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land-use models and main characteristics of urbanization help to plan and provide facilities for the needs of increasing urban populations more easily. Urbanization is the process where a large number of population become concentrated living in urban area. Urbanization is about changing distribution of world urban population and settlement. Natural increase of urban urbanization can occur either by natural population…

In 2004 the European Union first established a European Agency for the management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union ‘Frontex’ . Frontex was created by the Council regulation (EC) 2007/2004 and was adopted on 26 October 2004 and started its operation on 1 May 2005. It is recognised as the European Union border control agency. Frontex was established to facilitate measures relating to the management of EU member States external borders,…

As early as the 1600’s, Central Europeans have been immigrating to the United States. Settlers from Germany, the former Soviet Union, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein came for various reasons. World wars, the collapse of the Soviet Union, economic disparities, and dissatisfaction with their government were among the most common reasons. Each ethnic group influenced American culture by introducing new foods, music, and literature.…

International University. • Dr. Wendy Grenade, Lecturer in Political Science and Deputy Dean (Outreach) Faculty of Social Sciences University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. • Dr. Joaquin Roy Jean, Monnet Chair “ad personam” Director, European Union Center of Excellence University of Miami. • Panel Discussion chaired by Dr. Markus Thiel, Politics & International Relations (FIU) Dr. Hintzen went first with his topic, “The EU, CARIFORUM, AND CELAC: the new multilateral alliance”. He…

After gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1964, Malta immediately sought friendly relations with the European Union. Though Malta did not gain membership until 2004, it has been significantly influenced by the EU, has influenced the EU and seeks to continue exerting influence on the EU. This paper seeks to present evidence demonstrating how Malta’s social and economic condition have changed since joining the EU, how Malta has worked to make the issues salient to them salient to the…

To better understand what Brexit is, one has to go back a few years to the formation of the European Committees. These committees were developed to allow for a single trade market and a standardization of systematic laws which would help bring prosperity and stability to the then non-united European region. Eventually, in the mid-1990’s, the European Committees developed into what is now known as the European Union which would eventually include 28-member states. The term Brexit refers to the…

risk being deported once they reach their goal. With larger masses arriving each day, Western Europe faces the decision of integrating the immigrants into their countries or turning them away and blocking their borders. Both decisions have grand economic, social, and political implications in those countries. As the immigration crisis in Europe continues, countries with the chance to integrate immigrants into their societies must strive to do so. Throughout the Middle East, extremist Muslim…

The European Union was chosen as a model institution because it has grown to be the most successful regional organisation in the world, achieving considerable feats in terms of integration, socio-economic development and peace. Furthermore, Immanuel Kant’s essay on perpetual peace provides certain rubrics for achieving world peace and integration through…

To begin, we follow the teachings of an European political extremist by the name of Robert Marks. He is one to believe in the power and rule of the European state and is even more apt to defend the means of their triumphs. This academic has spread wide knowledge of the European’s influence on western culture and furthermore the world. Yet he is sparse to come to the conclusion of whether it was the culture that made them so powerful or their willingness to mend broken civilizations via their own…

Immigration can be defined as the (more or less) permanent movement of individuals or groups across symbolic or political boundaries into new residential areas and communities (Scott and Marshall, 2009). This generally means the transition of a person or a group from one society to another; this transition leads to the abandonment of the former social environments of living and active participation and the installation to a new one (National Center for Social Research [EKKE], 2005, p.67). In…