Desert Dune Drifters!
Who'll be taking them down to Paradise City?
You take a mortal man / And put him in control / Watch him become a God / Watch people's heads a'roll / A'roll / A'roll / Just like the Pied Piper / Led rats through the streets / We dance like marionettes / Swaying to the symphony of destruction / Acting like a robot / Its metal brain corrodes / You try to take its pulse / Before the head explodes / Explodes / Explodes (Megadeth, Symphony of Destruction)
Dear Mr President, Honourable Kais Saied! Supreme Master of the Suspended People’s Silica Universe! Exceptional Rudiment of the Arab Spring’s[1] Death!
Thank you so much for rendering inspiration to selecting this essay's title and subheading! This key issue is being taken up on in the further course of this feature.
In The Great Game, Larry[2] ... sorry ... Sherlock Holmes reckons The stuff I've got on is just too big. This holds certainly true for this audacious feature, for The World’s Problems are too big to fit a decent human being‘s head.
Why not give it a try?!
Putin’s the lesser evil, for he’s merely proven a Russian Rumpelstiltskin[3] having kept the World in suspense about his screwed up imperial intentions of limited success.
For sure, there’s never been a neverending war[4].
What does that do for the poor Me?
Thirty years have passed since the signing of the United Nations Charter launched the effort to establish a new international order. Today, that order has reached a critical turning point. Its hopes of creating a better life for the whole human family have been largely frustrated. It has proved impossible to meet the "inner limit" of satisfying fundamental human needs. On the contrary, more people are hungry, sick, shelterless and illiterate today than when the United Nations was first set up.At the same time, new and unforeseen concerns have begun to darken the international prospects. Environmental degradation and the rising pressure on resources raise the question whether the "outer limits" of the planet's physical integrity may not be at risk.And to these preoccupations must be added the realization that the next 30 years will bring a doubling of world population. Another world on top of this, equal in numbers, demands and hopes. (Cocoyoc Declaration 1974)
Again, threatening to be kicking off a WW III sucks. The World Population’s ongoing sighs‘ve been voicing much greater concerns having inauspiciously ascended into heaven from everyday’s rotten here and now, down on Earth!
Against the backdrop of a sufficient socio-econo-empirical confidence interval of a Century, at least half of Earth’s human inhabitants have proven either poor, underprivileged or enslaved inhabitants can’t be possibly losing a life, they’ve never had.
فهمتها؟ ... הבנת? ... ¿Comprendes? ... Ngiyitholile? ... 知道了? ... Зрозумів? Капиерт?
Nevermind.
Cutting a long story[5] short, this essay is providing several Teasers of Abstracts featuring Indicators, complementary Annotations, a little bit of creative Input and Instructional Videos on tracing our (No)Future, signifying our Innate Global Challenges[6].
If only I could[7] ... let’s do it!
Take me down to the paradise city / Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty / Take me home, oh, won't you please take me home / Take me down to the paradise city / Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty / Take me home, oh, won't you please take me home (Guns n Roses, Paradise City)
ABSTRACT[8] #1 | DIMINISHED ALPHABET SONG[9] OF AGONY
· Agriculture[10]
· Arms[11]
· Birth Control[12]
· Child Mortality[13]
· Childhood’s End[14]
· Climate Devastation[15]
· Economy[16]
· Energy[17]
· Finance|Debt|Trade|Resource Depletion[18]
· Health Care[19]
· Health[20]
· Incarceration[21]
· Land Claims[22]
· Life Expectancy[23]
· Migration[24]
· Population[25]
· Sentiment[26]
· Species[27]
· Urbanisation[28]
· Women's Rights[29]
ABSTRACT #2 | MALTHUSIAN CHILD’S DESTINY[30]
· Why can’t Global Geographical Capacity Planning and Population Growth as much as International Distribution of Migrant Contingencies synchronise, meeting the Minimal Quantitative Standards of Global Equipartition?!
· How come, a conspicuous number of people living under precarious conditions in less developed or even poor regions of the world be possibly owning Smartphones[31] administering Facebook and YouTube Accounts[32]?!
