Topic 4 Summary

Question 1

4. Global interactions and global power

Answer 1

Indices

Superpowers

Organisations

Question 2

4. Global Networks and Flows

Answer 2

Global trade

International aid, loans and debt relief

Remittances

Illegal flows

FDI and TNCs

Question 3

4. Human and Physical Influences on Global Interactions

Answer 3

MGOs and Free Trade Zones

Migration Controls

Global data flows

Transport developments

Natural resource availability

Question 4

5. Development opportunities

Answer 4

UN SDG criteria

Development indicators and indices

Women and minority groups

Social entrepreneurship

Question 5

5. Changing identities and culture

Answer 5

Diffusion and imperialism

Glocalization

Cultural landscape changes

Diasporas

Question 6

5. Local responses to global interactions

Answer 6

Civil society resistance

Anti-immigration movements

Geopolitical constraints: controls and protectionism

Question 7

6. Geopolitics and economic risks

Answer 7

Hacking and identity theft

Risks of global supply chains

Threats to sovereignty - tax avoidance and profit repatriation

Disruptive technologies

Renewed nationalism

Question 8

6. Environmental risks

Answer 8

Transboundary pollution

Shipping lanes pollution

Carbon footprints

Polluting manufacturing industries

Agribusiness

Question 9

6. Local and global resilience

Answer 9

Resilience - civil society

Re-shoring

Crowd-sourcing

Cyber security

E-passports