"GLOBALISATION" is a relatively recent term. A search in the archives of this newspaper, perhaps the one most closely associated with globalisation, shows the word first used in 1961 in an article on the need for economic reform in Spain.
The first issue of Spider-Man India has just been released on sale there. This new comic book is a touchstone for the kinds of highly sophisticated globalisation processes that are now becoming much more common-place in the Twenty-First Century.
This month, the comic-book and film hero Spider-Man 'moves' to India. The first issue of Spider-Man India has just been released on sale there. This new comic book is a touchstone for the kinds of highly sophisticated globalisation processes that are now becoming much more common-place in the Twenty-First Century.
The WTO has been the focus of much of the campaigning against globalisation. Mike Moore and John Madelely put forward their contrasting views on the organisation's role in advancing development and the possibility of a new trade round, while Adrian Wood argues the case for a development round.
Papua became part of Indonesia in 1969 after a controversial and very limited
vote. Ever since there have been calls from some Papuans for independence and
for decades a low-level armed resistance has been rumbling on, largely unnoticed
by the outside.
Yesterday, at its headquarters in Paris, Unesco unveiled its first comprehensive and online database of the world's endangered tongues. According to its team of specialists, there are around 2,500 languages at risk, including more than 500 considered "critically endangered" and 199 which have fewer than 10 native speakers.