The third edition of this popular text focuses on major events since 2000, including 9/11 and the war against terrorism, the Iraq War’s effect on the UN’s relevance, and the Millennium Development Goals. Thoroughly revised throughout, the text also has a new chapter on human security issues that encompasses environmental concerns and global health…. More >>

The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century

Cases in Comparative Politics, Third Edition, is a set of thirteen country studies that describe politics in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, China, India, Iran, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and Nigeria. This casebook applies the conceptual framework developed in the text across countries wi… More >>

Cases in Comparative Politics

By Marshall Crum
Many billions of dollars have been spent as part of the multi-billion dollar stimulus plan enacted by Congress last year. There have been countless news articles about projects the money was spent on, but my observation was that a lot of those were projects that were started before the economic meltdown occurred and getting information about new projects that may offer new jobs is difficult to impossible. Aside from a few road signs that “This project funded by…” there have been few indicators that the stimulus plan is actually working. General Motors and Chrysler still declared Read the rest of this entry »

By David Alpern

With global frustration rising over the stalled peace talks in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Los Angeles Times reported in January on how the region could easily descend back into an intifada (uprising) just one year after last year’s devastating Gaza war. But is the conflict eternally destined to simmer, or are there ways that the fourth and fifth estates could begin to be harnessed for the purpose of changing local attitudes and expectations? Read the rest of this entry »

By Adam Ada

‘Haiti struck by a massive earthquake’ – the horrible news that broke down on me first thing in the morning. My computer screen was swarming with live updates, pictures, videos, fund-raising campaigns LIVE from Haiti. The Haiti Earthquake had launched a wave of sympathy, information and aid through social media such as Facebook, Skype, Flickr, YouTube and Twitter (and real time that too) No press, no radio, no TV – just pure technology and social media Read the rest of this entry »

Should a president (Republican or Democrat) be allowed to do a nationwide address to school children without parental consent?

I always read the Huffington Post, but it’s really liberal sometimes – what type of Republican newspapers that are online and are updated as frequently as HuffPost?