- Cultural Region (Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania, or Latin America)
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- Concise (no more than 5 sentences) summary with a clear thesis statement
Friday, January 24, 2014
F. I. - Question 53
To complete question #53 on the "Foundations Investigation," select an article from a PRINT issue of Current History. Your comment should include the following:
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Europe
ReplyDeleteJones, Erik. "Europe's Threatened Solidarity." Current History 111.743 (2012):
88-93. Print. The European Union must overcome many challenges to get out
of the trouble that it is currently in. Europe is in trouble after the
Greek economic crisis. Many similar crisis have happened in the past where
one country spread its problems to the rest, but solutions have always been
reached. Unfortunately though, the poor state of the government may lead to
less investors which will continue to worsen the government. Also, it may
be hard to reach a solution in the European Union if the members cannot
overcome the conflicts brought about by miscommunication that have plagued
them in the past.
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ReplyDeleteLatin America
ReplyDeleteLustig, Nora. "Latin America's Inequality Success Story." Current History Feb.
2013: 64-9. Print.
Income inequality in Latin America is declining. This income inequality in Latin America was steadily rising since the 1980s. This was said to be because of a mixture of a wage gap between skilled and low skilled workers and rising earnings in Argentinian labor unions. Then, at around the year 2000, the rise stopped and began declining. It began declining because of major rises in Argentinian GDP growth which caused inequality between people of the working class in the country.
Eastern Asia and Europe
ReplyDeleteTrenin, Dimitri. “Russia’s Post-Imperial Condition.” Current History Oct. 2011: 272-76. Print.
As a total, Russia's condition after the Imperial is affecting Eastern Asia and Europe. It is also called "Eurasia". Since Russia has entered its post-imperial state, the public space and politics are declining. Russia has been chaining close links with Europe, Eastern Asia and the United States. Eurasia has been following through with helping the Russian empire. All of the events happening in Russia highly effect all of the countries in Europe and Eastern Asia, since it is such a large country.
South Asia
ReplyDeleteChaudhary, Shamila N. "In Pakistan, a New Focus for Counterterrorism."
Current History (2013): 152-54. Print.
Pakistan began to weaken with the help of the United States, anti-Shiite rules, and unexpected factors. With the United States, Pakistan began to listen to its policies and imply them which allowed Pakistan to lose access to its global financial transactions. In 2012, over 300 Shiites tried to kill by suicide bombing which only initiated the anti-Shiite law and weakened Pakistan even more at its own vulnerable state. Finally, Pakistan decided to protest the use of U.S. policies within Pakistan. Overall, Pakistan began to crumble but not because of its own doing but because of America, laws, and unexpectedness.
Europe
ReplyDeleteLustig, Joshua. "Russia's Technical Difficulties." Current History 112.756
(2013): 285. Print.
In this article, Lustig discusses the difficulties and limitations with technology that surround the Russian population. It says that even though so many modern inventions were first created in Russia, it's current population is being held back in terms of advancement. First of all, high officials would rather borrow the supplies from other countries rather than the countries' schools. Also, the country lacks significant patent laws, and business is often frowned upon. These cause Russian scientists and inventors to have an attitude of little pride while working, halting the efficiency of their creations.
Middle East
ReplyDeleteGalal, Ahmed. "Equality and Authoritarianism in the Arab World." Current History
Dec. 2013: 356-61. Print.
This article in Current History brings forth the statistics that the Arab world is suffering from inequality of other developing nations. The Arab culture is actually the opposite of people's perceptions. The culture is doing financially well, paying close attention to primary education, and accessibility to health services. Ahmed Galal blames the "Zakat" tax and redistribute policies. He also predicts that the Arab culture will become more modernized and democratic policies are soon on the horizon.
Sub-Saharan Africa
ReplyDeleteJoseph, Richard. "Democracy's Struggles in Africa." Current History 110.739
(2011): n. pag. Print.
The people of Sub-Saharan Africa have been in political turmoil for twenty years. Most nearby countries hold Democratic elections, but Sub-Saharan has gone in the opposite direction. The rights of the people have deteriorated in recent years. Patterns showing volatile governments have formed. Only small pockets of democracy remain in the country.
Europe
ReplyDeleteEichengreen, Barry. "The Future of European Capitalism." Current History 112.757
(2013): 298-304. Print.
