TWCD

• GATT


  General Agreement of Tariffs and Trades, forerunner of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• The number of refugees that had crossed the border into Bangladesh was 370,000
• After the Trump administration recommended new 25% tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods
• Osama Bin Laden


  Founder of Al Qaeda
• AQI


  Al Qaeda in Iraq, founded by Abu Musab al Zarqawi
• Christine Abizaid


  National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director
• Michael "Erik" Kurilla


  Head of U.S. Central Command
• Ayman al Zawahiri


  Al Qaeda's leader who was killed in 2022
• Joseph Biden


  US President
• Benjamin Barber


  Privileges the global over the local, because, according to him, globalization rules via transnational capitalism
• Nestor Garcia-Candini


  Advocates a theoretical understanding of Latin American nations as hybrid cultures
• Abu Musab al Zarqawi


  Founder of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) which is a local offshoot of al Qaeda
• Abu Bakr al Baghdadi


  Announced the formation of a caliphate stretching from Aleppo in Syria to Diyala in Iraq
• Haider al Abadi


  The Iraqi Prime Minister who declared victory over the Islamic State in Iraq in 2017
• The USA and the United Kingdom withdrew from UNESCO
• Myanmar, Burmese security forces. And said by the United States, the Burmese security forces are not protecting civilians
• The underdevelopment of certain states/peoples and their lack of representations in the global political process is a reality is a major premise in the concept of Global relations
• Modernization theory (Rostow)


  Outlined the historical progression in terms of a society's capacity to produce and consume material goods
• Cultural hybridity or hybridization


  Privileges an understanding of the interface of globalization and localization as a dynamic process and hybrid product of mixed traditions and cultural forms
• Cultural Imperialism Theory


  Argued that audiences across the globe are heavily affected by media messages from the west
• Media Imperialism


  Treated by most literature in international communication as a category of Cultural Imperialism
• Political Economy


  Focuses on material issues such as capital, infrastructure, and political control as key determinants of international communication processes and effects
• Global Media Debate


  Launched during the 1973 General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Nairobi, Kenya
• Globalization in some ways replaced cultural imperialism
• REGIONALISM TO BENEFIT ASIA

  1. Link the competitive strengths of its diverse economies in order to boost their productivity and sustain the region's exceptional growth

  2. Connect the region's capital markets in order to enhance financial stability, and reduce the cost of capital. Also to improve opportunities for sharing risks

  3. Cooperate in setting exchange rate and macroeconomic policies in order to minimize the effects of global and regional shocks. Also, to facilitate the resolution of global imbalances

  4. Pool the region's foreign exchange reserves in order to make more resources available for investment and development

  5. Build connected infrastructure and collaborate on inclusive development in order to reduce inequalities
• In the Global Power City Index (GPCI) of 2017, by region, European cities score highly in Livability while the cities of Asia have strong scores in Economy
• London


  Number 1 city in the Global Power City Index (GPCI) of 2017, gained high scores in Attractiveness of Dining Options and Number of Visitors from Abroad in Cultural Interaction, but its score was affected by their cautious border measures
• New York city


  Returned a weaker score in Cultural interaction indicators in Number of World-Class Cultural Events Held, has weaker scores in Livability indicators like Variety of Retail Shops, but added points by recovering its domestic transportation network
• Tokyo


  Continues to improve every year in the cultural interaction indicator of Number of Visitors from Abroad, but has weaker scores in "Market Size" and "Market Attractiveness"
• Top 5 Cities in the GPCI of 2022

  • London
  • New York
  • Tokyo
  • Paris
  • Singapore
• London


  World's most cosmopolitan city saw its power weaken due to cautious COVID-19 measures
• New York


  Close on London's heels with resumed domestic transport and stronger working environment
• Tokyo


  Scores restrained by cautious policies for living with COVID-19
• Paris


  Solid comprehensive score expected to grow further thanks to 2024 Olympic Games
• Singapore


  Fewer tourists and weakening tourism resources cast a shadow over growth prospects