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BRIC is an international organization and an economic alliance founded in 2001 and the word BRIC is actually an acronym that stands for its member states. These states are Brazil, Russia, India, and China. It was later on changed to BRICS when South Africa joined. The main purpose of this alliance or organization is economic. They are hoping to play an important role in the global economy. This is actually possible because as witnessed in the past couple of decades, the GDP of the members of…

Topic: What are the competitive advantages and the major challenges of the countries in European Region? Conventional wisdom has it that the European Region being one of the most integrated and developed regions in the world, which allocates all of its resources efficiently, has recently encountered several challenges which are, according to the reliable source such as the World Economic Forum (2015), fostering economic growth and innovation, youth unemployment and a worsening of the EU-Russia…

Self Profile Assignment Introduction: Although I often share my opinion about news thinking that it is an opinion I created, there are many factors that have helped to shape my perspective, and make it what it is today. My parents, a Canadian news source and travelling the world are all important factors that have had a profound impact on my perspective. Being self aware about how your views of the world have been affected by others is exceedingly important, and something everyone should be…

Many businesses rely on the single market in order to stay competitive throughout the European Union. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with over 4.5 trillion dollars worth of money under its management contend that a Brexit would seriously impede on its ability move assets within the EU. According to the chief of BlackRock, “Rules…

candidate to gain accession to the European Union (EU). Despite this, Turkey’s bid to enter the EU has been refuted in the face of numerous obstacles and events that have prevented its accession, both within the official written criteria of the European Commission, as well as the possibly more prevalent, informal “attitudes” carried by…

intensity than ever before. There are many reasons why Islam became discussed on daily basis in western world, such as increasing number of Muslim immigrants in western European countries, or recent actions and terrorist attacks of radical group of Islamic State. Although immigrants were highly welcomed by governments of several western European countries in the past, nowadays, population`s opinion had significantly changed. For example, German people are now aware of the huge number of Muslim…

I am Italian, Irish, French, British, I also have a bit of Native American in me. Even though I am all these things, I have almost no idea how to speak Italian, or French I don 't know where my ancestors were located or really anything about my heritage besides how to cook Italian meals. The only place I have been is the United States and only 4 States Pennsylvania, New York, California, and Florida. I relate to the story of "The Frog in the Well" because I have no experience of my own culture…

Internacional union The euro it is not adopted by all the EU nations. There are 19 of the European Union’s member state, which together make up the Euro area. The introduction of the euro wasn’t long ago. In 1999 the euro was a big step in the integration (Ec.eruopa.eu). The EU members’ goal was to improve their economic and internal market with a single currency. They believe a single currency is more efficient and increase price transparency, eliminating currency exchanges costs,…

Spain has been apart of the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone since the 1st of January 1986 when entering as a full member. Spain has held four presidencies in her country form January to June 1989, July to December 1995, January to June 2002 and January to June 2010. Spain has currently 24 representatives on the European Economic and Social Committee; representing companies, workers and other interest groups, and 21 representatives on the Committee of the Regions, which is the EUs, assembly…

The head of the IMF is nominated by the European Union and has a board of 24 board members. IMF is funded by member countries, which pay a quota based on their wealth -- countries that have more money attain more votes. The IMF’s purpose is to help countries get back on a stable financial footing…