The colors of the rainbow / So pretty in the sky / Are also on the faces / Of people going by / I see friends shaking hands / Saying, How do you do? / They're really saying / I love you (Louis Armstrong, What a Wonderful World)
ABSTRACT #3 | MIGRATION EXODUS[33]
· How should Migrant Meteorology render support at resolving the Causes and Effects of ubiquitiously surging Monster Waves of Global Escapism?!
ABSTRACT #4 | POPULATION OVERKILL[34]
· How do you manage Hormones and Lechery without ensuring a minimum degree of Elemental Education and effective Contraception; Economic and Financial Development ... of a sufficient number of Private Households?!
ABSTRACT #5 | URBAN MONSTER[35]
· How come, Urban Sprawl and Rural Exodus suggest confusing City Life with a Sketch of Eden[36]?!
· Why not advertise a Cityscape[37]?!
· Where are the organic Woodland Loops[38], tamely whooshing Fallingwaters[39], homely Notre-Dames du Haut[40]?!
· Why should Economic Power and Concrete Cover Up compensate for Environmental Devastation?!
· Where’s the light at the End of the Tunnel for those countless millions of Citizens ... sorry ... Mega City‘zens caught in or addicted to their Concrete Jungle[41]?!
· How can we soothe the Lion’s Tooth[42]?!
ABSTRACT #6 | CORRUPTION INCORPORATED[43]
· How come, so many Innocent Bystanders of People of all Colours ... in all kinds of Countries ... all kinds of Positions tend to resort to consigning their souls to taking advantage of particular Situations, while letting their Country and Fellow Citizens continue going down the drain?!
· Who’s to blame, the Sheep or the Pied Pipers?!
ABSTRACT #7 | CRISIS OASIS[44]
· Who are the Common Crisis Benefitors and Business Profiteers?!
As I went walking that ribbon of highway / I saw above me that endless skyway / Saw below me that golden valley / This land was made for you and me (Woodie Guthrie, This Land is Your Land)
ABSTRACT #8 | DEMOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP[45]
· What are the limits to Libertarian Economies prompting Social Unrest and Popular Appeal of Obstructive Political Leadership?!
· How come, Historical Evidence continuously fails at having Mankind learn the Lessons from past Centennial Wars, Civil Desasters and Genocides?!
Someday I'll wish upon a star / And wake up where the clouds are far behind me / Where troubles melt like lemon drops / Away above the chimney tops / That's where you'll find me (Judy Garland, Over the Rainbow)
ABSTRACT #9 | DEVELOPMENT AID RAID[46]
· Whom do Investments in Development Aid serve (?) – do they serve Developed Nations in developing Foreign Emerging Markets for their own sake (?) – do they help Developing Countries escape their Exploitation and Poverty?!
· How does Development Aid induce Dependence and teach Helplessness?!
· Where does the Beef go?!
ABSTRACT #10 | DISPLACEMENT DOCTRINE[47]
· Whom serves the Creeping Normalcy of Societal Concepts of Social Exclusion, Stigmatisation, Discrimination and Incrimination?!
ABSTRACT #11 | HUMANITARIAIN AID’S FATE[48]
· How come, War and Humanitarian Aid always seem to epitomise an uneasy Siamese Relationship?!
ABSTRACT #12 | ORDER OF OPPRESSION[49]
· How come, the United Nations’s and European Union’s Conventions on Human Rights have forfeited their former power?!
· Why have the Criminal Court in Den Haag, affiliated European and International Human Right Courts proven helpless at prosecuting Political Crimes and arresting their Agitators?!
· How come, all the Jurisdiction and Justice in the World haven’t made a f#ckin‘ difference?!
ABSTRACT #13 | POVERTY UNLIMITED[50]
· Guess where these Poor People are heading?!
ANNOTATION #1 | HISTORY AND IDENTITY[51]
· How come, a country’s History, evolving Nationality and Language, emerging Identity of People and substantiated State of Citizenship are commonly quite trivially confused with language and looks only, instead of being considered a Trivium inherent in one’s Self and Society?!
