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How Institutions address global issues:
Conflict Poverty Human Rights Environment
The state and Fear of isolation - NO GLOBAL Economic globalisation - There is a globalised Promoted awareness of global
globalisation SOVEREIGN TO ENFORCE helped to lift those in concept of internationally - issues such as climate change
INTERNATIONAL LAW, coalition developing states out of theoretically higher than Political globalisation has
of states might band together to poverty. than the principle of state facilitated international
‘punish a state’ if it egregiously Developing states have been sovereignty. cooperation to address climate
violated international law- Arab able to raise living standards change.
US EU coaltion in Iraq after it from economic globalisation Spread of human rights The UNFCCC has been
invaded Kuwait - states that do as western materialism is norms in different regions of ratified by 194 states that will
not follow international law reliant upon the the world: agree to targets .
become PARIAH damaging ability industrialisation in the East. -​ 193 member states Paris agreement 2015 signed
to trade and interact in a ➔​ China has been able have adopted the by 195 states and aims to
globalised world--> Gaddafi to lift 800 million UDHR keep global warming beneath
abandoning NUCLEAR people out of PRO-DEMOCRACY 2DC
WEAPONS PROGRAMME poverty due to the PROTESTS- Iran, Chile, significant as the first ever
(breech of principle of NUCLEAR increase demands of Hong Kong , cultural legally binding climate
NON-PROLIFERATION) Western living globalisation has meant agreement where states must
standards citizens have become commit to 5 year plans to cut
➔​ China is worlds the activists for their rights their ghg emissions.
biggest exporter of ➔​ POLITICAL
goods - valuing $336 Spread of democracy GLOBALISATION has
Liberal economic theory - billion in 2024 ensured ALL states
countries so economically ➔​ TNC’s often shift or The role of the state in cooperate in order to
interdependent on one another outsource aspects of protecting Human rights: tackle climate change
conflict unlikely due to shared their manufacturing to ➔​ Political globalisation
resources and mutual economic developing world Sovereignty vs Human can eradicate the
gain providing greater rights - States are tragedy of the
-​ Organisations such as the infrastructure and responsible for protecting commons
WTO and IMF can help to generating wealth their citizens rights - but some COP29 - economic ??? New

, resolve any economic ➔​ Top 20% of earners prioritise national sovereignty climate finance goal of $300
disputes if they arise. in Vietnam are over international human billion per year from the
employed in TNC’s. rights obligations developed world by 2035
Economic globalisation :
Globalisation - led to increased creating free trade deals and Many states have laws Economic : The IMF has a
economic interdependence blocs , EU , EURO provides protecting human rights - UK resilience and sustainability
-​ Lead to conflicts over currency stability and easier HRA (1998) trust. Lending money to low
resources and economic to set up supply chains. income and vulnerable
benefits countries.
-​ Globalisation of trade - Economic globalisation, Push back - morality laws
created winners and losers according to world systems in Afghanistan push back
- some countries and theory , economic to globalised concept of
sectors benefiting more globalisation traps states into rights. HOWEVER- states are still
than others dependency — developed sovereign actors despite
-​ Can lead to conflicts countries exploit developing State sovereignty still enables globalisation - Use delaying
between those who benefit states for cheap labour force states to abuse human rights tactics for NDCs , US left,
from globalisation and and raw materials, in return without being punished, China 2024 had peak fossil
those who don't, risse in by cheap manufactured humanitarian intervention is fuel plant construction.
Populist leaders such as products from developed inconsistently applied.
Trump , low wage workers countries
in US fear loose jobs to ➔​ Remain in a state of ECONOMIC
low wage workers in neo-colonial GLOBALISATION- MNCS
developing countries. dependency and do power over less economically
Can occur WITHIN and not industrially developed states - claims of
BETWEEN countries develop themselves. ‘race to the bottom’ involving
➔​ Bottom billion -DRC - low wages and poor working
TRADE WARS- China trade poorest state despite conditions.
tariffs , 54% tariff hit on Chinese being main source of
goods entering the US resources for cheap
20% on EU minerals in phones
10% on UK helping apple

Cultural conflicts as cultures
become more interconnected Economic globalisation

, -​ Differences in values, gives TNC’s a
beliefs and lifestyles disproportionate role and can
EG. Global spread of western create dependency and
culture and values - lead to Western imperialism.
conflicts with non-western cultures ➔​ Shell oil spills in
-​ Human rights, gender Nigeria, extract oil
equality and democracy. for profit however
PUSHBACK - RECENT have not cleaned up
AFGHANISTAN the 23,000 litres of
MORALITY LAWS COULD oil that have killed
BE SEEN AS PUSHBACK. fishponds crucial to
the economic
development of rural
Political conflicts: communities.
-​ Spread of democratic
ideals and institutions
-​ Conflicts with
non-democratic regimes
-​ Conflicts over sovereignty
and national identity -
some people feel
threatened by the
perceived erosion of
national borders and
identities.



Global Libya 2011 civil uprising: UN NATO- intervention Need for global governance to
Governance - UN assists developing enforce international law and
Political UNSC invoked responsibility to countries to align policies Responsibility to protect: treaties to protect the
protect: with 2030 SDG - different environment - otherwise they
-​ NATO-led intervention organs to support International community will be fruitless
-​ Creation of a no-fly zone sustainable development - accepts international law is -​ But states are
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