Countries and Their Issues

Including research on the country, and your written response to the questions. You will be Assigned the following countries the first Week of class.

1. GREECE

2. ECUADOR

3. CZECH REPUBLIC

4. ARGENTINA

5. POLAND

6. SLOVAKIA

7. FINLAND

8. NETHERLANDS

9. INDIA

10. SWEDEN

11 GERMANY

12. SOUTH KOREA

13. DENMARK

14. IRELAND

15. BRAZIL

16. SWITZERLAND

17. ITALY

18. FRANCE

19. SINGAPORE

20. MALAYSIA

21. TURKEY

22. INDONESIA

23. ISRAEL

Each week you will have problems for your country and you will be challenged to solve those. You can use research from any country, and your opinion on how to deal with these issues collectively.

1 Build your countries portfolio: Type of Government

2. Population

3. Type of economy (GDP)

4. Biggest industry

5. Country alliances

6. Geographic location

7. Natural Resources

8. Size of Military

9. Military Budget

10. Percentage of citizens in Poverty

11. 4 of the biggest financial resources

Types of Energy & consumption %

13. Types of Social Services

14. $ In Exports

15. $ In Imports

16. Citizens: Freedom (high or low Equality (high or low)

17. Climate

18. Technology

19. Environment

Part 2

These are the issues you will work on in week 2

Crisis of Trade:

Make 2 new trade alliances, who and why choose those countries?

Discuss which items you will trade with each of the countries you choose.

Describe the benefits and costs associated with free trade.

Define key terms such as international trade, factors of production, production possibilities, absolute advantage, comparative advantage, and terms of trade.

Explain how international trade creates interdependent relationships between countries.

Part 3

These are the issues you will work on in week 3

Refugees

The world is witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. An unprecedented 59.5 million people around the world have been forced from home. Among them are nearly 20 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18.

Immigration issues:

Your country has been ask to accept 300,000 refugees from Syria

What are the plans for a group this size?

Where will they be placed?

What types of regulations will be followed in order to keep the citizens of your country safe?

Part 4

These are the issues you will work on in week 4

Natural Disaster: Your country will experience an earthquake and a hurricane in the same year.

What is your countries plan for emergency preparedness

How much money needs to be reserved for disasters

Where will the temporary shelters and first aid shelters come from

Part 5

These are the issues you will work on in week 5

Climate Change (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale.

Environmental issues: Global Warming

What does your country do to regulate the following?

Industrial Pollution

Chemical pollution standards

Smog and exhaust pollution

Litter and plastic pollutants

Is your country part of any United Nations environmental regulations or treaties

Part 6

These are the issues you will work on in week 6

Women.

UN support for the rights of women began with the Organization's founding Charter. Among the purposes of the UN declared in Article 1 is: "To achieve international co-operation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion."

Gender equality in your country, does it exist?

What is the comparison of salaries between males and females?

What is the population of women compared to men?

Has your country had any issues with human trafficking, or sex slaves?

Look into the history and find out if anything like these has been reported?

What are the labor standards in your country?

Part 7

These are the issues you will work on in week 7

Check on the crime statistics. What is the Unemployment rate in the country?

What is the murder rate in your country?

How many prisons? How many incarcerated? What are the biggest crimes in your country?

How does your country compare to other countries in the world in terms of the crime rate?

Is your country part of the United Nations security council? And how long?

How many countries are on the security council?

Part 8

These are the issues you will work on in week 8

Nuclear energy and weapons

More than 30 countries worldwide are operating 444 nuclear reactors for electricity generation and 66 new nuclear plants are under construction. In 2014, 13 countries relied on nuclear energy to supply at least one-quarter of their total electricity.

Does your country have nuclear energy?

What are the regulations on nuclear power ?

Is your country a member of the SALT treaty?

Does your country have nuclear weapons?

Does your country have a problem with terrorism?

How many terrorist attacks have happened in your country, what was the worst case

Part 9

HEALTH CONCERNS:

There are concerns that a global pandemic will spread to other countries and become a population eradicator. What are the Health emergency plans in your country for such an epidemic.

How will your country deal with those infected?

WHO and international experts believe that the world is now closer to another influenza pandemic than at any time since 1968, when the last of the previous century's three pandemics began. The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has been circulating in poultry in parts of Asia since mid-2003, has infected more than 200 humans in 10 countries, but remains primarily a disease of birds. Should the virus acquire an ability to spread efficiently and sustainably among humans.

What types of medicine has your country developed to combat various strains of disease?

Is there a problem in your country with hunger, and people dying from hunger?

What is the literacy rate in your country?

What is the average life expectancy of your country?

What are some of the major health issues your country has had historically?

Part 10

Discuss in no less than 150 words your thoughts about how a country would really survive, the given the issues over the past 9 weeks.

What are the crucial keys to ensure that a country can operate smoothly if these issues arise.

Is a strong government important to a countries success? Why?

Were the citizens in your country, despite living through these issues, living a happy life?

What did you think of this exercise?

When we discussed this exercise in class and you listened to another country discuss their solutions, which country would you rather live in and why?

How does the country GDP affect the decision making process for solving problems?