ANNOTATION #2 | IMMIGRATION COMPETITION[52]
· Why don’t you ask yourself how you can serve your Host Country[53], instead of emphasising claims vice versa – does that ring a bell?!
· Is a Nation‘s Co-existence of Different Cultures to be confused with Intercultural Unison?!
APEX DIACRITICS #1 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Amāzon
Hello!
I’m the richest man on Earth.
Don't you ever say "Hello"?
The thing that motivates me, is a very common form of motivation.
Say, do you have any psychological problems?
I'm a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they're simpler for customers.
You can’t be serious!
We will have to leave this planet.
Does "we" mean "better you"?!
APEX DIACRITICS #2 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Bāyer
Hello!
Our glufosinate product battle herbicide-resistant weeds.
What’s your name again?
Our approach is diversity.
How much sleep did you get last night?
We want producers to rotate the active ingredients.
What kind of medication do you take?
Anything, if overused, will develop resistance.
Why don’t you take a few days off?!
APEX DIACRITICS #3 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Boēing
Hello!
I spent the first 15 years of my career in Seattle.
What’s the prison’s name?
I think it's really important to have a long-term perspective.
Well, how long will you remain on parole?
Our business thrives on free and open global trade.
How often did you play Monopoly behind bars?
The President has had business leaders at the table.
Will he pardon you?!
APEX DIACRITICS #4 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Cocā-Cola
Hello!
We've got a clear destination.
Sorry, I don’t see what you’re getting at.
We're going to be a total beverage company.
Are you drunk?
We’re at an inflection point.
Well, how did you get them pimples on your buttock?
Because the underlying and enduring strength of the business is now going to become more visible in the numbers and to our shareholders.
Have you ever considered undergoing therapeutic treatment?!
APEX DIACRITICS #5 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Ēxxonmobil
Hello!
The world has been very well-served.
Excuse me, would you mind speaking louder?
With low tariffs and free trade.
I’m afraid, I still can’t hear you.
I'm real confident on where we stand.
Do you suffer from a severe inferiority complex?
My personal style is, I think a constructive conversation is good, it's healthy.
Don’t you think, you need more self-confidence?!
APEX DIACRITICS #6 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Fācebōōk
Hello!
I'm trying to make the world a more open place.
What’s the problem?
I updated my grilling app iGrill today and that lets you see what other people are grilling right now around the world.
Awesome ... is this your commitment to the world?
The people who use our service, like a free service.
Do you have an alarm clock?
People like to talk about war.
Are you kidding?!
APEX DIACRITICS #7 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Gōōgle
Hello!
I have over 10n! million followers.
Why don’t you take an active ingredient against mosquitoes and horse flies?
Computing is kind of a mess.
What’s that got to do with it?
Your computer doesn't know where you are.
Pardon?
It doesn't know what you're doing.
Could you stop talking in riddles?!
APEX DIACRITICS #8 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Micrōsōft
Hello!
I’ve never jumped out of plane without a parachute.
Congratulations.
I used to be the richest man on Earth.
Are you sure?
Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
Are you in a post-midlife crisis?
If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive.
How do you make love?
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
What do you mean by saying that?!
APEX DIACRITICS #9 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Trūmp
Hello!
Our politicians are stupid.
So, what’re you getting at?
I feel, a lot of people listen to what I have to say.
What do you have to say?
No challenge is too great.
How do you manage everyday hair-control?
No dream is too big.
Do you use a hot comb?
Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.
A surefire method, right?
A lot of people don't like to win.
Do you know "Schwarzkopf" products?!
APEX DIACRITICS #10 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at X̂ (Twittēr)
Hello!
A lot of people would have forgotten that our brand actually started out with less letters.
When did you learn the alphabet?
Great things truly have small beginnings.
Would you like to get ready for singing the "alphabet song"?
I wonder, if I knew what I was setting up with that single thing.
Could you clarify that?
Who knows, whether or not that small blog post will change the outlook of your life.
Do you mean "Tunnlvsn.com"?!
