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A Globalization: Focusing on the Middle East

the experience in many developing countries in the Middle East has shown that policy interventions and economic restructuring programs have contributed to huge economic distress and social instability in many countries. As a result, many states resorted to coercive and undemocratic measures in order to quell the social unrest emanating from economically-destabilizing policy interventions. What Middle Eastern countries need is a form of economic development that tackles poverty and unemployment – without breeding inequality and concentration of wealth – with a view to human rights, democracy, and civil liberties of each citizen.

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

A Globalization: Focusing on the Middle East

the experience in many developing countries in the Middle East has shown that policy interventions and economic restructuring programs have contributed to huge economic distress and social instability in many countries. As a result, many states resorted to coercive and undemocratic measures in order to quell the social unrest emanating from economically-destabilizing policy interventions. What Middle Eastern countries need is a form of economic development that tackles poverty and unemployment – without breeding inequality and concentration of wealth – with a view to human rights, democracy, and civil liberties of each citizen.

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Quizzes

Great Decisions 2010 Spring Quiz Series - Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2010 articles and the Spring Updates!

Great Decisions 2010 Winter Quiz Series - Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2010 articles.

In the Classroom »

UNA-USA - Global Classrooms

Global Classrooms is an innovative educational program with the Model United Nations program at its core. Global Classrooms is distinguished by its robust curriculum and teacher and student resources that develop critical thinking, conflict resolution and communication skills for middle and high school students. Global Classrooms cultivates literacy, life skills and the attitudes necessary for active citizenship.

Colonialism, Occupation, and Resistance: The Question of Palestine

The University of Minnesota's Institute for Global Studies will offer a program on "Colonialism, Occupation, and Resistance: The Question of Palestine."

Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning Conference

The Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning annual conference, titled "Creating Success in a Global Era: A World-Class Education for Every Student," connects educators, business leaders, policymakers and resource providers to share best practices, build partnerships and advance policies to ensure that all students are prepared for work and citizenship in a global era.

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Recommended Readings »

Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change

Although much has been written about cases of children as soldiers and slaves in recent conflicts, these cases are but one example of the impact of conflict on a subset of the youth population. In Youth in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change, Stephanie Schwartz goes beyond these highly publicized cases and examines the roles of the broader youth population in post-conflict scenarios, taking on the complex task of distinguishing between the legal and societal labels of child, youth, and adult.

A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman

A Thousand Sisters is the inspiring memoir of Lisa J. Shannon, who was one day awakened to the atrocities taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and vowed to do something about it. She raised money to sponsor Congolese women, beginning with one solo 30-mile run, and then founded a national organization, Run for Congo Women. The book chronicles her journey to the Congo to meet the women her run sponsored, and shares their incredible stories. What begins as grassroots activism forces Shannon to confront herself and her life, and learn lessons of survival, fear, gratitude, and immense love from the women of Africa.

Israel and Palestine - Two States for Two Peoples: If Not Now, When?

The Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace is comprised of professional and academic members with strong interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some have been intensely engaged with this subject for decades. Others have closely followed the conflict within the context of their professional work in conflict resolution, international law and international relations, religion, and U.S. foreign policy.

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