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What’s The Whole NATO Summit About?: A Primer

After the recent decision to move the upcoming G8 conference from Chicago to Camp David in Maryland, there has been a great emphasis on the NATO Summit. But if your watching the news, the discussion is more likely directed outside of the Summit – protests. Even a lecture organized at Harper College to discuss theContinue reading “What’s The Whole NATO Summit About?: A Primer”

An Interconnected World

Globalization …There I said it. Just a few years back, the word was used to denote the thousand and one elements of the deepening connectivity ocurring across almost every political boundary. Generally globalization refers to episodes of integration in the commodity (e.g. Cokes), capital (e.g. Cash), and labor markets (http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/anrep_e/wtr08-2b_e.pdf). Expansion of all three marketsContinue reading “An Interconnected World”