The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNESCO is a specialized agency of the U.N. system that promotes collaboration among its member countries in the fields of education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communications and information. With an annual budget of approximately $326 million, it supports more than 2,000 staff members working at its headquarters in Paris and 65 field offices and institutes worldwide.

Foreign economic collection and industrial espionnage against the United States represent significant and growing threats to the nation's prosperity and security. Cyberspace where most business activity and development of newdeas now takes place amplifies these threats by making it possible for malicious actors,whether they are corrupted insiders or foreign intelligence services, to quickly steal and transfer massive quantities of data while remaining annonymous and hard to detect.

When following current events in Latin America, it’s easy to confuse the jumble of acronyms and abbreviations of the region’s multilateral organizations. Given the proliferation of so many organizations, summits, and integration efforts over the past few decades, some have questioned which groups can have a real impact, especially those with conflicting or overlapping goals. With an eye on regional trade and tariffs, some groups hope to eventually expand their reach to achieve common markets in Latin America.

The idea that the U.S. is the only nation to perform internal and external intelligence activities is naïve. Every nation has its own intelligence agencies for the protection of its people and gathering of important secret information which can impact their interests. Intelligence agencies are a symbol of country’s defence strength and power.

Espionage and sabotage

AALEP which has entered into a Protocol of Co-operation with the Croatia’s Society of Lobbyists extends a heartfelt welcome to Croatia on  becoming the 28th Member State of the European Union. Croatia brings to Europe its undisputable natural beauty and historic heritage, but, most important of all, Croatia brings its people.

Since colonial times, both political access and influence in Latin America have been restricted to a few groups. Firstly, political elites mainly white, wealthy upper class families and individuals have always enjoyed major political access with no broad based political legitimacy. Secondly, the bureaucracy which historically has not been chosen through a meritocratic and open process, shared those privileges. Finally access has been afforded to unofficial power groups that obtained access to the decision-making process through influence-trafficking and other forms of corruption.

During the past decades, the United States of America has had a mixed relationship with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Most recently, decisions by some UNESCO member states have led to increased congressional interest in U.S. funding of and participation in the organization. Established in 1946 in the aftermath of World War II, UNESCO aims to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among member states in the fields of education, science, and culture.

Croatia has launched the first edition of a magazine called the Art of Lobbying 'LOBIRANJA' created as a voluntary project by the Croatian Society of Lobbyists in cooperation with the students of the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Political Science and the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb with professional support of the executive operating company Taraban Lobi.

Relations between Japan and Africa have become geostrategic again. For a long time they were limited to trade, investment and aid, with Tokyo wanting to maintain a presence in certain markets and to have access to local commodity resources. In terms of investments and trade with Africa, Japan is much behind countries like the United States, France, India and China. But watch for Japan! Japan wants to transform its relationship with Africa from one of fonor-recipient to that of a business partnership and Tokyo is intent on tapping a burgeoning market.

Turkey will not beg anyone to join the 27-nation bloc if it faces new rejection. Germany appears to lead efforts to block the Turkish accession process. Germany and the Netherlands have opposed the opening of accession talks between Turkey and the EU on a negotiating chapters. Both the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) oppose Turkey’s membership and want cooperation between the EU and Turkey and strategic collaboration on foreign and security policies instead.