Corruption, Conflict, and Crime -- a Student's Perpective

GlobalizationThe end of the Cold War generated radical economic and political changes around the world. One of the primary changes is globalization. Today, “the movement of capital, commodities, ideas and persons transcends national boundaries and connects different parts of the world in an unprecedented manner.”[1]  Globalization increased economic growth through international trade and helps spread the ideas of liberal democracies around the world.  Photo: 2010 Tajikistan — Tanks practice at the rocky peaks of Afghanistan stretch for 800 miles along Tajikistan’s winding southern border.  According to the United Nations, Afghanistan has produced about 3,600 tons of opium this year, composing about 90 percent of the global total. A large bulk of that goes through Tajikistan. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/tajikistan/101119/tajikistan-afghanistan-border-drug-tradeFor More on Radical Islam and Anti GlobalizationOrganized Crime Takes AdvantageAt…

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James Franklin

From Washington D.C., a 2012 graduate of Dickinson College majoring in Middle East Studies and minored in Russian. Intensely studied both Arabic and Russian for five years; studied abroad in Morocco...