APEX DIACRITICS #11 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at WālMārt
Hello!
We're changing.
How come, your staff is not permitted to go to the toilet during working hours?
We're adapting.
Whom do you get your toilet-paper from?
There will be other moves above that, as we manage the overall portfolio.
How does the Executive Board of Directors regulate intestinal transit?
We continue to transform but sometimes we get caught up in that.
Caught-up in the act of what?!
In the world there is a debate over inequity.
What’s the purchasing power of smiley badges?!
APEX DIACRITICS #11 | NON-CONTINGENT CHATS
AI.A’las‘ChatSter at Wālt Disney
Hello!
I like Mickey.
Oh really?
Do you like Donald?
Are you running an interview?
I like Goofy.
Do you always dress-up like this?
Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
How come, you sound like a chipmunk?
It's incredibly important.
Oh(!) ... was that your "Smart-Fart" App?!
CASE IN POINT #1 | GERMANY’S INTERCULTURAL DILEMMA[54]
· Reciting: Is a Nation‘s Co-existence of Different Cultures to be confused with Intercultural Unison?!
· Is Migration to and Immigration in Germany supposed to’ve boiled down to matters of Ordinance on Integration and Language Crash Courses, Social Compensation and Benefits as much as enforced Subjection to Low-Income Labour Markets?!
· Why hasn’t Germany turned into a truly Multi-Lingual and Interculturally Skilled Country?!
· Why has Global Export Champion Germany proven a Slow Coach in comparison to other G7/20 Countries‘ domestic Cultural and Lingual Diversity?!
· What does being German mean to Germans and Immigrants?!
· How do the People in Germany contribute to commemorating and preserving their Country’s History, Nationality and Language, Identity and State of Citizenship?!
· What’s fallen by the wayside against the backdrop of Right-Wing Populism’s surge?!
Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. (John F. Kennedy, Inauguration Speech)
CASE IN POINT #2 | AMERICAN CULTURE[55] AND NATURALIZATION[56]
· What had gone wrong when Donald Trump assumed Office?!
· What’s gone wrong ever since he lost the re-election?!
· How come, the Texican Border conflict hasn’t been resolved yet?!
· What does being American mean to Americans and Immigrants?!
· How do the People in the United States of America contribute to commemorating and preserving their Country’s History, Nationality and Language, Identity and State of Citizenship?!
· What’s fallen by the wayside against the backdrop of Right-Wing Populism’s surge?!
CODA#1 | STATE OF ROGUES[57]
· To what extent have Oppressive Political Regimes qualified for an implicit regression of Democratic Country’s rule of Governance?!
· How come, Democracy’s Global Propagation and Prevalence has decayed since the the Fall of the Berlin Wall[58]?!
CODA#2 | REVERSE DISCRIMINATION[59]
· Despite experiencing Exceptional Support in terms of Integration and Naturalisation … how come, Foreigners, Migrants, Immigrants still tend to be complaining about their Fellow Citizens’ Ignorance, Indifference; Disrespect; Discrimination, Racism towards their presence, life and living, as if they did not commence similar practices amongst each other and towards other groups?!
· Why shouldn’t some Fellow Citizens residing under the bridge[60] be rightfully claiming the same support in terms of Labour, Social Security, Shelter – Life?!
Looking on the Bright Side of Life[61] isn’t enough for Lots of People on Earth!
Now I lay me down to sleep / I pray the Lord, my soul to keep / If I die before I wake / I pray the Lord my soul to take (Metallica, Enter Sandman)
CLOSING CREDITS # | WHY WE DON’T IMPROVE FAST ENOUGH
– #Embedded Videos –
· FACT #1: Conformity!
· FACT #2: Consumerism, Media and Youth Culture!
· FACT #3: World Population!
· FACT #4: Overpopulation!
· FACT #5: Globalisation!
· FACT #6: Global Climate Change!
· FACT #7: Exploitation of Earth's Stuff!
· FACT #8: CO2 Emissions!
· FACT #9: Renewable Energy!
