad. Every day, the US needs to draw on seven billion
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Why do free trade promoters believe they can convince the “Joe Sixpacks” of the world that temporary, however painful, economic adjustments will lead to overall gain? ++ This argument requires a trustworthy system of redistribution, which the US lacks. ++ Convincing today’s losers that tomorrow’s winners will be numerically greater enters philosophical territory, perhaps
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Internationalist economic policy is no longer perceived to be in the interest of the working population in the US. ++ A new internationalism that mitigates adverse effects – inequality and insecurity – is required to maintain America’s commitment to an integrated global economy. ++ US should acknowledge the long term advantages of globalization as an indubitable producer of
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The growing strength of other states, the challenges to US foreign, energy, and economic policy, and globalization, which has diluted state control, have all contributed to ending the era of American dominance. ++ The new distribution of power will lead to multiplied threats, unstable relationships and a leadership vacuum. ++ Maintaining order in a non-polar world will require joint and astute
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Confronting some of the protectionist calls during the ongoing presidential nomination process, Steven E. Landsburg, a professor of economics at the University of Rochester, reminds us of the huge benefits of free trade we benefit from everyday.
Thus, even when some jobs are outsourced, the fall in wages is more than offset by the gains through lower prices. Essentially, company managers, by
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Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics at Princeton, argues in the NY Times that the biggest foreign policy issues for the next president will not be related to 9/11 or the war in Iraq. Rather, they will involve the consequences of China’s rapid economic growth.
The $100 a barrel oil price is a “made-in-China phenomenon,” given that China has been responsible for about a third of the
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A new report by the Boston Consulting Group reveals that developing world firms are growing fast and spreading into foreign markets. The list of 100 firms consists of multinationals which are expanding overseas aggressively.
So why have they ventured abroad? 16 of the 41 Chinese firms listed are owned by the Chinese government, and move on its orders, while others go in search of resources or
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A new survey by the German Marshall Fund finds that further transatlantic trade and investment are seen by majorities on both sides of the Atlantic as crucial to the economic stability of the region. While Americans have grown more skeptical about their economic future, Europeans have become slightly more optimistic. Likewise, although most of those surveyed both in Europe and America support
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Princeton Lyman, former US ambassador to Nigeria and South Africa, writes together with Council on Foreign Relations director Patricia Dorff that the United States must recognize Africa’s growing significance and improve the assistance it currently provides to the continent. The United States currently imports 15 percent of its oil from Africa, equal to its share from the Middle East, and
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J. Paul Horne of the European Institute reports that, after decades of US financial dominance, economic developments in Asia have driven down American GDP’s percentage scale of the global market. He suggests that the US initiate reforms to protect against emerging market power in Asia as well as in the European Union.
Reports by McKinsey as well as
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The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts China experts Sharon Hom, of Human Rights in China, and Jacques deLisle, of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, for a discussion on the balance between human rights advancements and deteriorations in the world’s fastest-growing superpower. The two experts argue that the United States’ role as a facilitator of social improvement
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Globalization has come full circle, says Deutsche Welle. 10 years ago, Germany set the tone of its economic relationship with India. German companies outsourced parts of their production to India and attempted to lure Indian IT-Specialists into the country. Now, Indian companies are opening up subsidiaries in Germany, employing Germans, and an Indian steel giant is making bids to buy its
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Chatham House researchers John Mitchell and Glada Lahn advise that although production abroad by Asian national oil companies (ANOCs) is small right now, its relevance to global energy security could change if ANOCs gain significant positions in Iraq or Iran. ANOC host governments are attracted to such Middle East investment by the lower requirements for transparency or diminished social
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Cheaper access to capital, successful business models and sizable assets are helping Latin American companies—especially from Brazil and Mexico—to take over OECD-based firms. Javier Santiso of Deutsche Bank Research analyzes how Latin American companies, the so-called multilatinas, strive for their share of the global market. Multilatinas like Embraer and Cemex have developed strategies of
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Protection of intellectual property rights has become increasingly important since China’s admission to the WTO, reports Mei Ying Gechlik of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Foreign companies should trust the Chinese judicial system to protect their patent rights. Mechanisms such as judicial review have proven successful in appealing decisions of the Patent Reexamination Board.
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The European Policy Centre’s Katerina Rüdiger argues that Europe’s rapidly aging population should be seen not as a threat, but as an opportunity for reform. Besides trying to counteract demographic trends, national governments as well as the EU should implement policies that foster more inclusive labor markets. Reforms must create the conditions for life-long learning and unconventional career
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