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Entries from May 2008

‘Ban’ on the Cluster Bomb, Debates Loopholes

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments

DUBLIN (Reuters) – More than 100 nations formally agreed on Friday to ban the use of cluster bombs but debate continued on loopholes that could benefit powers such as the United States, which has refused to take part in talks on a ban.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged states to quickly sign and ratify the [...]

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Tags: Politics & International Relations · War & Terrorism · World

The Future of American Power

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

The era of U.S. hegemony is coming to an end and other powers are rising. In this issue of Foreign Affairs, Fareed Zakaria contrasts America’s dwindling power with the decline of the British Empire while CFR President Richard Haass examines the consequences of a nonpolar world. The United States can continue to lead, they argue, but [...]

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Tags: Politics & International Relations

Measuring Genuine Progress

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was first used in the United Kingdom to measure their war-time production. Since the whole economy was geared up to wage war, it was a fair measure of how much the system was turning over.
While the second world war has finished, GDP is peculiarly still the measurement system of choice for [...]

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Tags: Developing Countries · Economic Development