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Christensen, Kathy, Comp.; And Others – 1989
The Stanley Foundation annually assembles a panel of experts from the public and private sectors to assess specific foreign policy issues and to recommend future direction. The participants in the round-table discussion summarized in this report agreed that the Soviets are moving from a Marxist-Leninist version of socialism to a broader version,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Global Approach
Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1989
An annual assembly of a panel of experts from the public and private sectors assessed specific foreign policy issues and recommended future direction. The oneset of the debt crisis in 1982 generated fears regarding the future of democracy in Latin America. The focus on the assembled experts was on the role of external pressures and the impact of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Debt (Financial), Developing Nations, Economic Factors
Bell, William G., Ed.; Ashford, Norman J., Ed. – 1984
These conference proceedings contain the texts of 62 papers. The first 17 papers include 4 keynote presentations as well as reviews of: major developments in several countries (Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Jordan, Netherlands, Sweden, United States) and Hong Kong; handicapped travelers' access to air transport; and application of microcomputer…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Air Transportation, Area Studies, Cost Effectiveness
Gunner, Elizabeth – 1985
Educators from European countries were presented with up-to-date information about Africa. The seminar was intended to help teachers present the African experience as cogently as possible in their classrooms. The main topics of the seminar are discussed, papers are summarized, discussions of the working groups are presented, participants'…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Comparative Education
Morse, Ronald A., Ed.; Samuels, Richard J., Ed. – 1985
The proceedings of a conference on the development of language capabilities to prepare United States scientists to share in scientific and technological development with Japan include these papers: "Are Japanese Language Programs Reaching Scientists and Engineers?"; "Japanese Language Study for Engineers: High Tech…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Audiovisual Instruction, Certification, Classroom Techniques