Introduction -- 1. The Extraordinary Changes -- 2. The Invertebrate World- 3. Theory for the New World -- 4. The Reason … of State and Russia -- 5. Instability -- 6. Growing Global Divergence -- 7. Here We Go Again. - 8. The Syrian Crisis: See … globalization and the COVID-19 pandemic and assesses how this may bring about a profound reconfiguration of the global political …

The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to develop a new composite index of globalization based on data on … effects of globalization on economic growth and income inequality. The index comprises 25 indicators that represent the key … integration in the construction of the globalization index. The results show that although globalization promotes economic growth …