What is POSCO in South Korea?
Learn more about the role of POSCO in affecting the economic rise of South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.
Entries by Justin Ng
Why did Nixon end the Bretton Woods system?
Learn more about the Gold Standard and how it affected the global economy.
How did the Gulf states dominate the global oil market?
Learn more about the rise of the OPEC member states from the Middle East.
What is the peacekeeping role of the United Nations?
Learn more about the origins of peacekeeping and how it impacted global security.
Why was NEDCOL created?
Learn more about NEDCOL which was formed to promote central planning by the Thai government.
How did the Guided Democracy affect the Indonesian Economy?
Learn more about the historical context of the Guided Democracy affected the Indonesian economy between the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Golden Age of Capitalism: Revisited
Learn more about the causes of the growth of the global economy in the post-war years.
What is the Monnet Plan?
Learn more about the economic recovery plan initiated by Jean Monnet in the 1950s.
Who is U Thant?
Learn more about the Burmese Secretary-General of the UN who served from 1961 to 1971.
How did the UN support decolonisation?
Learn more about General Assembly Resolution 1514 that advocated self-determination, thereby supporting the decolonisation of Third World nations in the 1960s.