Exam 15: Looking Ahead at Global Trends and Transformations

List the six security threats identified by the UN Report, A More Secure World .  Are there any threats to global security that you think were not included in the list?  Which threats do you think are most important to global security? Why?

Political science theories make it easy to predict future trends and changes in the global community.

Which of the following best describes the general agreement of the scholarly community about the study of international politics?

Across the globe, "military and intelligence organizations are preparing the cyber battlefield with things called 'logic bombs' and 'trapdoors,' placing virtual explosives in other countries in peacetime".

The UN's report, A More Secure World (2004), suggests that which of the following weapons does not represent a threat to global security.

Globalization and the emergence of a common cosmopolitan culture has reduced feelings of _____.

Pessimists would argue that a large percentage of humanity faces all of the following except.

There is no support within the international community for a global responsibility to protect those who suffer from mass abuse at the hands of their state governments.

_____ said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

What technological advances have provided positive benefits to the global community?