Refugee Crisis

IGOs

• Inter-governmental Organization

  • Allows governments to form groups that work together for betterment of society

• International Court of Justice

  • Established By UN charter

  • Legal disputes between states

  • Provides Legal opinions

  • 5 SC nations have veto powers

• International Criminal Court ( 2002 )

  • Prosecutions of Individuals for war crimes, genocide, or other crimes against humanity

  • Independent of UN

    • No Veto power for any countries

  • Us doesn't submit to the ICC Maximum sentence maximum

• The World Bank

  • Goal: Promote "Inclusive, Sustainable, Growth"

  • Aid poor countries

  • Owned by 183 member nations, and all countries input money to it to provide to.

  • Provides loans to developing countries for education, agriculture, and business projects

  • Created after WWII

  • Located in Washington, DC

  • Gives Best rates to the Poorest countries ( contradictory to normal banks )

• World Trade Organization

  • Establishes Global Rules of Trades between nations

  • Framework for trade policy:

    • Non-discrimination ( all members treated equally )

    • Binding enforceable commitments

    • Transparency

  • Not part of UN System

  • Predecessor was GATT ( General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade )

  • Tries to prevent subsidies, and tariffs

• International Monetary Fund

  • Location: Washington, D.C.

  • Same members as World Bank

  • Goal: Stabilize World Currencies

  • Can give loans to stabilize a country's currency

    • Wants the loan paid back

      • Only gives loans to "responsible countries"

      • Responsible Countries ( according to the IMF )

    • Doesn't only give money to Poor countries

      • Ex: Greece after economic Collapse

    • Doesn't like to give to companies that have a lot of debt ( U.S. 19 Trillion )

  • "Last Resort" for going to

  • Requires countries to change policies to support entrepreneurs in a country.

Globalization

• Spread of economic, cultural, and political ideas between nations

• Driven by international trade and investment

• Pros:

  • Newly industrialized countries

  • Fat countries:

    • Cheap products

    • Con Stuff

• Cons:

  • Intense Competition

  • Bad for Lean and not yet industrialized or trying

United Nations

• Founded in 1945

• 193 nations in U.N.

Declarations of Human Rights:

• Promotes human dignity worldwide

• End poverty/ world hunger

• Universal Education

• Gender Equality

• Child Health / Maternal Health

The European Union

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

2:16 PM

Four Freedoms

1. Freedom of Goods - No barriers to moving goods

2. Freedom of Capital - You could move money around freely

3. Freedom of Services - Lawyers and Rules and Government are the same

4. Freedom of European Citizens - Can move freely between countries

Future Plan

• 5 Presidents of the EU want the Eurozone to become one big country.

• One Flag, one national anthem, one Head of State, one army, one people.

• They hope to achieve this by 2025.

• The United States would no longer be the top country

Capital: Brussels

Type of Government: Parliamentary

• Based on Proportional Representation

• Regulates a majority of trade and operations ( Agricultural )

• Does not control a centralized military

Predecessor

• Originally just traded Coal & Steel

• Great Britain didn't want to be a part of the

Brexit

Refugee Crisis

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

1:03 PM

• 19 Million Refugees ( Worldwide Total )

Four Phases

1. Persecution of the Refugees ( War, Political issues, Violence )

2. Forced to leave homes: Less chance for education, work, and housing where they go

   1. Ex: Palestinian Bombers - Israel not providing proper lives

3. Traveling is dangerous, and doesn't provide good shelter and safety

   1. Causing suicidal tendencies to get away ( Chunnel, people hanging onto trucks in the tunnel and dying )

   2. Western Govt. wants to discourage uncontrolled migration so they don't fix the issues with the travel

4. Hostility to keep Refugees out of the countries, and not taking enough for resettlement

• Countries want to keep their "Identity" - Stay as a Melting Pot not a mixed race. Ethnocentricity

The Arab Spring

• Started with Pro-Democracy Movements

• Bashar al-Assad targeting civilians with chemical weapons and bombs

• ISIS torturing Syrians

• Displaced 4-5 million people

• Saudi Arabia not accepting Refugees despite their money

• Moammar Ghadafi -

  • Europe accused of paying Ghadafi to keep refugees out

  • Death caused Libya's collapse into chaos

  • Ghadafi not limiting refugees

• European Politics are against refugees, and when helping only a little

Dangerous Journey

• Criminal Networks:

  • High fees

  • Little Safety

• Western Govt. stopping rescue operations for refugees

• Limiting Mare Nostrum, enacting Frontex ( more limited program: patrolling less )

Western Governments

• Fear of Changing Demographics, and Civic Identity

• People must change their vision of their ideal area.

• Islamophobia leads to fear for terror and other issues that may occur

• Using EU rules to keep Refugees out

  • Dublin Regulation - Requires Refugees to stay in place they first arrive until asylum claims are processed

  • Certain countries are tightening borders to prevent refugees

  • Wants to keep Christian Majorities

• Germany wants Refugees for workforce

Refugees v. Migrants

• Refugees - Forced out of their countries without their will

• Migrants - Anyone that willingly goes to a country for economic opportunities