A New Article Series: Youth, Civic Engagement and Democratic Processes
March 26, 2012 10:48 AMFollowing the completion of our last article series project, Religion and the Public Space, Global Experts is proud to launch a second series of articles titled ‘Youth, Civic Engagement and Democratic Processes’ on the role of youth in political processes around the world.
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Comment & Analysis
Lessons from the Non-Event of Bin Laden’s Death
A year after Usama Bin Laden’s death, it is clear that his terrorist followers are in disarray and al-Qaeda’s self-trumpeted mission of revenge in the name of Islam against the West is about as hot as a tray of ice cubes on a July afternoon – and melting just as fast. The anniversary was a complete non-event in the Muslim world — no mass rallies to mark the occasion; no raised fists at the West portending a diabolical duel to the end.
History in the making; as written by the youth
It might be a cliché and often an elaborate exaggeration to term a particular event ‘historic.’ However, few can doubt that along with the Civil Rights movements, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the revolutions that have swept through the Arab world are no less momentous or historic.
Tweeting democracy across the Arab world
Over the past few years, the political landscape of the Middle East was wholly transformed by the diffusion of social media across the region. Accounting for 50-65% of the region’s population, young Muslims quickly embraced these new platforms of mass communication and soon thereafter, they became leaders of revolutions.
Global Energy and the Arab Spring
The global oil and gas market has undergone significant permutations since the beginning of the twenty-first century. These changes will have a lasting impact on the industry. In particular, the impact on the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will be immense.
Serbia votes for jobs and prosperity
Serbia faces simultaneous presidential, parliamentary, provincial and local elections on 6th May; elections that will reflect the evolution in political attitudes and orientations since 2008. With a consensus on EU membership having emerged amongst the country’s political elites, the main sparring points concern not the issue of Kosovo, but rather economic and social reforms; particularly the respective parties’ ability to create jobs and attract foreign investment.
The Arab Spring: Youth, Freedom and the Tools of Technology
Wielding mobile phones and computers, the young activists across the Middle East have altered the way the world approaches popular mobilization, social networks and Internet freedom.
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