global trends by asjad

1. The following six clusters of threats with which the world must be concerned
now and in the decades ahead:
 Economic and social threats __ including poverty, infectious disease, and environmental
degradation
 Interstate conflict
 Internal conflict __ including civil war, genocide, and other large scale atrocities
 Nuclear, Radiological, chemical, and biological weapons
 Terrorism
 Transnational organized crime

2. We are living through a period of rapid global poverty reduction
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Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community
lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard
of living. Poverty means that the income level from employment is
so low that basic human needs can't be met
According to the World Bank, poverty in
Pakistan fell from 64.3% in 2002 to 29.5% in
2014. Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a
day (2011 PPP) (% of population) 6.1% in
2013 to 3.9% in 2015 Pakistan has made
substantial progress in
reducing poverty giving it the second lowest
headcount poverty rate in South Asia.

3. Inter-state conflict is between state governments and intra-state conflict is between
a state government and an armed group or groups originating from the same state. Intra-
state conflicts are more commonly referred to as internal conflict or civil war.

4. An internal conflict is the struggle occurring within a character's mind. ... The
term "internal conflict" is also widely used to describe a military conflict within
a nation, such as a civil war. An internal conflict is a non-international conflict. It
can be because of political, economic or religious causes.

5. Chemical, biological,
radiological, or nuclear
weapons capable of a high
order of destruction or causing
mass casualties and exclude
the means of transportation or
propelling the weapon. Also
called Weapon of mass of
destruction .(WMD)

6. The threatened or actual use of illegal
force and violence by a non – state actor
to attain a political economic, religious,
or social goal through fear.
Types of Terrorism
Dissent terrorism
Left and Right
Religious Terrorism
Criminal Terrorism
Terrorism in Pakistan according to Ministry
of Interior, poses a significant threat to the
people of Pakistan.The current wave
of terrorism is believed to have started in
2000 and peaked during 2009. Since then it
has drastically declined as result of military
operations conducted by the Pakistan Army.

7. Transnational organized crime (TOC) is organized crime coordinated
across national borders, involving groups or markets of individuals
working in more than one country to plan and execute illegal business
ventures. In order to achieve their goals, these criminal groups use
systematic violence and corruption.
Like
drug trafficking,
smuggling of migrants,
human trafficking,
money-laundering,
trafficking in firearms,
counterfeit goods,
wildlife and cultural
property, and even some
aspects of cybercrime.

8. oWorld order is an international
relations term describing the
distribution of power among world
powers