This article discusses how Europe has been in an almost constant state of problem when referring to its economic state.For starters post World War II, most of Europe had quite a poor economy, for instance per capita incomes and productivity in Europe, after WWII, was barely half that of what it was in America at the time.In the 1990s Europe did do something that was good for them, and that was creating a centralized currency, the euro.This is all important for many reasons, one, if Europe's economy were to collapse it would effect the whole world in trade and other countries economy, secondly if this were to happen it would mean even greater problems for the citizens, as most, or all, would be rendered poor.
South Asia
ReplyDeleteBlack, Jeremy. "The Mughals Strike Twice." History Today Apr. 2012: 22-26.
Print.
In Northern India and the Southeastern section of the Middle East, around the 16th century, the Mughal Empire rose to power through hard fought battles, audacious leaders, and the power to intiate political reform. At first, the Mughal empire had to fight two battles located in Panipat, India; furthermore, the Mughals had to fight two formidable forces of the Middle East: a smaller army, which was theLodi army consisting of 100,000 men, and a larger army, where they had to rely on an elephant charge to seize victory. Likewise, Babur, the king of the Mughal Empire when the first battle of Panipat was won, and Agra, the king of the Mughal Empire when the second battle of Panipat was won, showed great courage during these battles; ultimately, these two kings annihilated the military competition around North India, which enabled them to conquer it. Finally, when the Mughal Empire, led by Babur and later his son Humayun, conquered Punjab, Sind, Mewar, Malwa, Oudh, Bihar, Bengal, and even parts of Afghanistan, it stabilized the government system within the empire, and Babur and Humayun developed an almost indomitable military force. To sum up, the Mughal Empire, specifically Babur, walked a long, arduous path in subjugating Northern India due to the political unrest and the threatening forces that tried to thwart its plans.
Sub- Saharan Africa
ReplyDeleteZuern, Elke. "Why Protest Are Growing in South Africa." Current History 112.may
(2013): 175-80. Print.
South Africa is going through tough economic times and poor spending priorities with 100 million dollars going to a heritage site and not to the people, with people that are so poor the top 10 % is wealthier than the other 58%,Africa's newest national park site, Freedom Park, was opening in the past May, 2013. Off to the side of the road towards Freed Park, are a group of poor, shack bound people that pay rent for lousy conditions, don't appreciate the 100 million dollars put into Freedom Park, rather they would have that money to go towards funding clean water and better housing. The People are starting to protest this situation, saying that the income of the top 10% make more than 58% of the rest of the population.
Latin America
ReplyDeleteMuggah, Robert, and Albert Souza Mulli. "Rio Tries Counterinsurgency."
Current History 111.742 (2012): 62-66. Print.
In this article Brazil is trying deplete the violence in Rio de Janeiro by using a method called pacification, which is like counterinsurgency in Afghanistan which is clear, hold, and build. First, they reclaimed areas that were illegally held by arms groups during the tactical intervention like the clear phase. Then, they calmed and secured the zones in the stabilization phase like the hold phase. Last, they inserted trained Pacification Police Units into the neighborhoods for a long period of time to patrol and help out people in the neighborhoods in the consolidation phase like in the build phase. In Brazil’s pacification method they had rule with consent instead, which worked well for a while but it caused many problems in the future because it is such a slow process.
South Asia
ReplyDeleteMullen, Rani D. "India Flexes Foreign Aid Muscle." Current History Apr. 2012:
154-56. Print.
This article talks about India, one of the world’s largest recipients of foreign aid, and how it is transforming itself from being a borrower to a creditor of aid. India is also the largest World Bank borrower and is recognized as a main destination for foreign aid, however, India does not want to be known as a large aid recipitent. India wants to be a known as a provider of foreign aid and they want to build partnerships with other countries, develop important relationships, and be assured access to energy resources.
Weatherbee, Donald E. "Indonesia's Image and Reality." Current History Sept. 2011: 249-50. Print.
ReplyDeleteSoutheast Asia
This article discusses the stats and government of Indonesia. Indonesia has the world's largest muslim population. Indonesia also has the record fot the largest economy in Southeast Asia. Indonesia has been invited to the summitry of BRIC grouping of emerging world economies. The Indonesian government is made up of 560 legislators with 9 political parties, and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) as their president.