February 2007
Youth, Violence, and Democracy
by PAULO SÉRGIO PINHEIRO
"Repressive measures that have targeted youth gangs and criminalized the younger generation threaten the progress of both human rights and democracy."

January 2007
Toy Soldiers: The Youth Factor in the War on Terror
by CHERYL BENARD
"Membership in a clandestine terrorist cell; online linkages with glamorous, dangerous individuals; the opportunity to belong to a feared and seemingly heroic movement complete with martyrs—all of this is inherently appealing to young people."

December 2006
For Poor Countries’ Youth,Dashed Hopes Signal Danger Ahead
by 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."

October 2006
Conservative Vanguard? The Politics of New Russia’s Youth
by THOMAS J. GARZA
The pro-Kremlin youth movement has all the trappings of the old Young Communist League, including the creation of a cult of personality—with Putin in place of Lenin."

September 2006
Little Emperors or Frail Pragmatists? China’s ’80ers Generation
by YUNXIANG YAN
"If idealism, compassion, and naïveté are defining features of youthhood, the '80ers in China are hardly youthful. If efforts to resist and subvert the dominating ideology and symbolisms of the establishment are the core of youth culture, then China's youth hardly have a culture of their own."