Is globalisation a neutral process?

Top 10 Questions

1. Do you think our free market economy, especially against the backdrop of the unfettered transnational financial operations and financial crisis, is the right way to live in a globalized world?
2. How can we gain more control over global items like the internet or international markets? Are organizations like WTO or UN suitable for this task?
3. From your perspective and experience does globalisation have the potential to resolve a conflict not related to this phenomenon, for example, the Israel-Palestine conflict, or to possibly make it worse?
4. What is the view of the population in Kuwait on globalisation regarding a win-win-strategy? Do they seek a win-win situation for everybody?
5. Is it impossible to create fair prices worldwide? Or are the institutions just not willing to change the status quo? If so, is the European Parliament willing and ready to engage? Do you have examples from your work in the EU parliament?
6. Is terror a direct or indirect effect of globalization? Does globalization support terror in a sense that through interaction between countries and higher technical possibilities different moral concepts and different social values and standards are more visible and terror is a reaction on this differences?
7. In the face of growing energy demand worldwide, what ways are there to ensure energy security for Europe? What role does a strategic partnership with Russia (as intended by Germany) play in this?
8. Do you think the process of globalisation is naturally neutral or should we interfere in this process? If so, to what extent should we actually interfere?
9. Why do you think globalization is connected to the conflict between Christian and Muslim society? Considering integration of Muslim immigrants in Europe, what do you think is the main problem to be solved now? Do you have any experience about this minority (Muslim Immigrants) raising demands and its perceiving in official places?
10. Who do you think decides role allocation in this process of globalisation? Do you think some societies hold the main power in their hands or do you think every society has the power to take its place in the process of globalisaton? What possibilities do the countries without strong financial, energy resources have to become competitive?

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Remaining Questions

• Is globalization going to the direction of making one world government with the same standard, regulation and system? in relation with novus ordo seclorum.
• What is the role of Al Jazeera TV station in relations with The Global videocracy and its competition with CNN for instance?
• Do you think there is a win-win strategy or do we just need to aim for one to make the best of a bad job?
• Do you think there is a possibility that Europe will be marginalised within the 21st century because of its shrinking population?
• Could the environment pollution advance that fast without present globalization ( globalization advanced to today's level ?)

Regulation

• • Do you think a future win-win situation is realistic?
  • Globalization and the conflict between Christian and Muslim society - how are these facts conected to each other?
  • Haven't there always been conflicts between different races and societies for thousands of years?
  • What do you mean with "the first globalization"?
  • Is the world going to have one regulation for every country?
  • Is there any fairness for deregulation to achieve consensus between countries?
  • Do stronger countries have the right to push a regulation to weaker countries?

Factor of production

• • Could transfer of technology be placed by fair means?
  • What does the capital mobility in the Arabian peninsula and outside countries look like?
  • What's the latest policy on labour mobility around EU and outside?

Standardization

• • What could countries do which aready benefit from globalization to help the pre-industrial societies? Do they even want to help because maybe this could be a disprofit for them?
  • Does policy in an Union effect in the application of small economic entity?
  • Who has the authority of the scheme of standardization in the globalization era?
  • Do we really need to standardize without appreciate locality and speciality of regions?

• Are there some examples you can share with us in relation to an unjust world trade system and terror in particular?
• Do you think globalisation is the only reason for terror? Is there a possiblity to minimise the risk of terror or avoid it altogether even though some countries are or will be excluded from the globalisation process?
• How can emerging countries use globalisation to overcome the big development differences with industrialised countries?
• How do you think pre-industrial societies should be integrated in the process of globalisation to prevent exclusion and frustration?
• Would you consider colonialism as an early form of globalisation?
• What do you think is the most serious failure of globalisation?
• What do you think is the reason for the greater oppportunity to benefit from globalisation for more economically active, educated and rich societies?
• What do you think Muslim inmmigrants want from Europe the most?