Author: Eaman L. Sarwar, 2017.
“The traditional abaya serves as a symbol of Islamic identity and national dress for women of the Persian Gulf region of the Arabian Peninsula…”
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2017
The South-North Water Transfer and the Technopolitics of Megaprojects
Author: DeLaine Mayer, 2017.
“China has committed to large-scale infrastructure development as part of its national identity, development trajectory, and resource management policy…”
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Thoughts on Globalization and Why the Counter Revolution Against Globalization in the United States is Doomed to Fail
Author: Edward Goldberg, 2017
“In 2016, I wrote a book entitled The Joint Ventured Nation: Why America Needs a New Foreign Policy. The Joint Ventured Nation was about globalization: putting it into historic context, and how America’s foreign policy needed to adjust to that change…”
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South Africa’s Energy Landscape: A Present-Day Apartheid
Author: Caitlin Hearle, 2017
“Apartheid in South Africa was a systematic assault on non-white South Africans in every aspect of life – social, political, and economic…”
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Sino-Saudi Energy Relations
Author: Clayton Cheney, 2017
“The energy relationship between Saudi Arabia and China is one of the most important energy relationships on the globe and it has important implications for the global economy, geopolitics, and climate change…”
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Workers of the U.S., Disunite? Studying Anti-Union Rhetoric and Its Effects on Public Support for Organized Labor
Author: John V. Kane, 2017
“During times of widespread economic hardship, it is not uncommon to observe public vilification and scapegoating of particular societal groups…”
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Education as an HIV Prevention and Intervention Strategy in South Africa
Author: Eric Seng, 2017
“Transformation is a key component of the modern human experience, whether it be changing political systems, ideologies, or other frameworks…”
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Lebanese Youth in the Aftermath of War: Has Hezbollah Taken Hold in Lebanon?
Author: Melissa Salyk-Virk, 2017
“Lebanon’s history post-independence has not been devoid of conflict. While re-establishing itself after its colonial rule, Lebanon has faced many internal conflicts, as well as interstate clashes…”
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Menstruation, Education, and Economies: How Empowering Schoolgirls Can Impact the Developing World
Author: Jacquelyn Easterwood, 2017
“Menstruation hygiene management (MHM) remains an unfavorable conversation for many young girls globally…”
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Food Sovereignty: An Alternative Model to Address the Implications of Shifting Diets
Author: Angela Rose Guiliani, 2017.
“Alongside a growing population poised to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050 is a dramatic and detrimental shift in global dietary patterns…” [Read more…] about Food Sovereignty: An Alternative Model to Address the Implications of Shifting Diets