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This note examines the evolving economic partnership between Japan and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and reviews prospects for the future in light of the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.
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Comprehensive overview of the impact of tourism on the coastal and urban environments of Bournemouth

Table of Contents:

Fieldwork Outline 1
Geographical Context 1
Methods of Investigation 3
Coastline Environment’s Features (sub-questions 1, 2) 5
Tourism Profile of Bournemouth (sub-questions 3, 4) 8
Demographical Patterns (sub-question 3) 8
Social Patterns (sub-questions 3, 4) 9
Urban Environment (sub-questions 1, 2, 4, 5) 11
Safety Index (sub-question 1) 11
Transport Survey (sub-question 4) 12
Mini-Golf Management (sub-questions 4, 5) 13
Land-Use of Old Christchurch Road (sub-questions 1, 2) 14
Management of Pressures and Conflicts (sub-question 5) 15
Economic Influence of Tourism on Bournemouth (sub-question 6) 17
Conclusion and Evaluation 19


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Africa and India each have a big island off their south-eastern tips – Madagascar and
Sri Lanka respectively. These two islands share many commonalities: their populations
today are 22 and 24 million respectively 1 ; each has multi-ethnic population; each was a
colony of a Western power (from 1882/1897 and 1815); and each became independent
post-WWII (in 1960 and 1948); each has extremely high, unique bio-diversity, similarly
threatened by deforestation; each holds a strategic maritime location, yet prone to natural
hazards (albeit, arguably, Sri Lanka’s is more so, in both cases 2 ); each had adopted socialist
economic policies at some point of the 1970s and then radically liberalised their
economies; and each has experienced multiple serious political and constitutional crises
over the past 50 years.
Most importantly for this discussion, both islands had an equally miserable state of
economic affairs in the 1960s and the early 1970s, throughout which their GDP per capita
indicators, seen on the title page, make it seem as if their economies had been glued
together. They were each a poor, agrarian, commodity-exporting economy. But then,
from the late 1970s onwards, Sri Lanka entered and has remained on an amazing
economic growth path that has allowed it to increase its GDP per capita from 273$ in
1980 to 3’820$ in 2014 3 , while Madagascar’s GDP per capita between 1980 and 2014
decreased from 462$ to 449$ 4 . Sri Lanka has become a middle-income, industrialised,
service-based economy with the highest Human Development Index (HDI) in South
Asia 5 and even has its own space satellite 6 . Madagascar has around 90% of its population
living in poverty 7 and remains among the most backward economies in the world.

This essay will consist of two major parts. Firstly, various roles and functions of central banks will be presented, with particular focus on the recent years. Secondly, complexities of the central banking functions and monetary policy will be analysed, considering the extent to which Artificial Intelligence is (un)prepared to perform them autonomously in the foreseeable future (up to 2030).

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has been, since

1994, the only globally recognised codification of rights and responsibilities of nations in

the international waters, also known as the high seas. For the purpose of this essay we

shall only consider Part VII (High Seas) of UNCLOS, as the international cyberspace is in

many ways comparable to the international waters, and their security regulations, as we

will see throughout the essay, pose many similar challenges. Within Part VII of UNCLOS

the following two relevant themes arise (clustered by author): inclusive and safe usage and

navigation of the high seas (Art. 87-94, 97) and suppression of piracy and other criminal

acts in the high seas (Art. 100-109, 111)

purposes of relevant concepts (free navigation, illegal acts, aggression, etc.) as well as to

consider the rights and responsibilities of the nation states between those applicable in

international waters and in cyberspace.

The paper will follow the structure of the question, first briefly setting the
conceptual context of financialisation and comparing the competing
definitions of financialisation and its dynamics. Part II will consider the
size of the financial sector relative to the real economy. Part III will look
at the influence of the financial sector over agenda-setting and outcomes
of economic policies in the US. Part IV will deal with transfers of income
away from the real into financial sector and its impact on employment and
thus wages. Concluding remarks will only propose areas for further
research for financial regulators as well as offer a philosophical critique.
Thus the paper is only a diagnostic report which only sets a road-map for
further exploration within this broad, multi-disciplinary theme.

This essay consists of 3 main parts:

PART I encompasses the broad notion of global governance within the framework of International Relations, providing definitional and theoretical aspects of global governance. In simple words, it will try to answer what global governance is, what subsets it contains and how these are interconnected and implemented. We will see that global governance is a complex rapidly-evolving concept involving multilateral and multilevel political, military and economic co-operation. Due to the breadth of the area covered by global governance, the essay will mainly focus on security and defence strategies within global governance.

