Ukraine's Role in the Process of Globalization

In “What’s Gone Wrong with Democracy” by The Economist, the issue is the failure of democracy and how it plays a major role in Ukraine; Ukrainians want to have a rule based democratic nation, however it seems to be impossible from all the invasions from Russia and bad leadership of previous presidents. Ukraine sits between the European Union and Russia. In November 2013 president Viktor Yanukovy rejected a trade deal with the European Union, taking an offer from Russia instead. The people of Ukraine did not approve this decision, therefore overthrowing Yanukovy from powers and pave the way for a new presidential election, which led to little or no change in contradiction of corruption and mistreatment from the government. In this paper,

Globalization is the rapidly developing process of complex interconnections between societies, cultures, institutions and individuals world-wide (Tomlinson, 1997). The term “globalization” often became used since the second half of the 1980s with the radical increase of foreign direct investment by MNCs. This phenomenon was facilitated by the triumph of market-oriented economic ideology represented as deregulation, privatization, and a decreased role for the state in the economy over communism in collapsing of the Soviet Union (Gilpin, 2001). Since then, there is a widespread acknowledge that increasing global interconnection results in cultural standardization and homogeneity driven by Americanism or Westernization, which may have been regarded

Since then, the two countries have undergone tensions and hostility. Furthermore, intergovernmental relations have also been complex. The result of the mutual hostility resulted in an economic war whereby Russia imposed export blockade on Ukraine, causing customs clearance problems for Ukraine suppliers to export their products across the border.

In this report I will discuss and evaluate the economic system of Ukraine and attempt to address how Ukraine’s economic system affects its industries and people. Ukraine is located in eastern Europe, bordering the black sea between, Russia, Poland, Romania, and Moldava.

The crisis Ukraine is facing with the battle over Crimea is one that started more than twenty years ago. August twenty-first, 1991, fifteen independent states crawled out from the strong hold of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R). This new found independence from one of the most powerful countries in the world ceased the existence of the U.S.S.R. It was the Soviet people who destroyed the Soviet Union, not outsiders, and not through violent conflict. Ukraine, one of the fifteen states that emerged, was a particular cause of concern with its ethnic Russian majority in Crimea, but Boris Yeltsin, president of the Russian Republic, was in no position to oppose this

Studying globalization is an eye opener to see many different aspects of globalization in both positive and negative ways. As we have been defining globalization as it is a “process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology, which shows more good benefits of globalization” (globalization101) but it's also deeply controversial in its different effects to economy, health, culture, education, energy, environment, human rights, international law, investment, media, trade and so many more. These aspects have shown us how it’s important to create a more integrated global world is a better way to transform people’s life to a better or it can be unconstructive to many.

The ubiquitous phenomenon known as globalization is an intricate happening with many dimensions that transcend territories and produce dichotomous interpretations from the international system on its advancement since the movement’s resurgence after the Cold War. Firstly, one must analyze the very meaning of such a concept in which there are numerous contemporary adaptations as well as a classical description where globalization as “those processes that knit people everywhere together, thereby producing world-wide interconnectedness and interdependence and featuring the elimination of borders and the rapid and large-scale movement of persons, things, and ideas across sovereign borders” (Mansbach and Taylor, 2012, p. 577). Secondly, according to the text, there several features of this integration of world linkages including: distribution of communication/ technologies, waning prevalence of state & territorial domestic autonomy, influx of information that cause talent dispersion/involvement surge, advent of free market trading in global market, extension of the reach of global culture and democracy, augmentation of international civil society, dissemination of power, global violence evolution, progression of security precedence(s), and spread/intensification of nonstate actors. Thirdly, in regards to the latter, the institutions of globalizations may take the form of non state embodiments most prominently through Multinational Corporations (MNCs)/Transnational Corporations

