The intervention of the World Trade Organization in regulating international trade
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The 'classic' body of rules of GATT, which form the basis of the WTO, is based on a project of progressive liberalization. Successive rounds served the goal of gradually reducing trade barriers, more generally to facilitate access to domestic markets. Once the bulk of this objective is...
The uncertainties in the fight against terrorism and the United Nations (UN)
Dissertation - 26 pages - International relations
The United Nations has mobilized all the means necessary to make the fight against terrorism a major concern of all States. The media coverage of the September 11 attacks on U.S. soil with Security Council resolution- 1373 has raised awareness that terrorism can strike at any time. However, at...
Pakistan: what is national identity?
Essay - 12 pages - Political science
With around 140 million people, Pakistan gained the status of a nuclear power in 1998, but also came to be known as a rogue state ('rogue stat') in the eyes of the United States. Under the international spotlight since the Afghan crisis of autumn 2001, and following the attacks of September...
The extreme right parties in Western Europe
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Europe is experiencing since the mid-1980s (west) and since the fall of the Berlin Wall (East) a radicalization that political observers describe by different names. This is called "rise of the extreme right" or "radical right". It evokes the irresistible rise of "populism" or...
'Romania since 1989' by Catherine and Zoe Petre Durandin
Book review - 5 pages - Political science
Catherine and Zoe Petre Durandin question the sense that one gives to democratic transition. Democratic transition in the book is presented as a concept but also as an effective policy implementation. This idea will be the theme of the book and it is structured around the political factor, a...
Democracy Ancient and Modern' by Moses I. Finley
Book review - 15 pages - Political science
"It was the Greeks who discovered not only democracy but also politics, the art of reaching decisions through public discussion, and to obey those decisions as a necessary condition for existence of a social civilization." Posed between paying homage to the great Hellenic legacy and its...
Two-party system in the United States
Worksheets - 3 pages - Political science
"We are moderate people, not extremist", declared Hillary Clinton at a meeting in Iowa during the race for the Democrats nomination in 2007. It is a statement which applies to the American people as much as to the political parties. Indeed, the United States, the country which is often upheld as...
Did Poland make a success of its return to the democracy?
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Poland, the fatherland of Nicolas Copernicus, Frederic Chopin and Jean-Paul II, is widely regarded as an icon of the emancipation of the people's democracies of Central and Eastern Europe with respect to the USSR. More still, Poland appears in the international imagery as an effective...
Relations between the executive and legislative branches in Great Britain
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The power in Britain adopts a particular shape. The organization of this power is first formed by an unwritten constitution. It is separate from the Monarch, the Prime Minister and also the Parliament. This leads us to question the executive and legislative branches. The executive power heads...
The rise of power of China and its opportunities facing the American superpower
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
The People's Republic of China today plays an increasingly important role at the regional and international levels.In recent history it is rare that a country has maintained its hegemony for over a century. One may therefore question whether the U.S. can extend their supremacy for longer...
Evolution of the concept of the Rule of Law in Europe
Worksheets - 2 pages - Political science
The concept of the Rule of Law as set down in the Treaty of the European Union or in certain constitutions of the countries in Europe is closely linked to the issues and concerns that are specific to the second half of the twentieth century. It highlighted the fundamental rights, social rights,...
Does Islamic finance have the potential to develop in France?
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Since the opening of the first Islamic bank in Egypt in 1963, Islamic finance has exponentially increased in influence and visibility worldwide. While it remains a small player in the world of finance (0.5%), Islamic finance is becoming increasingly important due to significant increases in oil...
The downfall of Lehman Brothers and its relation with the 2008 financial crisis
Thesis - 15 pages - Economy general
In this report, we will study the financial crisis experienced by the Lehman Brothers and its subsequent collapse in 2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial-services firm, and one of the most important primary dealers in the U.S. with respect to treasury securities and...
Labor unrest in China: Joining multiple perspectives to predict a possible future
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
The current labor situation in China is complex and needs not one, but multiple perspectives to adequately address different aspects of the increasingly diverse workforce. First, William Hurst's article 'Understanding Contentious Collective Action by Laid-Off Chinese Workers', indicates...
China's economical and ethical rise in the African continent
Thesis - 9 pages - Economy general
The paper is based on the theme of an article that emphasizes on China's role in Africa. We first learn about the contents of the article and then state the status quo of the collaboration between the country and the continent. After description, we will go through a critical thinking section...