PART II builds a comparative overview of engagement of the US, Russia and the EU in global governance with a degree of critical evaluation of the governance policies. Firstly, we will see how the former Cold War era rivalry still heavily influences the foreign policy of all three actors (particularly for Russia), which acts as an obstacle to effective global governance. Then we will also see through a case study (the Iraq War) that the US, despite its legitimacy as the leader of global governance being constantly challenged, can engage in a major process of global governanceeven with clear opposition from Russia and the EU.

PART III forges conclusive remarks about the development of complex interaction between the three agents, assessing the extent of the effectiveness of their co-operation, and finally examines theshifting balance in global governance powers within the broader context of the emerging powers such as BRICS. It will argue that BRICS and many other existing alliances (such as the SCO for instance) are generally viewed as politically-motivated copycats of the US/EU-dominated political or monetary mechanisms. The rising powers are yet to develop any clear agenda beyond that challenging the US global leadership. Finally, Russia’s unclear position between the old powers andemerging powers will be assessed. The main finding is that Russia clearly wants to belong to the world’s Great powers, but due to lack of recognition as such by the US or the EU, prefers to side with the developing countries and engage in global governance by building alternative networks.

"""It has been established that Conservative Protestantism and Roman Catholicism – both through active individuals and interest groups – exert significant influence on legislation in the USA. Legalisation of same-sex marriages has been a contentious legislative issue for conservative Christians, who make up the majority of opposition to same-sex marriages in the US. Since the issue is ongoing on a national scale and is subject to fierce responses from both sides of the argument, it is interesting to analyse the effectiveness of conservative Christian interest groups in preventing legalisation of same-sex marriages in the USA since the 1990s and to attempt to predict the outcome of this controversy.

This paper aims to prove that through active lobbying, organisatorial skills and tactical management of social movements, Roman Catholic and Conservative Protestant interest groups have been more effective in preventing and forcing repeal of any legislation that aimed at legalisation of same-sex marriages in the USA, than liberal movements have been in promoting its enactment. Nonetheless, the latter will inevitably emerge victorious from this battle and the Christian institutions will have to adapt to the liberal tendency of Americans in order to preserve their political power."""

Analysis of the historical development of the Liberal Thought. John Lock, John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville and Adam Smith

The essay consists of 3 main parts:

I. Liberalism: Live and Let Live
II. Liberty and Private Property
III. The Will of the Majority: From the Advancement of the Public Good to Democratic Despotism

Comparative Analysis of John Locke's Second Trestise of Government and Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince and Discourses of the Livy.
Author: Angel Versetti

"A wise ruler should nip any rebellion in the bud, claims Machiavelli’s Prince. Yet people have a right to rebel even against the shadow of tyranny, according to Locke’s Second Treatise. These two notions might suggest eternal confrontation between the oppressive ruler and rebellious citizenry, paranoid and suspicious of each other’s schemes. This is where the moderating approach from Machiavelli’s Discourses comes in: rebellion is a nuisance, but since the ruler needs the power of people to assist him in his quest for glory, let them rant and mob a bit.""

A comparative analysis of life narratives on post-9/11 America (Moustafa Bayomi's Being Young and Arab in America), the Iranian Revolution of 1979 (Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis), Guatemalan military dictatorship of 1970s and 1980s (Elisabeth Burgos-Debray’s I, Rigoberta Menchu) and the Japanese American Internment during WWII (Mine Okubo’s Citizen 13660).

Overview of Demographic Transition patters in Brazil and Mexico and their implications on economic development of these countries. Various sources, such as national census and UN data are compiled. Population pyramids and other demographic instruments are employed in the paper.

Theory of Knowledge - International Baccalaureate Essay
Subject: “A model is a simplified representation of some aspect of the world. In what ways may models help or hinder the search for knowledge?”

Author: Angel Versetti
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Comparative analysis of “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and "Perfume" by Patrick Süskind.

Subject: To what extent is magical realism successful in entertaining the readers, whilst maintaining the balance between historical accuracy and superstitious mysticism?

IB Coursework

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Author: Angel Versetti

St Gallen/Paris, 23 December 2015. Now that the fireworks celebrating conclusion of the historic Paris Climate Agreement are over, it is high time to start developing work-streams to make this agreement work. The agreement, endorsed by 195 countries, sets out a comprehensive list of global action areas to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the impact of climate change: mitigation techniques, technology transfer, global stocktake, financing mechanisms and capacity building.