Globalisation is subject that has been well discuss over the years and there have been many different definitions of it. for example, some describe it as “a process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected because of massively increased trade and cultural exchange” (BBC). Another definition is that “a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations” (Globalization 101). However, globalisation is not a new phenomenon or something that has just been happening for a few years, people have been trading for thousands of years, one example is the famous Silk Road which runs across Central China and connected China and Europe in the Middle Ages (globalization 101), but it is in the last century that this globalisation phenomenon has been growing at a fast pace (Nassar 2007:2). Therefore, we can all agree that the term Globalisation has been use to describe the integration of different topics such as the market, values, environmental and political concerns that different nation may have across the globe, for example the technological and economic development which help western manufacture companies to produce their goods using cheap labour from Asia, or the political issues which helps to regulate “international corporations and the privatization of state assets in order to meet the requirements of the IMF and World Bank” (Aas, Katja Franko. 2013:3, Nassar 2007:2). One of the main reason for globalization or global integration is to generate higher profits and the desire for greater economic success and better future for everyone. (Nassar 2007:2)

In the recent years, the relations between Ukraine and Russia have been hostile. Russia is the largest producer of gas while Ukraine is the largest importer of the same commodity from Russia. Gas fro Russia to the EU countries, east and southern Europe passes through the Ukrainian territory and Russia has to pay transit fee. It is this issue of the supply and prices of gas that precipitated a very big conflict between the two countries and the impact was felt allover Europe. In this paper, the historical background of the issue, the current sate of the conflict, the solutions to the conflict; the future of gas supply and the effects of the 2009 conflict to Europe will be addressed.

This essay will determine what hyper-globalisation really is and how it should be best received. It will also look closely at the broader meaning of globalisation, how it is driven and how it is influenced. Hyper-globalisation promotes the modern concept of global integration and its rapid progression. Globalisation is an inevitable process which can be identified by many forms such as NATO, fundamentally enhanced technologies and capitalism. Globalisation should be integrated into each nation’s political agenda, into their political future. Without encompassing this new idea, a nation would suffer in terms of their success financially and politically.

The term "globalization" has acquired considerable emotive force. Some view it as a process that is beneficial, a key to future world economic development and also inevitable and irreversible. Others regard it with hostility, even fear, believing that it increases

I believe that Ukrainian politics don’t do anything to help Ukraine get out of problems than are now in Ukraine. As for U.S they try to help, but it is enough. Politics were always a big problem in Ukraine. Many politicians were coming and leaving because they could do good work. It is hard to be a politician when the country is at a war, but every politician must first thing about the country and people, and after all about themselves. Also, Ukrainian people were always fighting for their freedom. Ukraine had many revolutions and hard times when people were dying. Now in Ukraine there are hard times and Ukrainian politics don’t do anything to get them better.

So, the best definition to understand the globalization concept is the one that covers all these dimensions. In Al-Rodhan’s (2006, June 19) opinion, “Globalization is a process that encompasses the causes, course, and consequences of transnational and transcultural integration of human and non-human activities.” Globalization has several impacts on every aspect of people 's lives. For example, the effect of globalization on the environment. The industrial countries want to increase their income and keep their economic positions. They try to build more factories without thinking about the emission which cause a lot of environmental problems, such as global warming, water pollution, air pollution, the ozone layer hole, and depletion of resources. Globalization affects not only on the environment, but also all their dimensions, and the focus here is in the effect of globalization on economics, culture, and education.

According to Steger (2013), globalization is a widely used word and it always refers to a process, a condition, a system, a force, and an age. However, globalization is not easy to define because it is a highly controversial term. Each individual has their own perspective about what globalization is and those viewpoints can be divided into three main schools of thought: globalist, internationalist, and transformationalist. A UN secretary named Kofi Annan once stated that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. He seemed to think that globalization is an inevitable process which influences and restraints people’s life as gravity on the earth. This statement is in accord with the perspective of globalist, which assert that globalization is happening and the world is going to be more connected in terms of political, social, cultural, and economic activates. However, it is not exactly true. This essay will critically analysize this statement as globalist view and then focus on another two schools of thought on globalization

Globalization and localization are two conflicting trends in international politics today. Globalization is the spread of peoples, activities, norms, ideas, goods, services, and currencies from one area of the world to another. (Rosenau 15) Localization is the narrowing of horizons and the confinement of peoples, activities, norms, ideas, goods, services, and currencies to a particular geographic area. (Rosenau 16) Globalization and localization affect the world’s countries in three main areas, politics, economics, and culture. Both globalization and localization have many benefits, as well as many costs.