mandag 20. oktober 2014

 Obama authorizes air surveillance of IS in Syria

I have been focusing on Obama and the situation in Syria. I read three articles about this and have been looking into what they think about Obama authorizing air surveillance of IS in Syria.  

The daily mail (UK)They refers to IS as "barbaric terrorists". Suddenly they are questioning Obama and his plan to stop IS. It seems like they do not believe that the US are doing everything in their power. They mention that the times named seven countries “likely enlisted”. Daily mail says that a trustful source from the State Department would not confirm that any country have been asked to provide help. In the article they wrote; Obama also branded IS “a cancer”, bragging that “tyrants and murderers before them should recognize that kind of hateful vision ultimately is no match for the strength and hopes of people who stand together for the security and dignity and freedom that is the birth right of every human being.” Daily mails comment on that was that “it was laid-on-thick rhetoric suggests either a confidence that a coalition will materialize, or a brazen acknowledgment that America will be left to bomb IS on its own in Syria.” 

The New York Times (USA)They focused a lot on America and the wellbeing of American citizen. They mention a lot what the people from the Withe House says. They are also focusing on how the attacks are happening, and what kind on weapons and plane they are using to bomb IS. The New York Times repeatedly writes that Obama does not want to help Syria’s strong-arm dictator Mr. Assad. The thing is that USA are very good at something called “cloak and dagger”. That is kind of like political nonsense, they say a lot and uses many words, but it really does not matter.

Aljazeera (Egypt)They had a very short article, while the others were long. Aljazeera is very straightforward and gives us the information we need. They do not quote anybody or say their opinion, they do not pick sides. So this article is just like the others, minus the “picking sides”-part.

If you are wondering who the IS are, follow this link and read a bit more--->  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29052144

mandag 13. oktober 2014

Elaborate on and discuss a number of global challenges


WTO
The world trade organization was established in 1995. They deals with the global rules of trade between nations. 

99%
"We are the 99%" is a political slogan widely used by the occupy movement. It was originally the name of a Tumblr blog page launched in late August 2011.

UN
United Nations is an intergovernmental organization established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. 

Great recession
Great recession is a term used to describe the general economic decline observed in world markets around the end of the first decade of the 21st century.

Occupy wall street
OWS is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's wall street financial district , receiving global attention and spawning the occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.

IMF  
international monetary fund is an international organization that was initiated in 1933 at Bretton Woods Conference and was formally created in 1945 by 29 member countries.

World Bank

The world bank is a United Nations International financial institusion that provides loans. To developing countries for capital programs. The world bank is a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development group.

Globalization 

Globalization is the process of international intergration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.

NGOs  

A non-governmental organization (NGO) is the term commonly used for an organization that is neither a part of a government nor a convertional for-profit business. Usually set up by ordinary citizens.