The Visionist - Out of the Box Global Solutions

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Types of Globalization

•Technological: IT, Biomedical, Green, Robotics
•Population: Growth, Aging, Youth Bulge, Women, Labor, Migration
•Economic: Commercial, Industrial, Communications, Services
•Financial: Investments, Banking, Exchange Rates, Black Markets, Money Laundering
•Cultural: Ideational, Ideological, Educational, Civilization, Pop Culture
•Political, Democratic, Multinational Organizations, International Law and Regimes, Rule of Law, Civil Society
•Military/Security: U.S. as a Super-Power, Nuclear Proliferation, WMD, Alliances, Rising Powers
•Environmental: Global Warming, Bio-Diversity, Deforestation
•Health: Pandemics, Potable Water, AIDS/HIV, Malaria
•Resources: Water, Food and Agriculture, Energy and Fuels, Minerals
•Terrorism: Islamic, Ethnic, Religious, National,
•Crime: Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, Piracy, Trafficking in Persons, Conflict Diamonds

Though there are specifically political forms of globalization, all globalization has political dimensions.

•The Threats:
–Sub-national Conflicts and Failed States
–Radical Islamic Terrorism – “Clash of Civilizations”
–Authoritarianism – From Self-Destructing Zimbabwe to Rising China
–International Organized Crime – Drug Trafficking
–Widespread Corruption
–Global Economic/Social Inequality - Displacement of Jobs
–Population Pressures
–Ecological Threats – Global Warming, Melting Ice Caps, Rising sea levels, Hurricanes
–Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
–Resource Wars – Fuel, Water, Food, Raw Materials
–Human Rights Violations, War Crimes and Genocides

•The Benefits
–David Ricardo and comparative advantage
–Expansion of trade, industrialization, finance and GDP
–Expansion of International Law and Organizations
–Expansion of Freedom, Democracy, Civil Society
–Expansion of Development and Foreign Assistance
–Expansion of Western Culture and Values
–US a principal beneficiary of Globalization
–Empowerment of individuals, women, groups, minorities