Foreign affairs- By Milka Malfait

Exposition of my thoughts

World conflictso Conflict in Syria threatens to become a world

conflict between the leading countrieso Also conflict of Korea is subject to West-East

influenceso And many other places, as Pakistan, Afghanistan,

and problems in Africao Israel - Palestine

Diplomacy is extremely important

Exposition of my thoughts

Economic diplomacy:o F.e. Free Trade Agreement between Europe and the

U.S.A ( pending proposal)o Relation between capitalist free-trade world of the

West and Russia, Chinao Common industrial region North and South Koreao Foreign investmento WTO, BIT’s, …

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Military interests:o NATOo Which countries have nuclear weapons?o NATO versus Islamic worldo Army of North- Koreao …

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Human rights and social diplomacy:o Human rights council U.N.o IMF supporting low-income countrieso Social problems ( minimum wage, child labor,

rape…)o …

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Environmental issues:o Due to rising International and European lawo UNEPo Recently upcoming energy law o Global warming

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Cultureo World Heritageo Art – f.e. destruction Buddha image in Afghanistan

( Taliban)o Protection of language and cultural minoritieso Religion o Customs and traditionso Daila Lamao …

Conclusion

Diplomacy is important in every way, in all countries, all cultures and even more in the future