scholarly journals Colonial Relic or Dynamic Organisation? The Commonwealth of Nations and Conflict Resolution

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Jessica Rodger
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Member States ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Regional Organisations ◽  
Commonwealth Of Nations ◽  
The Way

This article examines in detail the ability of the Commonwealth of Nations to resolve conflicts within or between its member States. The organisation has continually emphasised its focus on adaptability, hence the main question of this article is whether or not the Commonwealth has adapted sufficiently to deal with the new kinds of conflict predominant in the world today. After looking at the organisation itself, the article moves on to examine regional organisations and the way in which they have adapted their conflict resolution capabilities in recent years. Specific instances of the Commonwealth's involvement in conflict resolution are also examined. Finally, various recommendations are put forward regarding which areas the Commonwealth needs to work on in order to ensure that it is in fact a dynamic and adaptable conflict resolution body.

scholarly journals CAN INDONESIA INVOKE PUBLIC MORALS EXCEPTION UNDER THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) FOR PROHIBITING CROSS-BORDER GAMBLING?

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ngurah Parikesit Widiatedja
Keyword(s):  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Money Laundering ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Member States ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

<p>Under the WTO, Indonesia is obliged to liberalize its markets through establishing the schedule that comprise a list of services that can be either opened or closed to foreign suppliers.  However, Indonesia’s schedule is vague as to whether gambling services are closed to foreign suppliers. Through this loophole, the practice of cross-border gambling services has been rampant, resulting in some consequences, especially those related to money laundering and underage gambling. Tackling this problem, Indonesia could apply public morals exception that allows member states to impose trade prohibition. By using public morals exception that was applied in some WTO cases, this article explores the way in which Indonesia could justify prohibiting cross-border gambling services. This article claims that Indonesia has a justification to impose public morals exception under the WTO to prohibit cross-border gambling services within its territory because the prohibition would be designed to protect public morals; it would be necessary to protect public morals; and the prohibition would equally apply  to both foreign and local suppliers in cross-border gambling services in Indonesia.<strong></strong></p>

GENDER OPPORTUNITIES IMPLEMENTATION STEATE IN UKRAINE AND WORLDWIDE AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND SECURITY ASSURANCE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pomaza-Ponomarenko A. ◽  
Lopatchenko I. ◽  
Batyr Yu.
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Member States ◽  
Security Assurance ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

It was found that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the range of existing problems of women in different countries of the world, including Ukraine. Understanding the nature of these problems will help state authorities to determine the priority actions for their solution, and will make it possible to select better approaches to the way out. This paper systematizes the main problems of gender inequality in Ukraine and contains the rationale for the concepts of urgent and strategic ways to support women and men based on the experience of the OECD member states in order to ensure their fair and inclusive re-establishment amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Reformation Era and the Secularization of Knowledge

2019 ◽  
pp. 163-183
Author(s):  
Brad S. Gregory
Keyword(s):  
Moral Compass ◽  
World Today ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

This chapter argues that the Reformation fractured a world of unitary Catholic faith. This splintering, in turn, opened the way to a pluralism that in the long run has proved debilitating. Indeed, secularism has turned out to be a source not just of experiential depletion but of outright spiritual damage. It promotes a cacophonous state of being, “hyperpluralism,” that corrodes the moral consensus essential to a nourishing life in common with others, and nowhere is such fracturing and the loss of moral compass attendant upon it more evident than in the modern university. The chapter contends that one cannot live without religion, and the disorienting spiritual anarchy that engulfs the world today is an emphatic confirmation of the point.

Beyond Economic Disarmament

1983 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Harold K. Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
International Institution ◽  
World War ◽  
Critical Juncture ◽  
Member States ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Welfare ◽  
Rates Of Growth ◽  
The Way

The volume and value of international trade have grown at exceptional rates in the years since World War II, rates of growth that are significantly higher than those for population or production. In a substantial measure the gains in global welfare that have been achieved during this period are attributable to the growth in international trade. The reduction of barriers to trade, accomplished through the instrumentality of a modest international institution, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), has played a major role in facilitating the growth of international trade. GATT is currently, however, at a critical juncture. The issue that GATT faces is: can the liberalized conditions for international trade that have been achieved through complicated and time-consuming negotiations be maintained and extended or will the world drift—or perhaps even rush—toward protectionism?The trade ministers of GATT's 88 member states meeting in Geneva last November sought to promote further progress toward liberalization or at least to prevent backsliding. Whether or not their efforts will succeed remains to be seen. The obstacles in the way of success are formidable, and the instruments for overcoming them are fragile.

How Could We Rescue the World Today?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Luce Irigaray ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
The Way

The distress of our world, and the danger in which we are today, force us to think about the way according to which life can still be saved, beginning with our human life. The undertaking of thinking must take root again in what is most essential for life itself, and for its cultivation. This requires us to question about the manner in which our tradition has assembled beings into a whole, but also the manner in which we can collect and gather ourselves together—each one and between us. Obviously, money cannot achieve such undertaking. Sexuate difference could if we become able to perceive and acknowledge its importance for human life, for its development, and for its sharing.

scholarly journals Waste Management: Valorisation Is the Way

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2373
Author(s):  
German Gemar ◽  
Ismael Soler ◽  
Eva Sánchez-Teba
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Waste Hierarchy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Way

Waste management is one of the great problems in the world today. This study aims to analyse how scientific research has evolved in recent years in the field of waste management and what will be the key issues in the coming years, mainly in terms of recovery. The methodology used was longitudinal bibliometric analysis through scientific mapping using strategic maps and thematic networks. Among the findings, it was confirmed that the concept of incineration is fading due to social opposition and is changing to a much broader concept that encompasses it, such as valorisation. Being able to create a circular economy without waste should be the goal of policy makers. To achieve this, the waste hierarchy must be respected, which indicates that waste must be managed in this order: prevention, minimisation, reuse, valorisation, recovery and elimination.