Book Review: Talking Prices by Olav Velthuis

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I. Introduction
II. Juxtaposition of art and commerce: the trichotomy of the avant-garde galleries, conservative dealers and auction houses
III. Money as the building block of relationships between artists, dealers and collectors
IV. Pricing works of art: bending rationality and twisting the economic principles
V. Social fabric of the art market
VI. Conclusion

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Chapter 5 of “Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?” by John Fea dealing with the earliest communities in North America, namely Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay of the XVII century, exposes the bitter irony of how having escaped from the Old World’s abuse of religion, the early Christian communities in North America over the course of years recreated many evils that had mired Christianity in Europe.

Overall, your company’s high-technology approach to carmaking and direct distribution and maintenance
of your car-fleet via software updates, make it extremely reliant on technology and thus disruption to
security could lead your firm to bankruptcy or legal action from both public safety authorities and individual
owners. You are also aware of this and your infrastructure corresponds to the highest degree of security,
while you employees are trained enough in order not to become victims of primitive attempts to breach
your network (such as phishing, spam, suspicious freeware installation, using and renewing complex alphanumeric
passwords and not inserting unknown CDs or USBs into your organizational computers). Despite
this high security of human and physical resources, threats to Tesla will continue to persist.

Natural resources have played a pivotal role in economic development of humanity since
prehistoric times when humans started processing first materials leading to the Stone Age and
emergence of proto-civilisations. At later stages humans learned to smelt and work metals brining
the Bronze Age and Iron Age whereby civilisations shaped and economic development became
more sophisticated. Over centuries, empires and economic powerhouses rose and fell on extracting
and processing raw materials and fighting wars for precious metals and minerals. The Industrial
Revolution led to increased consumption of fuels, and large-scale energy production became a
necessity to satisfy the ever-growing needs of economies. As the consumer base for a variety of
products, such as cars, air travel and a wide range of electronic devices increased exponentially
over the XX century, a new phenomenon became increasingly apparent: our wants are unlimited,
but the carrying capacity of our planet is not.

A global mechanism for natural resources governance is an ambitious proposal and likely to meet significant resistance from a variety of actors, not least member states themselves, since raw materials and natural resources constitute one of the innermost aspects of national economies and sovereignty. Thus giving up even part of governance of their national resources to a supra-national entity is likely to be a contentious issue.

Model ASEM 2014
8–12 October 2014 in Milan, Italy
in conjunction with the 10th ASEM Summit
“Responsible Partnership for
Sustainable Growth and Security”

part I: On Trade, Investment and Sustainable Growth
part II: On Small and Medium Enterprises

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The American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood summary

This Policy Brief proposes a framework of policies to create the regulatory environment and financing mechanisms necessary to increase capital flows into the Energy Savings Companies (ESCOs) in India, in order to foster wider adoption of energy-efficiency across all sectors, with particular focus on the industrial sector. The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is amongst the largest-scale economic development projects ever undertaken by the Government of India and it includes a comprehensive range of industrial objectives, including efficient use of energy. DMIC thus offers an opportunity to serve as catalyst to attract sufficient amounts of capital from the private sector, both domestic and foreign, required to finance business growth of

Existing and emerging financing mechanisms for SCP businesses
RECP in investment decisions of financial institutions
Challenges, barriers and limitations
Economic benefits of investment in SCP: Case-Studies
IBIS: Igniting Business Investments in Sustainable Lifestyles –solution for SCP

Existing and emerging financing mechanisms for SCP businesses
RECP in investment decisions of financial institutions
Challenges, barriers and limitations
Economic benefits of investment in SCP: Case-Studies
IBIS: Igniting Business Investments in Sustainable Lifestyles –solution for SCP

Relevance of MSMEsfor the politicaleconomyof Sub-SaharanAfrica(SSA)
State of affairs, currentMSME dynamicsin SSA, comparisonwithglobal trends
Challenges & EmergingSolutions in SSA
Case Study: Uganda –Challenges of Policymakingfor World’sMost Entrepreneurial Country
Setting agenda for the future: How to bringmore privatefinancingintoMSMEs?

Relevance of MSMEsfor the politicaleconomyof Sub-SaharanAfrica(SSA)
State of affairs, currentMSME dynamicsin SSA, comparisonwithglobal trends
Challenges & EmergingSolutions in SSA
Case Study: Uganda –Challenges of Policymakingfor World’sMost Entrepreneurial Country
Setting agenda for the future: How to bringmore privatefinancingintoMSMEs?