world concept world originated cold war included countries generally aligned friendly terms united_states including nato countries generally identified non primarily market based economies current consensus exact definition term modern usage world country generally implies relatively wealthy stable functional non democracy reasonably educated population developed country cold war relationships world second world communist states typically competitive ideological occasionally hostile relationships worlds world countries rest normally positive theory negative practice war client states dissolution soviet_union advances communication technology relations worlds rigid marked world generally having influence wealth access information technological innovations second worlds definition world war world split large separating spheres communism capitalism led cold war term world political social economic relevance term introduced late 1940s united_nations today world slightly outdated official definition generally thought capitalist industrial wealthy developed countries definition included australia south_korea japan countries north_america western_europe contemporary society world viewed countries advanced economies greatest influence highest standards living greatest technology cold war countries world included member states nato aligned states neutral countries developed considered developed defined europe plus richer countries british_empire usa canada australia singapore new_zealand south_africa japan south_korea countries placed world based country considered according nations online member countries nato cold war included belgium canada denmark france west_germany greece iceland italy netherlands norway portugal spain turkey united_kingdom united_states countries included israel japan south_korea philippines neutral countries included austria finland ireland sweden switzerland british colonies included world australia new_zealand canada singapore south_africa united_states variations definitions end cold war original definition term world longer necessarily applicable varying definitions world follow idea past president defines world consisting high income industrial countries scholar professor defines world modern industrial capitalist countries north_america europe director training washington uses world fully developed synonyms varying definitions term world uncertainty term today world leads different world status united_nations terms second fourth worlds define relative wealth nations popular use term fourth world come later defined terms measured dollars socio political factors world included large democratic free elections etc nations second world included modern wealthy nations communist control rest world deemed world fourth world considered nations people living annually use term mean high income economies countries according gross national income capita separates countries categories high income upper middle income lower middle income low income economies world considered countries high income economies high income economies mean developed countries world model terms world world originally divide world nations categories model emerge end state complete overthrow pre world war status quo known cold war left united_states soviet_union ultimate global supremacy created camps known formed basis concepts early cold war era nato warsaw pact created united_states soviet_union respectively referred circumstances blocks different essentially worlds numbered second onset cold war marked winston_churchill famous iron curtain speech speech churchill describes division west east solid called iron curtain french coined term world reference estates pre revolutionary france estates nobility clergy everybody comprising estate compared capitalist world world nobility communist world second world clergy estate comprised everybody called world countries cold war division states term world directly groups came known world second world respectively world system emerged chief believes world model outdated book fourth world indian reality describes emergence fourth world term fourth world refers nations cultural entities ethnic groups indigenous people compose states traditional sense live state boundaries nations example native americans north_america central_america caribbean post cold war fall soviet_union ceased exist term definitions world world changed slightly generally described concepts relationships worlds historic cold war era relationships world world rigid world second world constant odds tensions united_states soviet_union respectively cold war virtue primarily ideological struggle specifically soviet_union multiple doctrines plans dominated cold war dynamics including doctrine plan soviet_union extent odds worlds evident berlin split east west stop citizens having exposure capitalist west soviet_union berlin wall actual city relationship world world characterized definition world countries world non aligned world second world targets recruitment quest expanding sphere influence united_states core world tried establish lay world end war country democratic second world country communist vietnam eventually northern half korea remained communist theory largely governed united_states policy world rivalry light saw winning wars world measure credibility commitments world present movement people information largely characterizes inter world relationships present day majority innovation originate western_europe later effects globally judged world countries countries western_europe knowledge world compared world evident healthcare medical deaths water related illnesses largely eliminated nations major concern developing world widely diseases developed countries world malaria tuberculosis claim lives developing countries world people die malaria year malaria accounts health spending african countries recently announced domain names available soon summer include non latin domains chinese arabic russian way flow information worlds movement information technology world world countries created general world living standards world lower living standards compared world information comparatively higher living standards world comes television commercial advertisements foreign visitors countries exposure causes changes living standards world countries rise exposure creates hopes world countries legally illegally world countries hopes attaining