Kuwait-JG-Fall2010


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This article “India’s International Trade Policy” is about India’s trading partners and how India reacts in its global relationships. Kuwait is one of India’s trading partners so some of the topics in this article relate to Kuwait and India’s relationship. For example in the article India says that they want to change some of their relationships so that they become more comprehensive and formal. This article has to do with global interdependence because India wants to change how their relationships are interpreted, and global relationships sometimes need to be modified or changed if they are not progressing as planned. All countries depend on each other to progress and move forward, and if your relationships are not building your country up you need to modify your relationship. Just like how India raised their standards for their relationship with Kuwait, now the two countries can help each other and depend on each other more efficiently. [|India’s International Trade Policy]
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“Kuwait: 2005 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion” is an article about Kuwait’s oil exports to many countries throughout the world. Oil is one of the main exports in Kuwait and as this article explained when the oil market is doing well Kuwait really benefits, but when the oil market is down Kuwait starts to suffer. For example in the article it stated that from 2003 to 2004 there was a huge increase in income form oil exports but then when the market in oil fell again Kuwait became a little unbalanced and they had to learn to readjust to a lower amount of income from oil exportation. Oil exportation has to do with global interdependence because Kuwait depends on the money from oil exporting. Therefore Kuwait depends on the countries they export oil to to keep taking the oil in exchange for money. As soon as that income from oil is gone Kuwait runs into trouble, so exportation of products or resources is a huge part of economical global interdependence. Without exportation to other countries most countries would either run out of resources, or be broke. Exporting and importing are a huge part of economical global interdependence. [|Kuwait: 2005 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion]
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This artifact is an article titled “Obama stresses 'strong' Kuwait relations” and is about a meeting between US President Obama, and the Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. In this meeting Obama and the Emir discussed making their relatioship Kuwait and United States relationship stronger, and how to try to keep progressing to a peaceful Middle East. Kuwait’s Emir was interested in peace throughout all of the Middle East, but would only implement the idea once Israel follows through on their obligations. This article shows that global interdependence can be complicated. One country is depending on another country to do something, and without everyone fulfilling their own obligations nothing will ever get done. For global relations and interdependence to work all countries must take responsibility for themselves and holding up their ends of the barged, or else there is no hope for global interdependence. [|Obama stresses 'strong' Kuwait relations]
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An article called “50th anniversary of Kuwait-Japan relations” is about the 50th anniversary of when Kuwait and Japan first established their relationship. This article explains how Kuwait and Japan will celebrate their anniversary by creating cultural programs to deepen their relationship. Some of these programs will consist of exchange students, and scholarships. These programs will help Kuwait and Japan understand each other’s cultures on a deeper level. This shows true global interdependence because both countries are trying to understand each other better. Also both countries are sending their citizens over to the other country to learn the culture of that other country. This will let all the citizens of Kuwait and Japan experience a personal relationship to other people in that other country. And both countries will have to depend and trust the other country to be portrayed well to their citizens. [|50th anniversary of Kuwait-Japan relations]
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“VIETNAM - KUWAIT RELATIONS” this article listed all the prime ministers, presidents, and generals that went to/from Vietnam or Kuwait. This article also included many of the treaties and agreements passed between Vietnam and Kuwait throughout their relationship. For example in May of 2005 there was a trade agreement passed between these two countries, and in 1995 Prince Fahad J. Al-Sabah from Kuwait visited Vietnam. This artifact showed me how much interaction is needed in a global relationship. For example, how many people traveled to the other country for a meeting just to discuss their relationship. It also showed me how much the countries depend on each other to find treaties and agreements that work out the problems they experience. Global interdependence is show in this list of agreements between Vietnam and Kuwait.
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[|VIETNAM - KUWAIT RELATIONS]