The purpose of this paper is to make a general overview of the main differences between the United Nations and the European Union. According to this aim, this essay will be divided into five parts: after a brief introduction, I‘m going to deal with three aspects in which these two entities dif...

INTRODUCTION The external policy of the EU is generally considered to consist largely of trade negotiations on various bilateral and multilateral stages. There is much debate over the effectiveness of policy with respect to the developing world; in the context of this discussion I have used the te...

What's in a Name? As an American citizen one is identified by a name, a social security number, a driver's license number, and perhaps even a birthday. However, there is something else much more important in defining the individual; culture. The beliefs, customs, rituals, and even surr...

Marshall Plan In the spring of 1947, the atmosphere in Europe was unstable and tense. World War II left behind misery, unemployment and a housing crisis. The cold weather intensified the severe economic and social dislocation that plagued the continent following the long and destructive war. At t...

Why the Euro Does Not Stand a Chance For many years the United States has been the economic powerhouse of the world. The American economy has seen faster and larger growth when compared to any other industrialized nation. During national elections, one of the issues the media loves to discuss i...

The first part of the discussion will revolve around the general ideas of the Constitution, while the second part will discuss why the Federalist Constitution drawn in Philadelphia is indeed the best choice. We will first have a look at two of Locke\'s ideas, presented on page 18 and from which the...

30 countries and even more distinct cultures;it is now trying to adjust to new economic systems throughout the world. Today with the trend toward big trading blocks like: N.A.F.T.A. or G.N.A.T.T. Europe is trying to advance it's old Trading block called the European Economic Community (EEC) to becom...

The Delegation of Trade Authority in the EUEven though, for the past several decades, member states of the European Union (EU) have been derelict with their power to act as independent players in international trade negotiations, they have recently begun to recapture some of their lost trade soverei...

Explanation of Japanese Electronic MNE's Global Expansion PatternDuring the late 1970's leading up to the 80's and early 90's, Japanese electronic firms expanded their organisation vigorously. As well as domestic expansion, the firms also spread globally in all regions. However, a discernable patt...

"I am here in a country that hardly resembles the rest of Europe," said the French philosopher Montesquieu in 1729. Europe, then known as the 'old continent', was an aggregate of great powers, which had no interest in any sort of unification. Nearly three centuries later, new na...

Analysis of Luxembourg Introduction The purpose of this essay is to discuss the history, economy and politics of Luxembourg. First I will start by briefly discussing the history of Luxembourg and the recent economic trends and political structure of Luxembourg. Then I will discuss the cou...

The European Union: A New Model of Governance Professor Mary Browne "An investigation in to some of the factors which pose a threat to the implementation of a successful EU wide liberalization of the electricity market", Article Review The basis for my essay was formed by David M...

TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS TO POST-CONFLICT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FOR FORCED PROSTITUTIONFrom 1992 through to 1995, thousands of women and girls ('girls' refers to females under the age of 18, who are considered children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child) suffered rape and other f...

Noam Chompsky once said: "People don't know what's happening, and they don't even know that they don't know." (Mattern, 1998, p.5) These are very harsh words but they do provide insight about how much the general population of countries involved with globalization knows about the issues that are do...