Frame of Reference
Fiat Iustitia Et Pereat Mundus
[2] 10 Larry Holmes Greatest Knockouts - YouTube
[3] For little knows my royal dame that Rumpelstiltskin is my name!
[4] 600 years of war and peace, in one amazing chart - Vox
[5] ... of Mankind’s questionable successes and empirical failures ...
[6] List of global issues (Wikiped) ––– Global Risks Report 2023 (weforum.org)
[7] Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could - YouTube
[8] Note: Diversity in surveys and their corresponding issue dates does not impair the quality of substantial findings in terms of causes, effects and correlations.
[9] Sesame Street - ABC-DEF-GHI (1969) - YouTube
[10] Where are GMO crops grown? GLP infographics document the global growth of agricultural biotechnology innovation - Genetic Literacy Project
[11] Map showing states with actual and estimated contingents of nuclear weapons (researchgate.net) ––– Largest arms exporters in the world (reddit.com)
[12] Access to Contraception is a Global Development Issue | Center For Global Development | Ideas to Action (cgdev.org) ––– Contraception in the Developing World: Special Considerations - PubMed (nih.gov) ––– Countries need to do what works to improve contraceptive access, provision and choice for women and girls (who.int) ––– Family Planning in Developing Countries: An Unfinished Success Story | RAND ––– Family planning (unfpa.org)
[13] Child and Infant Mortality - Our World in Data ––– Child mortality and causes of death (who.int) ––– Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2022 - World | ReliefWeb
[14] Products of Slavery and Child Labor - Business and Human Rights Gateway (wbcsd.org) ––– Childrens' Rights Worldwide (humanium.org) ––– Need a good book on child labor? | traffickcharting (wordpress.com) ––– Child Prostitution by Thomas Salber (prezi.com) ––– Child soldier use around the world | CNN
[15] The Greenhouse Effect - Human impact on our environment - CCEA - GCSE Geography Revision - CCEA - BBC Bitesize ––– Greenhouse gas emissions soaring around the globe | WORLDFOCUS ––– Global waste generation will nearly double by 2050 (economist.com) ––– Creating a Sustainable Future: North Atlantic Garbage Patch (sustainabletransition.blogspot.com) ––– WHO releases interactive map on world air pollution - Geospatial World ––– Sources of soil pollution and major contaminants in areas affected by armed conflict (fao.org) ––– Global Water Pollution And Lack of Safe Drinking Water Maps | Earth Habitat (wordpress.com) ––– Mapped: 30 Years of Deforestation and Forest Growth, by Country (visualcapitalist.com) ––– Water scarcity could limit the spread of fracking worldwide - Vox ––– Water Stress by Country: 2040 - World | ReliefWeb ––– Natural hazard mapping across the world. A comparative study between a social approach and an economic approach to vulnerability (openedition.org)
[16] GDP Per Capita by Country 2023 - Wisevoter ––– Visualizing GDP per Capita by Country (howmuch.net)
[17] World energy map – thiNK TWice (wordpress.com)
[18] Shifting Perspectives: The Top Financial Centers in the World - Visual Capitalist ––– World Debt Clocks (usdebtclock.org) ––– Global Debt 2011 shares (viewsoftheworld.net) ––– America's Foreign Creditors - NYTimes.com ––– Global Creditors vs Debtor Countries (sas.com) ––– Redrawing the Map of Global Trade | BCG ––– Global Material Flows Total 2007 (viewsoftheworld.net) ––– Global Material Flows, Fossil Fuels 2007 (viewsoftheworld.net) ––– Monthly Review | Global Resource Depletion
[19] Access to healthcare, 2014 - World Atlas of Global Issues (sciencespo.fr) ––– EMLs Around The World (essentialmeds.org) ––– The Most Common Illicit Drugs in the World (visualcapitalist.com)
[20] Cancer's Global Footprint | Interactive map of cancer (globalcancermap.com) ––– The Global Toll of Fine Particulate Matter (nasa.gov)
[21] World Map of Incarceration Rates (businessinsider.com)
[22] International investment in agricultural land and farmland, 2000-2015 - World Atlas of Global Issues (sciencespo.fr) ––– Transnational land acquisitions — European Environment Agency (europa.eu) ––– Summary of large-scale land deals by region since 2000 (wordpress.com) ––– World: Agricultural international land leases (as of 2008) - World | ReliefWeb ––– IMSD International Master in Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsibility (eoi.es) ––– Land grab around the world (researchgate.net)
