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Many nations around the world today possess, or have the means to procure weapons of mass destruction. They may be nuclear, chemical, biological other types of weapons, which can be delivered through a variety of means. It is mainly the more powerful wealthy countries that have such weapons although some poorer nations are also acquiring them. In recent years, there have been movements and treaties to help control the flow and deployment of arms, be they ...
Globalisation as part of the everyday experience of life has been part of human history since the 16th century, when the marketplace that was the Netherlands stretched to the Spice Islands of what we now call Southeast Asia. Democracy is a form of anti-fundamentalism; its wisdom and openness resist monolithic certitudes. In times of rapid and hurtful change, growing inequality and the erosion of national authority by global powers, the appeal of fundamentalist ...
