The world community is a system that unites the states and peoples of the Earth. The functions of this system are to jointly protect the peace and freedom of citizens of any country, as well as to solve emerging global problems.
The interests of the world community are expressed in the activities of organizations from different countries that have common goals, for example, the UN, UNESCO, etc. They express the common international opinion. The main goals of the world community are: preserving peace, developing friendly relations between peoples, resolving and preventing disputes and conflicts, monitoring the observance of human rights and assisting in solving global problems.
Interchange
The world community includes more than two hundred countries around the world, each of which has its own political, social and economic characteristics of development. It is the diversity of needs and economic benefits that lead countries to interact with each other. Trade in goods is complemented by the exchange of specialists, information and knowledge.
Thanks to the dissemination of information, the economy of another country receives the technologies necessary for the further development. Sharing knowledge leads to new discoveries. And thanks to this, the state can more effectively cope with the problems that arise.
Today, all countries of the world community jointly regulate and coordinate the main areas of the economy. The need for the exchange of goods, knowledge and information is dictated by the joint development of global global projects. This, for example, the development of other planets, the oceans, the study of Antarctica, etc. Many projects require global financial costs, and often one country is simply not able to allocate the amount necessary for research or development. And just the joint work with other states gives the necessary investments and specialists in various fields.
Russia in the world community
Russia's place in the world community is one of the leading. She is a permanent member of the UN. Russia is the owner of one of the world's largest nuclear potentials. Also on its territory there are a huge number of deposits of oil and gas, precious metals.
Russia is the largest state in the world by territory. The Federation borders on Europe and Asia, this gives the country a geopolitically favorable position. In addition, Russia also has a high technical potential.
Despite the fact that after the collapse of the USSR, many problems arose in Russia, it still did not lose its position in the world community. A part of the territories important for the country was lost, but nevertheless, Russia's place in the world community remains one of the leading ones.
Problems
Evolution does not stand still, humanity is developing, while simultaneously using natural resources in its needs. In this regard, the problems of the world community are global. Among them, environmental protection comes first. This problem is so urgent that it is necessary to deal with it not in individual countries, but together with the world community. Clogging of soil, air and water increasingly leads to disasters on the planet.
Deposits of natural minerals are also not eternal, and someday they will end. According to the calculations of scientists around the world, this can happen very soon, so the world community is trying to find other ways to extract the resources necessary for life. New types of fuel are being developed, and chemical reagents are trying to replace natural compounds - so that they do not harm either man or nature.
The global community of states highlights many other global issues. This is a food issue that is still acute in some countries. This is also a demographic problem - population reduction, regulation of international migration, mortality. And also diseases that have neither nationality nor citizenship - alcoholism, smoking, drug addiction.
Globalization
The term "global" means "affecting all countries of the world", "global." Today, there is practically nothing left that would not fall under the influence of globalization. She affected financial flows, computers, viruses, programs, new technologies, epidemics.
The global community of nations is troubled by numerous crimes and terrorism that are expanding on a massive scale. Recently, no country can isolate itself from globalization. It unites all countries, not only economically, but also socially, politically, etc.
Autarky
This concept is the opposite of globalization. This is the process of economic isolation of the country. Most autarky prevails in countries that are in the early stages of economic development. The reasons for it were always manual labor and low productivity, and very small needs of the population. Usually the goods were just enough for trade within the country itself.
At the moment, there are very few such countries. Almost all the states that make up the world community have survived scientific and technological revolutions, which have many times increased productivity, and hence the quantity of goods. As a result, domestic and foreign trade expanded.
The needs of people increased and began to acquire a more capricious and selective character. As a result, for their satisfaction the country's own resources were clearly not enough, hence the need arose to enter the world market, to enter the world community.
Internet in the global community
Of great importance was the global Internet, which was able to not only unite all countries, but also increased commodity circulation around the world. The exchange of knowledge and information is transmitted almost instantly to anywhere in the world, which greatly facilitates cooperation between countries. Thanks to the Internet, many emerging global problems in the world are most effectively resolved, and at the moment it is only the threshold of even greater world discoveries and opportunities.