TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harf,James E.
AU  - Lombardi,Mark Owen
TI  - Taking sides
SN  - 9781259826993
AV  - JZ 1318 .T139 2017
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - [New York]
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education, Create
KW  - Globalization
KW  - International relations
KW  - Global environmental change
KW  - Global warming
KW  - Human trafficking
KW  - Nuclear nonproliferation
KW  - World health
KW  - Security, International
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Unit 1. Global Population and Resources. Issue: Is Global Aging a Major Problem? --; Yes. Global aging and the crisis of the 2020s; Neil Howe and Richard Jackson --; No. Age invaders; The Economist --; Issue: Will the World Be Able to Feed Itself in the Foreseeable Future? --; Yes. The state of food insecurity in the world; Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations --; No. The future of food and farming : challenges and choices for global sustainability; The British Government Office for Science --; Issue: Can the Global Community Successfully Confront the Global Water Shortage? --; Yes. Progress on sanitation and drinking water : 2015 update and MDG assessment; UNICEF and World Health Organization --; No. Water for a sustainable world; World Water Assessment Programme --; Issue: Is the Global Oil Crisis of the Last Half-Century Over? --; Yes. Peak oil : theory or myth?; Marc Lallanilla --; No. Peak oil is dead. Long live peak oil!; Michael T. Klare --; Issue: Is the Paris Climate Change Agreement a Good Deal? --; Yes. The road from Paris; European Commission --; No. Paris : the treaty that dare not speak its name; Rupert Darwall --; Unit 2. Expanding Global Forces and Movements. Issue: Will the International Community be Able to Successfully Address the ZIKA Virus Pandemic? --; Yes. Zika : strategic response framework & joint operations plan; World Health Organization --; No. Zika virus spreading explosively, says World Health Organization; Matthew Weaver and Sally Desmond --; Issue: Is the International Community Making Effective Progress in Securing Global Human Rights? --; Yes. The global human rights regime; The Council on Foreign Relations --; No. Amnesty International report 2014/15 : the state of the world's human rights; Amnesty International --; Issue: Do Adequate Strategies Exist to Combat Human Trafficking? --; Yes. How big data battles human trafficking; Tierney Sneed --; No. Global report on trafficking in persons 2014; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime --; Issue: Should the United States and the West Address the Syrian Refugee Crisis by Allowing Them to Migrate to the West? --; Yes. The United States and the Syrian refugee crisis : a plan of action; Michael Ignatieff --; No. The controversy over Syrian refugees misses the question we should be asking; Andrew C. McCarthy --; Issue: Is Global Income Inequality on the Rise in the International Community? --; Yes. An economy for the 1%; Oxfam Report --; No. Income inequality : poverty falling faster than ever but the 1% are racing ahead; Max Roser --; Issue: Is Social Media Becoming the Most Powerful Force in International Politics? --; Yes. Social media as a formidable force for change; Ritu Sharma --; No. Is ISIS's social-media power exaggerated?; Kathy Gilsinan --; Issue: Are Cyber-groups Terrorists or a Potential Force for Good? --; Yes. The Sony hackers are terrorists; David Auerbach --; No. Anonymous just might make all the difference in attacking ISIS; Evan Schuman --; Unit 3: The New Global Security Dilemma. Issue: Is Cyber Warfare the Future of War? --; Yes. Why the next world war will be a cyberwar first, and a shooting war second; David Gewirtz --; No. Cyberwar and peace : hacking can reduce real-world violence; Thomas Rid --; Issue: Are Russia and the United States in a New Cold War? --; Yes. Why a new cold war with Russia is inevitable; Andrej Krickovic and Yuval Weber --; No. Debunked : why there won't be another cold war; Matthew Rojansky and Rachel S. Salzman --; Issue: Can ISIS Be Defeated in the Near Future? --; Yes. How ISIS can be defeated; Max Boot --; No. 5 reasons the U.S. cannot defeat ISIS; Aaron David Miller --; Issue: Is the Iran Nuclear Program Agreement Good for America and for the World? --; Yes. Remarks on nuclear agreement with Iran; John Kerry --; No. Future risks of an Iran nuclear deal; David E. Sanger and Michael R. Gordon --; Issue: Is the European Union in Danger of Disintegrating? --; Yes. The European Union may be on the verge of collapse; John Feffer --; No. How the financial crisis made Europe stronger; Kalin Anev Janse --; Issue: Is China the Next Superpower? --; Yes. China : witnessing the birth of a superpower; Jonathan Watts --; No. China's long road to superpower status; Jonathan Adelman --; Issue: Should the International Community Preempt Against North Korea? --; Yes. Time to actively deter North Korea; Patrick M. Cronin --; No. North Korea : don't pick a fight we can't win; Jeong Lee
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