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Global Issues in Context (GIC) includes more than 280 media-rich Issue portals that cover
contemporary issues, events and topics of international importance. Each portal features an overview
of the issue, perspectives that provide local views and interpretations; news, magazines and academic
journals; multimedia; reference material; primary sources; statistics and websites. Global Issues in
Context ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of social, political, military,
economic, environmental, science related, health related, and cultural issues.
The following is the list of Issues that will be covered in GIC as of August 4, 2009:
2008 U.S. Presidential Election
Abortion
Access to Health Care
Adoption by Gay and Lesbian Parents
Afghan War
Afghanistan: Opium Production
Africa: Climate Change
African Famine Relief
African Union
Agribusiness
Agriculture and Climate Change
Agriculture and International Trade
Aid to Developing Countries
AIDS Orphans
AIDS/HIV
Air Pollution: Transborder
Airline Security
Alcohol Abuse
Alternative and Renewable Energy
Alternative Medicine
Animal Rights
Anthrax
Anti-Terrorist Legislation
Apartheid: Lingering Issues
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Arctic and Antarctic Polar Icecap Melting
Arctic Melting: Cultural Impact on Native
Peoples
Arctic Ownership
Art Theft and Restitution
Asia: Climate Change
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Australia and New Zealand: Climate Change
Automobile Emissions
Avian (Bird) Flu
Aviation Emissions and Contrails
Bali Conference and Other Post-Kyoto Initiatives
Balkan Conflicts: Lingering Issues
Basque/ETA
Biodiversity
Biofuel Impact on Food Prices and World
Hunger
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Biological and Chemical Weapons
Blood Diamonds
Body Image and Eating Disorders
Brazil: Amazon Rain Forest Destruction and
Reforestation Policies
Burma (Myanmar) Response to Cyclone Nargis
Burma (Myanmar) Uprisings
Business Ethics
Cancer
Capital Punishment
Carbon Footprint
Censorship
Centers for Disease Control
Central Banks
Chechnya: Conflicts with Russia
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Child Abuse
Child Labor
Child Soldiers
China: 2008 Olympic Games
China: Carbon Dioxide Emissions
China: Climate Change and Energy Policies
China: One-Child Policy
Climate Change
Climate Change: Mitigation Strategies
Cloning
Coastal Erosion
Congo: Postwar Humanitarian Crisis
Consumer Product Safety
Conventional Weapons Trafficking
Copyright and Intellectual Property Theft
Coral Reefs
Corporal Punishment
Counterterrorism
Criminal Justice
Cuba Post-Castro
Cultural Artifact Repatriation
Cyberbullying
Cyberwarfare/cyberterrorism
Cyprus Conflict
Darfur
Debt Burden on Developing Nations
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Decolonization
Deforestation
Denmark: Muhammad Cartoon Controversy
Desertification
Developing Countries and Education
Disability Rights
Drug Trafficking
Dysentery
East Timor Crisis
Ebola and Other Hemorrhagic Fevers
Ecoterrorism
Ecotourism
El Nino and La Nina
Elderly Rights
Elections and Voters' Rights
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emissions Trading
Endangered Species and Wildlife Conservation
Energy Efficiency
Environmental Issues Protests
Ethnic Cleansing
Europe: Climate Change
European Union Expansion
Extraordinary Rendition
Extreme Weather
Family Planning
Famine and Starvation
FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia) Hostage Crisis
Female Genital Mutilation
Food Security
Forced Sterilization
Former Soviet Republics' Changing Relationship
with Russia
Free Speech
Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Rights
Genetic Testing and Privacy Issues
Genetically Modified Foods
Geneva Conventions
Genocide
Global Economic Crisis
Global Economic Crisis: Accounting
Global Economic Crisis: Economics
Global Economic Crisis: Finance
Global Economic Crisis: General Business
Global Economic Crisis: International Business
Global Economic Crisis: Small Business and
Entrepreneurship
Global Warming
Globalization
Globalization and Infectious Disease
Greenhouse Gases
Guantanamo Detention Center
Hamas: Role and Influence
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Handicapped Children's Rights
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Hate Crimes
Headscarves: Religious And Political Issues
Heart Disease
Hezbollah: Role and Influence
Holocaust: Lingering Issues
Homelessness
Honor Killings
Human Rights
Human Trafficking
Hunger Relief
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones
Identity Theft
Immigrants and Immigration
India: Caste Conflict
Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Influenza
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC)
International Adoption
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Perspectives on U.S. Influence and
Policy
Internet and Globalization
Internet Control and Security
Iran Election Crisis
Iran Nuclear Program
Iranian Revolution: Lingering Issues
Iraq War
Iraq: Private Security Contractors
Ireland: Peace Accords
Islam: Sunni and Shiite Disputes
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Journalism and the Blogosphere
Kenya: Post-Election Violence and Resolution
Kosovo Independence
Kurdish Conflicts
Kyoto Protocol
Landmines
Lebanon: Political Instability and Conflict with
Syria
Literacy
Mad Cow Disease
Madrasa Schools
Malaria
Marine Toxins
Marriage
Maternal and Infant Mortality
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without
Borders)
Medical Isolation and Quarantine
Medical Testing
Mental Health
Missile Defense Systems
MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
Aureus)
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NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Narcotics Decriminalization and Legalization
NATO Expansion
Natural Disasters: International Remediation
Neo-Nazis
NGOs (Nongovernmental Organizations)
North America: Climate Change
North and South Korean Conflict
North Korea: Famine and International Aid
North Korea: Nuclear And Missile Programs
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Proliferation
Obama Administration
Obesity
Oil Prices
Organ Donation and Transplantation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD)
Ozone Layer Depletion
Pakistan and India Conflict
Pakistan-Afghanistan Conflict over Border
Region
Palestinian Statehood
Pandemic Preparedness
Parasitic Disease
Pharmaceutical Supply to Developing Nations
Population Issues
Poverty
Privacy Laws
Privacy Rights
Public Health and Infectious Disease
Recycling
Refugees
Religious Freedom
Religious Fundamentalism
Restrictions on Women
Romani People
Russia-Georgia Conflict
Russia's Renewed Power and Influence
Rwanda Genocide
Same-sex Marriage
Sanitation
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Sea Level Rise
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Slavery
Small Islands: Climate Change
Smallpox Eradication and Storage
Somalia: Piracy At Sea
South America: Climate Change
Space Exploration
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Sports and Drug Use
Sports and Racism
Sri Lankan Civil War
Stem Cell Research
Street Children
Suicide Bombers
Sustainability
Swine Flu
Taiwan: Conflicts with China
Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan and
Pakistan
Teens and Technology
Terrorism
Tibet: Conflicts with China
Tobacco Health Hazards
Torture and Interrogation Techniques
Trade Protectionism
Tuberculosis
U.S. Mortgage Crisis
Unemployment and Joblessness
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
United Nations Millennium Goals
United Nations Security Council
United States: Climate Policy
United States-Mexico Border Issues
Vaccines
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez's Influence in the
Americas
Violence against Women
Viral Disease
War Crimes
Water Pollution
Water Rights
Waterborne Disease
Wealth Divide
West Bank Barrier
Whaling
Wildfires
Women and Poverty
Women, Minorities, and Infectious Disease
Women's Property Rights
Women's Rights
Workers' Rights and Labor Unions
World Bank
World Court and International Law
World Health Organization
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Yellow Fever
Zoonosis
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