Global Issues in Depth


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Content and curriculum is useful for the secondary and college level.

Recent workshops


The Arab World and Islam

Lecture topics: 

Cultural Linguistic Odyssey of the Middle East

Connections Between the Abrahamic Faiths

Understanding Islam: Strategies for the Classroom

Introducing a Midievil Banquet in the Alhambra Palace Background to Al-Andaus/Islamic Spain


What the Future Holds

Lecture topics: 

Southeast Asia and the Energy Connection
Johan Zaayman
 


Neighbors on Diverse Paths: Political comparisons of Vietnam and Cambodia
Long Le, Ph.D.

 

Cambodia’s Recent History
Ambassador Sichan Siv

Burma’s Current Political Impasse
Ward Keeler, Ph.D.
 


Growing Pains of Economic Change
Free Markets in Vietnam
Steve Parker



What the Future Holds

Lecture topics: 

The Latino Mosaic in the 21st Century
Isidro Aguirre 

Energy in the 21st Century
Najib Abu Salibi, Ph.D.

The Rise of China: Today’s political, economic, and security issues
Hans Stockton, Ph.D.

The Next President and Foreign Policy
Brandon Rottinghaus, Ph.D.

China’s Energy Escalation
Susan Locklear

More Energy, Less CO2: The Geopolitics of Energy

Chris Bozman

France, Sarkozy and the Mediterranean Union
Robert D. Zaretsky, Ph.D.


Portrait of Central Asia

Lecture topics:

Security and Future in Central Asia
Teresa Ruiz, Regional Analyst

Natural Resources in Central Asia
Linda Pett-Conklin, University of St. Thomas

Business in Central Asia
Wolfgang Thoene, Director of Business Development of FMC Technologies
Biography forthcoming.

Religion and Politics in Central Asia
David B. Cook, Rice Univeristy


Africa in Transition: Challenges for the 21st Century

Lecture topics: 
The Legacy of Imperialism
Pamela Maack, San Jacinto College

Natural Resources & Armed Conflict
Susan Erikson, University of Denver

The Pandemic: HIV/AIDS in Africa
Documentary film viewing with Q&A Adel Chaouch, Marathon Oil Company

Global Health: Africa
Susan Erikson, University of Denver


"The Portrait of Russia was outstanding. You always make my day with the presentation and quality guest speakers. Rarely do you find staff development that makes you eager to attend, but that is not so when you put on a workshop." 
Participant, Portrait of Russia - April, 2006

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