Islam and the West: Conflict‚ Democracy‚ Identity Akeel Bilgrami‚ Columbia University This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the Western media today by looking to the abiding history of colonial relations with Islam down to this day and also looking to the relation between ideals of democracy and the formation of religious identities. The essay closes with some
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Director’s Remarks Dear Delegates‚ Welcome to the UNHCR of the 4th Annual HighScope Model United Nations. I‚ Reyhanillo Yusuf Andikasim‚ am your Director for this conference. The Co-Directors for the UNHCR will be Angelina Sachi Adinda Allessandra Kondo and Wafina Mario. We have experience in multiple Model United Nations across Indonesia. Our hope is that we will be not only able to lead the committee‚ but to educate‚ befriend‚ and work together with you‚ the delegates‚ in order to create
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Though the pervasiveness of liberalism and democracy is readily apparent throughout those states that recognize the socioeconomic benefits stimulated by these ideals‚ there remains still a myriad of complex governing systems that seem to shirk the possibilities of this apotheosized ideology in favor of highly variable authoritarian manifestations. Yet this is not simply a case where one ideology may be chosen based on the particular needs and relative cultural norms of one society versus another
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Realism‚ Liberalism‚ Marxism and the Phenomenon of Global Integration Introduction Various theories and perspectives have been proposed by theorists and international relations observers in explaining International Political Economy (IPE). The most salient among these perspectives are Realism‚ Liberalism‚ and Marxism. These paradigms or ways of looking at IPE enables international relations students to study the forces at work in the international realm and analyze how these factors
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The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy: The Ronald Reagan Doctrine By: Jennefer Paddock Professor Altman: POL300 March 4‚ 2012 The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy: The Ronald Reagan Doctrine President Ronald Reagan’s Doctrine was supposed to sponsor anti-communist guerillas who were trying to overthrow pro-Soviet regimes (Roskin 58). President Reagan supported anti-communist groups‚ and Reagan argued that the American economy was on the move again‚ while the Soviet Union had become stagnant. President Reagan
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers‚ members and staff worldwide[2] which was founded to protect human life and health‚ to ensure respect for all human beings‚ and to prevent and alleviate human suffering‚ without any discrimination based on nationality‚ race‚ gender identity‚ religious beliefs‚ class or political opinions.[1] The movement consists of several distinct organizations that are legally
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Alabi Oluwatobi Joseph Department of Sociology Landmark University 2013 Nigerian Society and Development: Constraints and Ways Forward Abstract One of the main issues in development debates is how to tackle rural underdevelopment. The constraints to developing the rural areas as well as the problems of this critical sector have come to loom very large. For over four decades in Nigeria‚ all attempts to put the rural areas on course of development have failed. Conditions have continued to worsen
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! ! ! ! ! ! “I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language‚ no wheel as we know it‚ no schools‚ no hospitals‚ not even normal clothing.” -Ian Smith The above quote by Ian Douglas Smith‚ a Rhodesian politician of British heritage who led the mostly white minority government that unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain in 1965‚ aptly captures the distorted view that colonizers held towards the native
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Puerto Rico: Analysis and Perspectives Juan Claudio Springfield College Human Services Portfolio Development HUSB 307/S1 Kellee Grucci November 01‚ 2014 SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SCHOOL OF HUMAN SERVICE CLAIM FOR CREDIT-COVER SHEET Student’s Name: Juan Claudio College and Course #: Course Title: Credits Claimed:
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African American History I 10 December 2009 Racial View Of/On Thomas Jefferson Before Thomas Jefferson was known as the third president of the United States he was elected as the first secretary of state by George Washington. He was the second youngest member delegate in the second continental congress at Philadelphia in which he was selected for drafting the Declaration of independence which is a part of our nation’s constitution to which he acquires a lot of his fame. He was also very well
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