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| by Christopher
Spencer |
Former Senior
Advisor International Organizations,
Canadian Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
| Updated: 08 OCT
11 | |
| CONTINUING MAJOR
ISSUES |
| CHANGE: CRITICAL
GLOBAL TRENDS, PROSPECTS, THREATS |
| CONFLICT:
EVOLUTION AND FUTURE OF COMBAT AND WEAPONS |
| CONFLICT:
PEACEKEEPING; SANCTIONS; ARMED INTERVENTION |
| CONFLICT:
PREVENTION; PEACEMAKING; STATE (RE)BUILDING |
| CRIME:
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, DRUGS, CORRUPTION, ETC.
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| DEVELOPMENT:
GLOBAL NEEDS, GOALS, ISSUES AND CONCEPTS |
| DISARMAMENT:
WEAPONS CONTROL AND VERIFICATION ISSUES |
| ECONOMICS: GLOBAL
STATISTICS, TRENDS, ISSUES, PROSPECTS |
| ECONOMICS: GLOBAL
FINANCE, EXCHANGE, INVESTMENT, AID |
| ECONOMICS: GLOBAL
TRADE AND LABOR TRENDS AND ISSUES |
| ENVIRONMENT:
RELATED SCIENTIFIC, ECONOMIC, ENERGY TRENDS |
| ENVIRONMENT:
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, COOPERATION, ACCORDS |
| ETHNICITY-NATIONALISM: GENOCIDE, IRREDENTISM,
SECESSION |
| GLOBALIZATION:
COMMUNICATIONS; DEPENDENCE; AUTONOMY |
| HEALTH: GLOBAL
TRENDS, POLICIES, ISSUES, ADVANCES, THREATS |
| HUMAN RIGHTS:
DEMOCRACY; (IN)EQUALITY; (WORLD) STANDARDS |
| HUMANITARIAN AID:
NEEDS; ISSUES; ORGANIZATIONS; OPERATIONS |
| INTELLIGENCE:
EVOLVING ROLES, COOPERATION, MEANS, TOOLS |
| KNOWLEDGE: ITS
PRE-EMINENT ROLE; EDUCATION; TECHNOLOGY |
| LEGAL ISSUES:
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE, LAW, COURTS, POLICE |
| MOVEMENT:
MIGRATION, REFUGEES, TRANSPORT, URBANIZATION |
| NON-STATE ACTORS:
BUSINESS, MEDIA, NGO, CIVIL SOCIETY ROLES |
| POPULATION ISSUES:
GLOBAL TRENDS; IMPLICATIONS; OPTIONS |
| SCIENCE: TRENDS;
PROSPECTS; ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES |
| UN: HISTORY;
STRUCTURE; RELATIONS TO REGIONAL, UN SYSTEMS |
| UN: REFORM AND
ADAPTIVE PROPOSALS, ISSUES AND ACTIONS |
| WORLD CHALLENGES -
SOCIAL; INDIVIDUAL; COLLECTIVE; FUTURE |
| WORLD CHALLENGES -
MATERIAL; NATURAL; CREATED; FUTURE |
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