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The Globalised Crystal Ball
In the last few years there have been many developments that have had a great influence on the international community. The rise of China and India, American unilateralism, terrorist attacks, the Dutch and French rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty, a newly assertive Russia, the invasion of Iraq; the list is long. Based on the assumption that the world of tomorrow can be found in the actions of today, De Balie is looking for the future of the international community. This will be done by observing the behavior of influential countries and discuss underlying perceptions, cultural influences, power politics, economic interests and sometimes even individual personality.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has brought Africa’s misery right to the center of international attention through his call for canceling debt and doubling aid. The 2005 G8 summit and the Live 8 concerts provided a platform for western media to focus on Africa. However, the publicity only reinforced existing stereotypes about the continent as a place of famine, war, disease and squalor. Lees verder
Western pity cannot end Africa’s poverty
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has brought Africa’s misery right to the center of international attention through his call for canceling debt and doubling aid. The 2005 G8 summit and the Live 8 concerts provided a platform for western media to focus on Africa. However, the publicity only reinforced existing stereotypes about the continent as a place of famine, war, disease and squalor. Lees verder
Heading Toward a Post-Kyoto Protocol: Doing Good Rather Than Feeling Good
I know what I am about to say is entirely heretical in Europe. But before you fling your newspaper away in disgust, let me begin where I will end: I want an effective global climate change treaty to be in place at the soonest possible moment.
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- Globalised Crystal Ball #4
- Globalised Crystal Ball #3
- Globalised Crystal Ball #2
- Globalised Crystal Ball #1
- Globalised Crystal Ball #5
- Globalised Crystal Ball #7
- Globalised Crystal Ball #6
- Globalised Crystal Ball #8
- Globalised Crystal Ball #9
- Globalised Crystal Ball #10
- Globalised Crystal Ball #11
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- The Globalised Crystal Ball #2
- The Globalised Crystal Ball #3
- The Globalised Crystal Ball #4
- The Globalised Crystal Ball #5
- The Globalised Crystal Ball #6
- The Globalised Crystal Ball #7
- The Globalised Crystal Ball #8
- The Globalised Crystal Ball #9
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Programme of The Globalised Crystal Ball
Upcoming programmes in the series The Globalised Crystal Ball
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The disastrous leadership of Bush makes the U.S. vulnerable and decreases moral credibility
An article by Zbigniew Brzezinski (in Dutch)
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Mapping of the GLobal Future
Public report of the American National Intelligence Council on the geopolitical future through 2020.
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The Pentagon’s New Map;
An article by Thomas P.M. Barnett, one of the most influential military strategists of this moment.
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Preventing the Next Cold War: a view from Beijing
An article by Andrew Small on the future relations between the United States and China, and the possibility of a new Cold War.
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