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Download full textHusbands, Jo – 1989
For 40 years the primary objectives of U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf have been to assure access by the industrialized nations to the region's oil and to prevent those resources from falling under the control of the Soviet Union or any other hostile power. The recent events in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War and its aftermath, the maneuvering of a…
Descriptors: Disarmament, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, International Relations
Peer reviewedThompson, Kenneth W. – Perspectives on Political Science, 1991
Defines war as symptom rather than cause. Identifies the root cause of the Middle East crisis as destruction of the regional balance of power through foreign augmentation of Iraqi power. Criticizes the tendency to see world problems as a fight between good and evil. Defines realism as the ability to see political realities as a balance of power.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, International Relations
Turner, Ginny – 1988
To enhance the use of the Globe Watch IV public television series, produced jointly by Hampden-Sydney College (Virginia) and the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television, each lesson in this guide provides: (1) a statement of the objective of the program; (2) a synopsis of the issue discussed; (3) background information; (4) brief…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Foreign Policy, Global Approach, Instructional Materials
Zamora, Mario D., Ed.; And Others – 1981
New ground has been broken in what is labeled as "anthropological diplomacy"--a study of the theory and practice of peace promotion and/or conflict resolution between/among micro-units (e.g., tribes) or macro-units (e.g., nation-states) based on sound knowledge of a society's fundamental cultural premises. There are six papers. The first…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Conflict Resolution, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