Aufklärung and Religion in Europe and Japan

1973 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pye
Keyword(s):  
World Today ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
The World ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Way

‘In the world today there are three religions: Buddhism, Confucianism and Shinto. Some think they represent the three different countries, India, China and Japan; while others consider them essentially one, or else dispute with one another over the truth or falsity of each. However, the way which may be called the Way of all ways is different from these, and what each of these three teachings calls the Way is not in accord with the Way of Truth. The reason is that Buddhism is the Way of India, and Confucianism is the Way of China. Because they are peculiar to these countries they are not the Way of Japan. Shinto is the Way of Japan, but because of the difference in time, it is not the Way for the present generation. Some may think that the Way is always the Way despite differences in nationality and differences in time; but the Way is called the Way because of its practicality, and a Way which is not practical is not the true Way. Thus, the Way as taught by the three teachings mentioned above is not a Way practicable in present-day Japan’.

scholarly journals Mundo como depósito - uma abordagem heideggeriana

DoisPontos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Itamar Soares Veiga ◽  
Marcelo Lucas Cesco
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Human Posture ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World

resumo: Este artigo tem como foco a influência e o domínio da tecnologia no nosso mundo atual. Através de um acompanhamento da reflexão de Heidegger sobre a técnica, buscamos responder a seguinte questão: o mundo, tomado como subsistência, é ele próprio o resultado de uma visão de mundo? Para alcançar uma resposta, primeiramente interrogamos os delineamentos de mundos, a partir do tema das visões de mundo. Encontramos, assim, o tema da postura humana enquanto elemento principal. Em segundo lugar, acompanhamos a crítica de Heidegger à ciência moderna e à técnica, na qual constatamos uma ambiguidade fundamental na postura da Serenidade (Gelassenheit). Diante desse contexto, a resposta para o questionamento principal é afirmativa: o mundo enquanto subsistência é o resultado de uma visão de mundo. Contudo, uma inevitável participação do homem na atividade de “armazenamento”, conduz a uma esperança de reversão no processo de dominação da técnica.abstract: This article focuses on the influence and dominance of technique in our world  today.  By  an  incursion  in  Heidegger’s  reflection  on  technique,  we  seek  to answer the following question: is the world itself, taken as subsistence, the result of a worldview? To reach an answer, first, we question the outlining of worlds from the matter of worldviews. We find thus the theme of human posture as the main element. Secondly, we follow Heidegger’s critique of modern science and technique, where we see a fundamental ambiguity in the position of Serenity (Gelassenheit). In this context, the answer to the main question is affirmative: the world as subsistence is the result of a worldview.  However, an  inevitable  human participation  in  the  activity  of “storage” leads to a hope of reversing technique’s domination process.

Leading the way for sustainable development

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 642-646
Author(s):  
Jorge Costa ◽  
Mónica Montenegro ◽  
João Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Way

Purpose This paper aims to introduce the papers in this issue and to explain the pertinence of the strategic question. Design/methodology/approach A brief context for the strategic question is provided, as well as the issue alignment and a content analysis of the papers selected. Findings From the analysis of the papers selected for this theme issue, it becomes clear that sustainable development is now one of the major concerns in the world today. Originality/value The papers selected for this issue shed light on an important theme issue question: how can tourism strategy contribute to sustainable development?

Science, morality and method in environmental discourse

Human Affairs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87
Author(s):  
Ibanga B. Ikpe
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Environmental Discourse ◽  
Alternative Technologies ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Single Method ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe environmental crisis that faces the world today is sometimes seen to be the result of making wrong turns on the path to human development. This is especially so in terms of the technologies humans adopt, the way such technologies are powered, and the morality that is at the foundation of societies that develop and utilize such technologies. Humanity has come to the realization that the technologies that were ushered in with a fanfare and that may still enjoy considerable patronage sometimes have a darker side that may exact a costly price. The situation would probably have been different if there had been credible alternatives waiting in the wings, but no such alternatives exist and the path to such alternative technologies will probably be fraught with even more dangers. The view in this paper is that the current environmental crisis is not so much a problem of making wrong choices in technology as it is a problem with the nature of our science: a science which stifles the growth of views that contradict the opinion at the centre. It argues that the discouragement of adventitious ideas is responsible for the lack of credible alternatives to current technologies and therefore the inability to discard technologies that are considered anachronistic. In view of the above, the paper argues for a liberalisation of science through the tolerance of heretical scientific views as well as alternative knowledge systems. It questions the morality of subscribing to a single method of science in an era where alternatives exist to every other human facility and argues, following Mill and Feyerabend, not only for the proliferation of technologies but also for the proliferation of sciences as a safeguard against scientific lethargy.

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