I've learned that leaders in many nations of the world face complex problems that they feel cannot be solved w/out international action of cooperation

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The country I studied was Greece. The beauty and history of Greece is the first thing a person thinks about when they picture Greece in their minds. But today, Greece is far from being the “perfect” place to go on vacation. Greece has issues that require international cooperation such as an overwhelming influx of refugees and immigrants, which their economy cannot resist. Greece needs the help of other countries to try and stop people moving into Greece. Greece cannot do this very well on their own since their country is mostly known for farming, herding, fishing, and other ways of life – they are not use to border patrols and issues like this. This means Greece needs help from other countries that have to deal with this kind of things to help them stop this problem.

Another issue of Greece is their national debt (here)

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Greece has run up a very high national debt by paying its workers high salaries and a lot of Government spending. They have tried to fix this problem by lowering government worker salaries, increasing taxes, but the people of the country are rioting against the government. Greece’s debt is in the billions and they have a loan that has to be repaid. Being unable to pay it (bad economy), the European Union has agreed to loan them the money to make the payment, or Greece would go into default. Since the country cannot fix their economic problem, the international community needs to step in and help Greece out before they go under and their people riot even more.

Other world complex issues that I know of are global warming, the gulf oil spill, Iran and their nuclear wants, and the global war on terror. All of these issues affect many nations. The global warming issue is caused by pollution so all nations must take action to change how we remove pollution and keep pollution from happening. The gulf oil spill will affect other countries. Fishing will decrease a lot and as the currents of the water move the oil around the ocean, the Caribbean and Africa may be affected as well. Any nation that could possibly be harmed by this spill should work together to help stop the leak. A possible nuclear attack by Iran will affect the whole world. All decent nations who care about their life and families should help stop Iran from doing what they are doing with the nuclear materials. All of these issues will take a community of international partners to help solve. The U.S. or any other country cannot solve all of these issues unless all countries cooperate and work together. The global war on terror affects all civil countries and all should try to put a stop to it. I believe if we all started to cooperate and stop pointing fingers, these issues and problems will be solved quicker. Picture!!