What are the psycho-sociological reasons for the popularity of TV serials?
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Why are television serials popular? How did they become so famous? Are we attracted to them or addicted to them? There are different ways one can observe how television serials and programs became popular in the twentieth century. Television serials have suddenly changed “all the factors -...
How to do business in China - The author's view
Thesis - 6 pages - Economy general
The Chinese population is immense, their history is very long and their culture is one of the most complex in the world. China is really a unique country for many reasons. First, we can notice a huge gap between urban and rural areas. China is so vast so there are a lot of cultural and economic...
Global Governance
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The aftermath of the Second World War gave birth to the Bretton Woods Institutions. They determined the broad outlines of the international financial system and two organizations intended to work for the economic reconstruction of countries affected by war: IBRD and IMF. But before all that, it...
The place of the BRICSAM countries in international business
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
The four major emerging countries of the BRIC, which aim to gain influence on the world stage, met for the first time at a summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 16, 2009. This is a report of the famous investment bank Goldman Sachs 'Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050', published in...
The Toy market in Russia
Market study - 17 pages - Economy general
Russia is no longer a part of the world's economic powers as it was in the days of the Soviet Union, but it remains one of the 10 largest economies at the international level (8th place in 2007)). It is now a member of G8. The Russian economy is characterized by four major features: - A...
The Euro and the Recent Economic Crisis
Thesis - 2 pages - Economy general
In 1960, the European Economic Community (EEC) decided to establish a single currency for all the nations that are a part of it. The Barre Plan embodied the same idea in 1969 and the Werner Plan wanted to establish the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of Europe in 1970. The idea of a single...
E-commerce in Morocco
Market study - 56 pages - Economy general
Like Morocco, other countries began developing in Europe many years ago. Europe saw its history and its strategic geographic location taking an important place in world history. These international relations have to be aware of technological development. "The world today lives on civilizational...
Economy of Morocco
Thesis - 10 pages - Economy general
Morocco is a country of 29 million people with low-middle income, and gross domestic product per capita, estimated in 2001 to be 1190 U.S. dollars. Agriculture occupies an important place in the economy, with a share of GDP which has increased by about 15% over the last twenty years, and employs...
'When China changes the world": Erik Izraelewicz
Book review - 5 pages - Economy general
"The snake has initiated its transformation", said Erik IZRAELEWIZC playing this animal metaphor to evoke China, stripped of its skin spotted with communism and protectionism, which finally awakened. Modern cities developed there, and have tripled in volume in recent years. Cities like Shanghai,...
Will China be the economic power of the 21st century?
Thesis - 15 pages - Economy general
It all began in 1980 after Deng Xiaoping came to power and China had moved gradually from being one of the poorest countries in the world to what is commonly called the "world's factory".Taking advantage of abundant and cheap labor, many companies decided to settle down in this country and...
The division of labor and the extension of markets according to Adam Smith
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Adam Smith was the founder of political economy and with his book 'Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' in 1776, he laid the foundations of liberal school. Moreover, Adam Smith was strongly influenced by French encyclopedists such as Diderot and D'Alembert and...
Comparison of the monetary policies of the American Federal fund (EDF) and the European Central bank (BCE)
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Interest rates of the Fed are currently at an all-time low. The rates of the European Central Bank are at their lowest levels in history and on April 2, 2009, there was a further decline with a reduction to 1%.Indeed, monetary policy is an important instrument of control, and along with fiscal...
Impacts of the mega events in times of crisis: The Olympic Games of London, 2012
Dissertation - 29 pages - Economy general
The economic crisis that most countries are experiencing is the largest since 1929. Like other recessions that have hit some countries (Japan's crisis of the 90s) or certain parts of the world (the crisis of communism after the fall of the Berlin Wall), the latest occurred in the US in 2007...
Creation of SMEs in Morocco
Thesis - 51 pages - Economy general
Unemployment has reached alarming levels and proportions in Morocco. Every year, more and more working people are being affected by this problem. The Moroccan labor force totals to about 10,347,000. Women constitute about 27.6% of the total work force. Of the 10,347,000, only about 8,977,000 are...
Competition in the financial markets of New York and London since 1944
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
In the global economy, international financial markets play a major role, and provide substantial benefits to the economy of their countries. They are a challenge both nationally and globally, and many economists and historians have sought to create hierarchies for these places. Above all, a...
