elaborate your answers on the disadvantages and advantages of a global government.

Advantages

1. Open borders. No need for tariffs, immigration, customs, etc.
2. Military could be downsized to a force large enough to deal with terrorists and local squabbles.
3. Consistent policies worldwide. No more concerns about tax rates vs. health care vs. individual freedoms from one country to the next.
4. Immense tax savings due to the economy of scale. Only fund one complete government as opposed to a hundred.

DISADVANTAGES

1. No proper way to account for cultural differences.
2. Lack of competition between nations.

A. Discuss the relationship of Regionalization and Globalization in terms of the following:

(1) regionalization as a component of globalization (convergent trends);

(2) regionalization as a challenge or response to globalization (divergent trends); and

(3) regionalization and globalization as parallel processes (overlapping trends).

B. Answer the following questions.

1. How Regional cooperation can help Asia address regional challenges as well as provide stronger foundations for its global role?

2. How Asian regionalism can benefit the world?