[23] Current Worldwide Homicide/Murder Rate (chartsbin.com) ––– Suicides - Our World in Data ––– Causes of death - Our World in Data ––– Amnesty International Global Report: Death Sentences and Executions 2018 - Amnesty Malaysia ––– 600 years of war and peace (Vox)
[24] Opposites: International Migrants Day │Background | United Nations ––– International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families | OHCHR ––– Migrants Bring Economic Benefits for Advanced Economies (imf.org) ––– Responsibilities of the Origin State in the Protection of Migrant Workers. The Case of Romania (openedition.org) ––– Migrant misery spans worldwide (bangkokpost.com) ––– The Real Cost of Cheap Labour (quillette.com) ––– Representative image of global deficiencies: Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) ––– Migrant workers (ilo.org) ––– .OECD Migration Policy Debates - Whether migration is good for the economy (oecd.org) ––– The Mgrant Pay Gap - Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals (www.ilo.org) ––– International Migration Papers - Towards Effective Temporary Worker Programs (ilo.org) ––– The potential of temporary migration programmes (iom.int) ––– The Fundamental Rights of Irregular Migrant Workers in the EU (europa.eu) ––– .Promoting The Human And Labour Rights Of Migrant Workers In Europe (eea.iom.int)
[25] Visualizing the World Population in 2100, by Country (visualcapitalist.com)
[26] Attitude of Population Towards Foreign Visitors. - Maps on the Web (zoom-maps.com) ––– A color-coded map of the world’s most and least emotional countries - The Washington Post ––– Global Peace Index 2020 - Impakter
[27] Animal species endangered - Worldmapper ––– 11 reasons bees matter | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) ––– Over Fishing (blue-growth.org)
[28] Urban Sprawl (megacities-megachallenge.org)
[29] Current State of Global Affairs: Global Gender Gap Report 2023 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) ––– History: Women's liberation movement (Wikiped) ––– Women's rights (Wikiped) ––– Women’s rights movement | Definition, Leaders, Overview, History, & Facts | Britannica ––– Feminism's Long History ––– History of the Women's Rights Movement - National Women's History Alliance (nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org) ––– Timeline of the Women's Liberation Movement (bl.uk) ––– Women’s History Milestones: A Timeline ––– Women's Lib (Feminism 101) | Equality Archive ––– Africa: Women in Africa (Wikiped) ––– The Maputo Protocol: Protecting African Women's Rights - Equality Now ––– Evolution of the role of African women (lasvolta.it) ––– African women’s long walk to equality | Africa Renewal (un.org) ––– African Women's Movements in the Twentieth Century: A Hidden History | The Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights (genderandsecurity.org) ––– In Africa, the struggle for women's rights is at crisis point (lemonde.fr) ––– Women’s Political Movements and Civil Society in Africa | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics ––– Arab World: Women in the Arab world (Wikiped) ––– Women’s Rights and “State Feminism” in the Arab World (arabcenterdc.org) ––– Going Backward Is Not an Option: The Challenge of Equality for Arab Women (arabcenterdc.org) ––– The State of Women's Rights in the Arab World (worldbank.org) ––– Rising in the Rankings, Arab Women Dream Of Gender Equality - Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com) ––– Women and power in the Middle East | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank ––– Women's rights in the Gulf: Progress, but still a way to go – DW – 12/26/2022 ––– Saudi Arabia: 10 Reasons Why Women Flee | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org) ––– South-Africa: History of women's rights in South Africa (Wikiped) ––– Central and South America: Feminism in Latin America (Wikiped) ––– Gender equality | UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean ––– Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean | CEPAL ––– A “Stalled Revolution” for Latin American Women (worldbank.org) ––– Regressive Wave for Women in Central America (wola.org) ––– Asian and Pacific Region: UN Women Asia and the Pacific | UN Women – Asia-Pacific ––– Rights of women and girls | Asia Pacific Forum ––– Women’s Rights in Asia – The Diplomat ––– UNFPA China | Gender equality and women’s empowerment ––– Women’s rights in Asia – how far have we come? | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) ––– South Asia’s Women’s Rights Activists Should Be Heard | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org) ––– Women's rights in Asia and elsewhere - a fact or an illusion? - PubMed (nih.gov) ––– Snapshot of Women’s Leadership in Asia and the Pacific | UN Women – Asia-Pacific ––– Northern Europe: Northern Europe | The Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights (genderandsecurity.org) ––– Western Europe: Women’s rights: is gender equality a reality in Europe? | European Youth Portal (europa.eu) ––– Views on gender equality across Europe | Pew Research Center ––– Women's rights and gender equality - Commissioner for Human Rights - Commissioner for Human Rights (coe.int) ––– 3 Examples Of How Western Europe Is Making Women’s Rights a Focus - YPulse ––– Central and Eastern Europe: Gender roles in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (Wikiped) ––– Women’s rights advocates from Eastern Europe and the Caucuses urged to promote more women in politics | UN Women – Headquarters ––– ‘Traditional’ narratives continue to roll back women’s rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (emerging-europe.com) ––– Southern Europe: Ten facts on women’s rights in Southeastern Europe (medicamondiale.org) ––– Gender inequalities at work in Southern Europe | SpringerLink ––– A Southern European Gender Regime? (isa-sociology.org) ––– Across South-East Europe, Marchers Stand Up for Women's Rights | Balkan Insight ––– Association of Women of Southern Europe – AFEM - European Movement ––– || ––– Australia: Feminism in Australia (Wikiped) ––– Women's suffrage in Australia (Wikiped) ––– Womens Suffrage in Australia – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au) ––– Women's rights | naa.gov.au ––– New Zealand: Stories of women's activism - Suffrage 125 | NZHistory, New Zealand history online ––– Celebrating 129 years of women’s suffrage | New Zealand Story (nzstory.govt.nz) ––– History of Women’s Suffrage in Aotearoa New Zealand | Ministry for Women ––– New Zealand women and the vote - Women and the vote | NZHistory, New Zealand history online ––– Stories of women's activism - Suffrage 125 | NZHistory, New Zealand history online ––– United States of America: Women's suffrage in the United States (Wikiped) ––– History of Women's Rights in America | Your Dream Blog (liveyourdream.org) ––– A Proclamation on Women's Equality Day, 2022 | The White House ––– Country Fact Sheet | UN Women Data Hub ––– Women’s rights throughout U.S. history - POLITICO
[30] Malthusianism (Wikiped) ––– Managing Population Growth, The demographic imperative (bibalex.org)
[31] How Many People Have Smartphones Worldwide (Jul 2023) (bankmycell.com)
[32] How Many Users Does Facebook Have? [May 2023 Upd] | Oberlo
[33] All the World's Immigration Visualized in 1 Map - Metrocosm ––– Migration - Our World in Data ––– International Data | Migration data portal ––– Global Migration Map: Origins and Destinations, 1990-2017 | Pew Research Center ––– Migratory Map (europa.eu)
[34] World Population Prospects 2022 (un.org) ––– Population Increase 2015-2050 - Worldmapper ––– World Population Density Interactive Map (luminocity3d.org)
[35] Opposites: Developments and Forecasts on Continuing Urbanisation | Knowledge for policy (europa.eu) ––– 68% of the world population projected to live in urban areas by 2050, says UN | United Nations ––– Urban Development Overview (worldbank.org) ––– World Cities Report, The Value of Sustainable Urbanisation (unhabitat.org) ––– Urban world, Mapping the economic power of cities (mckinsey.com)
[36] Claus Ogerman, A Sketch of Eden (Gate of Dreams) - YouTube
[37] Claus ogerman - Cityscape - YouTube
[40] Notre-Dame du Haut (Wikiped)
