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Elizabeth A. Cole
Elizabeth A. "Lili" Cole is a visiting fellow at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, now based in the San ...
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Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for human rights and democracy, the first Muslim woman and the first Iranian to receive this ...
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Yoram Peri
Yoram Peri previously served as political adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. During his long career as a journalist, he worked as editor-in-chief of ...
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Maia Otarashvili
Maia Otarashvili is a research fellow and deputy director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Eurasia Program.
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Defining Democracy (PowerPoint Lesson)
This PowerPoint lesson seeks to help students understand different types of democracy: direct, indirect, social, liberal and illiberal.
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How Should the United States Address Authoritarian States in the post-Arab Spring World? (worksheet)
This worksheet explores how the U.S. should address authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Spring. Students will come to ...