Around the world in a few minutes

IT is quite ironic to note that even though there is an onslaught of various media channels, still there are many people who choose to remain blissfully ignorant of what is happening in the world. One can only assume they are simply uninterested. It’s also possible that they just don’t have the patience to sit through an hour-long bulletin on a news channel or pore over the daily newspaper at length.

Regardless of the reasons, the fact of the matter is that they choose to remain ignorant. If nothing else, they can go online and learn more about the current global issues. and this is where globalissues.com comes in, provided that you have the time as well as the inclination to know more about current affairs.

To make things simple, here is a brief description — Global Issues basically aims at informing you about the major events in the world in the form of 550 articles that have been written by the webmaster. Along with these articles, there are about 7,000 external links to websites which feature similar content.

Global Issues is a pretty straightforward, no-nonsense website. If you still find the home page a bit intimidating (after all, there’s only so much of issues like poverty and environment that one can digest at a time), you can simply point and click at the site map to get an overview of all that is there and what you may find appealing in all of this.

There’s quite a lot to choose from. The basic categories on the website include a diverse set of themes from trade, economy, geopolitics, environment and health. At first glance, these themes seem to be quite less in number; however, there are several sub-divisions within these themes and articles.

For instance, when it comes to environmental issues, the topics which are covered here include biodiversity, climate change, genetically engineered food, human population, natural disasters, conservation of nature and animals. Geopolitics, on the other hand, covers arms control, arms trade, conflicts in the African continent, Middle East, foreign policy and military expansion.

It goes without saying that no website, which focuses on global issues, can afford to ignore the so-called war on terror. Global Issues is no different. It extensively covers the war on terror with specific sections dedicated both to Iraq and Iran.

One major advantage here is the content which is pretty comprehensive as well as concise, so rest assured you will not have to bear irrelevant material. The disadvantage is that it is purely a text-based website. You have to have a really avid interest in the issues covered here to actually read through all the articles. Of course, you can always avail a printer-friendly version of every article and put your printer to constructive use.

In a nutshell, it would be rather useful to keep up with the world through this website if not anything else. And if you happen to be a student of current affairs, the website will be useful if you want to catch up both with past and present issues through one outlet. At the end of the day, it’s all about being informed.

To keep up with what’s happening around the globe, log onto www.globalissues.org