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A New Article Series: Youth, Civic Engagement and Democratic Processes

March 26, 2012 10:48 AM

Following 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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Welcome to the new Global Experts!

April 17, 2012 12:39 PM

Global Experts now offers a range of new services, including a more refined search tool for experts and a new and more interactive interface for applications and article submissions.

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Asma Afsaruddin
Lessons from the Non-Event of Bin Laden’s Death

May 11th, 2012 by Asma Afsaruddin

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.

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The Editor
History in the making; as written by the youth

May 8th, 2012 by The Editor

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.

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The Editor
Tweeting democracy across the Arab world

May 8th, 2012 by The Editor

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.

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Justin Dargin
Global Energy and the Arab Spring

May 2nd, 2012 by Justin Dargin

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.

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Ian Bancroft
Serbia votes for jobs and prosperity

May 2nd, 2012 by Ian Bancroft

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.

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Megan Martin
The Arab Spring: Youth, Freedom and the Tools of Technology

April 18th, 2012 by Megan Martin

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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