TY - BOOK ED - Markaz al-Im¯ar¯at lil-Dir¯as¯at wa-al-Buòh¯uth al-Istir¯at¯ij¯iyah TI - Globalization in the 21st century: how interconnected is the world? SN - 9789948009580 (hbk.) PY - 2008/// CY - Abu Dhabi PB - Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research KW - Globalization KW - Congresses KW - National security KW - Security, International KW - World politics KW - 21st century N1 - xvi, 352 p.; ... conference under the title "Globalization in the 21st century : how interconnected is the world?" in Abu Dhabi on April 23-25, 2007"--P. [4] of cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-334) and index; Globalization today : how interconnected is the world? / William S. Cohen -- Free trade and open market policies : who benefits? / Duane Windsor -- Regional and inter-regional trade agreements : examining their role for the Middle East / Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, Scott L. Baier, and Patrick A. McLaughlin -- Globalization, migration, and challenges to states / Robert K. Schaeffer -- Immigration and outsourcing : the growing fault lines and aftershocks of globalization / John Mahon -- Social implications of corporate responsibility : demands on global organizations / Steven L. Wartick -- Globalization and religion / Bahman Baktiari -- The world economy and the new middle ages / John Rapley -- Globalization and the international order / Hassan Abu Nimah -- Religious fundamentalism and terrorism / Sebestyén L. v Gorka -- Pathways to proliferation and containing the spread of WMD / Mohamed Kadry Said ER -