living standard prosperity fact immigration main contributor increasing populations europe greatly contributed precipitated trends like brain drain problems created immigration governmental burden problems countries world people environmental impact argued important human population problem world high rate population increase certain world countries increase total human impact capita impact resources consumed created person varied globally highest world lowest world inhabitants western_europe japan consume times resources times waste world china leads world total emissions large population capita lower developed nations large consumers fossil world countries drew attention environmental pollution protocol treaty based finalized earth summit rio proposed place burden protecting climate united_states world countries countries considered developing china india required approve treaty concerned restricting emissions development international relations recent past little attention paid interests world countries international relations scholars come world nations countries continued developed interests world slowly started shift world nations universities professors journals conferences difficult world countries gain legitimacy respect new ideas methods looking world development theory cold war modernization theory development theory developed west result economic political social cultural response management colonial territories western scholars practitioners international politics hoped ideas create policies based ideas cause newly independent colonies change politically developed sovereign nation states united_states interested world countries achieving development model wanted countries develop liberal processes politics economics wanted follow western liberal capitalist example called world state modernization development tradition consciously originated western alternative neo strategies promoted second world states like soviet_union explain developing world states naturally evolve developed partially grounded liberal economic theory form theory united_nations written widely term defined number different ways wrote increasingly controversial topic growing number protests world focused attention basic assumptions effects new thousands years people later corporations buying selling lands great distances famed silk road connected china europe middle ages likewise centuries people corporations invested enterprises countries fact features current wave similar prevailing outbreak world war european_union prominent example world european_union european_union agreement countries voluntarily decide build common governmental institutions delegate individual national sovereignty decisions higher level common interest europe result union member states covering square kilometres roughly half billion people total european_union produces world gross national product member states speak languages european_union countries joined hope promote extend peace democracy stability prosperity rule law speech european commissioner said future linked crucial role play making work properly speech italian said ones bring civilization british exit fundamental economic powerhouse europe placed hands germany concept world came result world war european_union beginnings founded creation beginning inception countries judged standards including economic ones relation world countries arises especially 1990s focused economic policies creation circulation euro creation opening european_union took decisive step expanding called agreeing associated countries desire shall members european_union longer question stated accession occur prospective country able assume obligations membership economic political conditions required attained furthermore defined membership criteria regarded copenhagen criteria follows stability institutions democracy rule law human rights respect protection minorities existence functioning market economy capacity cope competitive pressure market forces union ability obligations membership including adherence aims political economic monetary union clear criteria characteristics developed countries direct link developed nations european_union multinational corporations majority multinational corporations find origins world countries fall communism multinational corporations countries focused global trade series general agreement trade later essentially ended measures global trade measures creating avenues economic benefited developed countries power forced developing countries open economies western goods world starts accompanied criticism current forms feared overly corporate led corporations larger multinational influence interests accordingly able influence media companies hard able publicly debate notions ideals corporations pursue choices corporations profits affect people world fatally industrial revolution spreading developed world parts developing world participate new global economy developing countries seen attractive offshore production bases multinational corporations bases developing countries provide relatively educated good infrastructure electricity telecommunications transportation political stability willingness play market rules conditions place multinational corporations transfer offshore offshore suppliers specific production technologies market necessary participate global economy developing countries educated produce quality levels demanded high value added industries market produce low value added industries shoes multinational companies possess variety factors developing countries participate global economy according refers process expanding set activities ranging product design assembly research development marketing distribution sales service companies moved services longer specifically need capability handling considerations companies control companies tend control need control activities firms consider competing according process following phases strategic thinking evaluation selection contract development management reasons increased competition developing countries aside reason competition world countries particular offshore opportunity increased income consequence skill level production foreign countries handling services increases economy skill level domestic developing countries decrease competition including predict rise percent inequality countries
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