Middle Eastern Countries and the Washington Consensus

means (What is NATO?). NATO promoted democratic values and encourages consultation and cooperation on defense and security issues to build trust and prevent conflict. NATO’s military goals were to remain peaceful when there are disputes between countries. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),

Throughout the global economy, many countries and nations continued to share their investment to promote their economic growth to modernize their industries, but some nations viewed the idea of globalization negatively due to employment disparity and cultural deterioration. The term, globalization has defined a process that businesses or other organizations developing international influence or start operating on an international scale. Many Eastern Asian countries like China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand

by Middle Eastern extremists, and 433 others were rushed to the hospital, critically injured. The refugees residing in France come from countries in states of civil war, turmoil and great danger. Similar situations occur in the United States, the issue of refugees is extremely controversial. American citizens can all agree that growing up in the United States has taught us to stand united and have pride in our nation, but are we truly united? It appears not concerning fugitives in our country. To

governed. This conflict has caused tensions and violence to flare up throughout Islamic history. This conflict has carried into modern times and has becoming a rallying point for Muslim people calling for change with their government and across the Middle Eastern region. The

interpretation of the Qur’an and allows for no other versions of Islam, like Shiism (StevenAU 2004). Iran has long been defined as the central power of Shiism especially following the 1979 Islamic revolution. Both nations are capable of polarizing the Middle East. The Saudis are allied with other Gulf monarchies, Jordan, parts of Northern Africa, and Morocco under Sunni guidance. Iran is connected to Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and involved with groups

in these territories. In particular, raising the interest rates and enforcing financial austerity were burdens for the continent’s economic growth. In order to prove his points, the economist explains that China, India and Malaysia, the two first countries being spared by the studied crisis and the latter having known a quick recovery by ignoring the IMF’s advice. The IMF and the World Bank’s policies–incorrect and brutal– doe not emanate from an active conspiracy, but have more to do with the

1958 the United States considered Iraq and Saudi Arabia as their principle allies. After the coup, the relationship between the two countries had cooled down considerably and the United States started to view Iraq as another radical and unfriendly nation in the Middle East. Under the directions of the Shah, Iran stood as one of the most important allies of the Middle East for the United State. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 and Cold War politics created another shift in United States foreign policies

"We welcome legal immigrants but we don't welcome people who come to hurt Americans." However, measures undertaken to enhance security by tightening admission procedures as well as to search for the enemy within led to the targeting of Muslims and Middle Easterners, broadly speaking. Moreover, the U.S. refugee resettlement program ground to a halt, "leaving thousands of refugees overseas in dangerous limbo, straining the limited resources of agencies that resettle them, and exacerbating the decline

the world. Some countries like America are described as being fully developed because of their high levels of GDP’s, industrialization and other advances. On the other hand, there are other places around the world like Ghana, Afghanistan, and Algeria that are described as developing nations meaning they have low GDP’s, are not industrialized fully yet and have many more advancements to make until they become developed. Colonialism is the reason why most of the world’s countries are still described

the international communities try to promote peace-making. For many years the problem of this conflict has been solved by the UN Security Council, the EU, and even was discussed at the Group of Eight summits. However it is not possible to find any consensus, owing to obvious unwillingness of different