Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private military and security companies" (PMSC), in the course of the past 20 years, have increasingly taken over the traditional activities carried out by mercenaries before1. Contrary to mercenaries, private military and security companies are transnational corporations legally registered which obtain contracts from governments, private firms, intergovernmental and non governmental organizations. ... The activities of humanitarian non-profitable organizations and those of military and security transnational companies working for...

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Thus, this tendency can be seen in the US foreign policy after 11 September 2001. ... In response to terrorism, the US calculation on security, defence, and foreign policy have changed significantly. ... The emphasize on military approach has been seen through the significant increase in defence budget after September 11. The Pentagon's dominant role in running military foreign policy throughout the defence international cooperation program can be seen in their on-going mutual cooperation among "endemic-terrorist" countries or countries that experiencing such threat of terror fo...

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There is not clear-cut answer to whether globalization is a positive or negative process, globalization has brought about military, cultural and economic changes to the modern world, we can explore the advantages and disadvantages by looking particularly at the military alliances that countries have with each other, the introduction to foreign cultures into other countries and the efficiency of financial interdependence on other organizations or countries. ... Forming military alliances can be especially beneficial to the less equipped countries if they sign treaties with stronger and more p...

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Orrenius argues, "An important macroeconomic benefit of immigration is foreign bom workers' responsiveness to variation in labor demand over time and across regions. ... Phan points out that "Culturally, the United States is greatly enriched by the various and variegated cultures of its new immigrants; religiously, it is pluralistic and even conflictive, with the increasing presence particularly of Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism; and politically and militarily, it is hegemonic, being now the only superpower in the world" (Phan 715). ...

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