[41] Bob Marley & The Wailers - Concrete Jungle - YouTube
[42] Soothe the Lion‘s Tooth: - Cal Caleido’s Substack
[43] Corruption Perceptions Index (Wikiped) ––– Mapped: Corruption in Countries Around the World (visualcapitalist.com) ––– Global Corruption Index - 196 Countries 196 Scores (risk-indexes.com) ––– 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency.org) ––– Corruption Perception Index (transparencycdn.org)
[44] World Crisis Map ––– CrisisWatch | Crisis Group ––– Global Conflict Tracker l Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)
[45] FH_Authoritarians_Report_2017.indd (freedomhouse.org) ––– Civil Society and Democracy in Post-Authoritarian and Post-Totalitarian Regimes (cam.ac.uk) ––– Totalitarian Democracy and the Future of the International Order (stthomas.edu)
[46] Economic Development and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid: A Historical Perspective (nber.org) ––– Development Aid – Between Illusion and Reality (ifo.de) ––– Enquiry into The Effectiveness of Aide (oecd.org) ––– The $138.5 Billion Question: When Does Foreign Aid Work (and When Doesn’t It)? (ethz.ch) ––– Refraiming the Aid Debate. Why aid isn't working and how it should be changed (econstor.eu) ––– Does Foreign Aid Really Work? (devpolicy.org) ––– A World Bank Policy Research Report on Assessing Development Aid (worldbank.org) ––– World Development Report 2023: Migrants, Refugees, and Societies (developmentaid.org)
[47] Global Report on Internal Displacement 2023 (GRID 2023): Internal displacement and food security - World | ReliefWeb ––– Global Trends in Forced Displacment 2022 (unhcr.org)
[48] Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2023 (devinit.org)
[49] List of freedom indices (Wikiped) ––– Amnesty International, State of the World's Human Rights 2021-22 (amnesty.org) ––– A map of the most oppressed countries in the world (MAP) | protothemanews.com
[50] Absolute Poverty - Worldmapper ––– Poverty - Our World in Data ––– Poverty Mapping | SEDAC (columbia.edu) ––– World Poverty Clock ––– Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023 (undp.org)
[51] History and Identity | Higher Education from Cambridge ––– Identity and Loss of Historical Memory - Peter Lang Verlag ––– Identity Archives - EUSTORY History Campus ––– related cases in point: ––– War experience, self image and national identity: the Second World War as myth and history : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive ––– Patriotism : the making and unmaking of British national identity : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive ––– American Identity - US History Themes (weebly.com) ––– A German identity : 1770-1990 : James, Harold, 1956- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
[52] The Evolution of Immigration Policy (forum-midem.de) ––– International Migration Policies (un.org) ––– Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) | Knowledge for policy (europa.eu) ––– Comparisons in Migration Studies (imiscoe.org) ––– Immigration-and-the-Labour-Market (migrationpolicy.org)
[53] ... recalling its History, evolved Nationality and Language, emerged Identity of People and substantiated State of Citizenship ...
[54] The Crisis of Multiculturalism in Modern Germany (unrioja.es)
[55] Immigration and the American Industrial Revolution From 1880 to 1920 - PMC (nih.gov) ––– Immigrants and the Economy | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org) ––– Immigrants and the Economy | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org) ––– US, Migration Trends in the Americas 2023 (rosanjose.iom.int) ––– Proposed Refugees Admissions 2023 (state.gov)
[56] Citizenship and Naturalization | USCIS ––– 10 Steps to Naturalization | USCIS
[57] Repressive, Aggressive, and Rogue Nation-States, How Odious, How Dangerous (brookings.edu) ––– The Rise and Decline of Rogue States (ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu)
[58] Fall of the Berlin Wall (Wikiped)
[59] By analogy: Reverse Discrimination: The Political Use of Language (escholarship.org)
[60] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge [Official Music Video] - YouTube
[61] Eric Idle - "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" - STEREO HQ - YouTube
