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DeKock, Anita, Ed. – 1986
The United States policy of branding governments--especially those in developing nations--as "good guys" or "bad guys" has been costly. The price has been paid in lost lives, confrontations with the Soviet Union, loss of diplomatic flexibility, and domestic political stresses. It seems an opportune time, now that the United…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Conflict, Developing Nations, Diplomatic History
Bjerstedt, Ake – 1993
Members of the Peace Education Commission answered a questionnaire on peace museums. The first 60 respondents, representing 25 different countries supplied the results of this report. A majority of the respondents had a positive opinion about the potential values of a peace museum. A variety of definitions of a peace museum were supplied by…
Descriptors: Cultural Centers, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, Ed.; And Others – 1986
The major policy debate touched off by President Reagan's March 1983 speech announcing the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was the reopening of one that had begun 35 years before. Then and now the ultimate question is what kind of strategic posture is most likely to contribute to mutual strategic stability? The answer is central to national…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Conflict, Disarmament, Foreign Countries
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Barsh, Russel Lawrence – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1993
Reports that, in December 1991, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously agreed to establish "A New Partnership" program to help the world's indigenous peoples. Contends that the "Americanized New World Order" will not last and indigenous peoples will make social and political advances. (CFR)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary Secondary Education