Global Trends, 2007
December 2006
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Title: Global Progress Report, 2007
Author: The Editors of Current History
Iraq and Darfur are bloody messes. Development has benefited millions but left more behind. Climate change and nuclear proliferation loom. Without US help, international institutions will not be able to address problems like these effectively. Also includes "How Is the World Doing?", Current History's annual report card.
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Title: America, Islam, and the 9-11 War
Author: Peter Warren Singer
"The 9-11 War will not be won through any territorial conquest or individual's capture. It will only end in the realm of perceptions. . . ."
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Title: From the War on Terror to Global Counterinsurgency
Author: Bruce Hoffman
"Not only is Al Qaeda alive and kicking, but it is still actively planning, supporting, and perhaps even directing terrorist attacks on a global canvas."
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Title: The Art of Adaptation: Globalization and the European Model
Author: Barry Eichengreen
"However well the European economy may have performed in the past, there are reasons to worry about whether it can keep pace in a world of accelerating technical change and global competition led by the rise of India and China."
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Title: For Poor Countries' Youth, Dashed Hopes Signal Danger Ahead
Author: Richard Curtain
"Where the youth bulge is expanding in low-income countries . . . , the levels of frustration and conflict are certain to rise. The urgent question facing the developing world is how to improve young people's job prospects now."
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Title: Energy Security: The New Threats in Latin America and Africa
Author: David L. Goldwyn
"The energy dependency of the United States and its allies in Europe and Asia, combined with the growing dependence of rising powers such as China and India, is rapidly eroding American power and influence around the world."
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Title: The Month in Review
An international chronology of events in October, country by country, day by day.
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Title: A Statistical Snapshot of the World
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