https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks Mit großen Träumen erstellt en-us 2022-04-03 15:37:56 UTC 2022-04-06 07:14:02 UTC hello@padlet.com nadijadzidic https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2127282278 - world’s most powerful nations
• USA —> the world’s most dominant economic and military power
•  China —> rapid economic development
               —> entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001
               —> push technological advances (artificial intelligence)
 • Russia —> one of the world‘s leading suppliers of oil, natural gas & wheat 
• Japan —> one of the most technically advanced nations
               —> parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
• India —> strong network of elite educational institutions 
             —> established democracy

- strategic rivalries
• western governments criticise Russian government
• relation between Russia & USA has cooled due to Russia‘s annexation of Crimea
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• political & economic union of 27 member states
• aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services & capital within the internal market 
• founded on following values: human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, human rights
• aims
—> promote peace
—> improve the quality of environment 
—> promote scientific & technological progress 

- NATO
• North Antlantic Treaty Organization 
• intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
• established in the aftermath of WW2
• system of collective security 
• members make decisions on security issues at all levels and many areas 

- UN
• international organisation consisting of 193 nations in order to maintain peace around the world 
• main aims 
—> settle international conflicts
—> Foster Cooperation between states
• sub-organisations  -> UNICEF, WHO
• headquarters located in NY City
• main bodies of the UN 
—> general assembly
—> security council

]]> 2022-04-03 16:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2127327385 nadijadzidic https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2127329815 - support countries that are fit the hardest by climate change 
- offer humanitarian assistance wherever it is needed 
- invest in infrastructure in developing countries
- vaccinate the world & prepare for newly emerging pandemics 
- focus on new technologies that lift people up ]]> 2022-04-03 16:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2127329815 nadijadzidic https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2127338597 - problems 
• corruption
• inequality 
• explotation of workers from developing countries 
—> World Cup Qatar

- chances
• job opportunities —> raise living standards
• interconnected world
• enhance global market —> individual profit]]> 2022-04-03 17:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2127338597 nadijadzidic https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2130581461 - autocracy —> government by one person who has complete power 
- democracy —> people can decide legislation (direct democracy) 
—> or choose governing officials to do so (representative democracy)
—> values: freedom of assembly, equality, citizenship, voting rights 
• non - democratical systems
- authoritarianism —> system in which an individual or group holds power 
- totalitarianism —> even more repressive as they try to control all aspects of citizen’s lives

- monarchy —> power resides in a single family
—> family rules from one generation to the next generation
—> Queen Elizabeth 2 holds a ceremonial position, earlier monarchs held much more power ]]> 2022-04-05 12:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2130581461 nadijadzidic https://padlet.com/nadijadzidic/Bookmarks/wish/2130610701 - Ukrainian refugee crisis 
—> after Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4.2 million refugees have left Ukraine
—> caused Europe‘s largest crisis since WW2 & its aftermath
—> majority has entered neighbouring nations to the west of Ukraine 
- international aid
—> donations for helping refugees 
—> organisations: UNICEF, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Rescue Committee 

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