Describes accomplishments in increasing collaboration in higher education within the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Analyzes procedures for determining equivalencies of courses and degrees and for improving transnational mobility of students and professors. Also discusses the role of the private sector in research, education and…

Nurses must develop political acumen, understand how power relations operate in a diverse society, and consider how various forms of power can strengthen the position of nursing in health care. (Commentaries by Martin Johnson, Mary Burchenall, and Eamonn Slevin follow.) (SK)

In a famous comment in January 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld referred to a difference between Old Europe and New Europe. By "Old Europe," he meant mainly the traditional European leaders, France and Germany, which adopted a stance critical of U.S. policy on Iraq. He saw the "New Europe" as consisting of former Iron…

This research study was implemented within the subject headquarters of a regional center, an organization responsible for security cooperation in Europe and Eurasia. The focus of the study was the center's program of security education. This program was designed to support evolving security objectives of foreign countries in order to increase the…

Conflict and inequality are growing overseas, and anti-American sentiment is growing with them. A recent survey of 350 returning study abroad students, conducted by the Glimpse Foundation, found that 37 percent felt discriminated against because of their identity as Americans, and 13 percent actually felt threatened because of their nationality.…

The key element in comparative history is the problem of cultural and social differentiation and difference on the one hand, assimilation and similarity on the other. Comparative historical science relativizes local, national and regional conceptions of history and interpretations of self and other by systematically linking historical experiences,…

This volume is an update of a 1990 report that described the guidelines of various foreign governments for internal funding programs for their missions in South Africa. Of the 18 participants, 16 were the embassies of Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands,…

This document was created to serve as a major networking tool of the National Clearinghouse on Development Education (NCoDE). The purpose of the document is to share state of the art practices and common concerns among the expanding development education community. Among the items in the publication is an interview with Elizabeth Hogan,…

Had they not been hounded from service during the McCarthy era, or shunted to distant posts, America's sinologists might well have altered history's course. (Editor)

Describes Radio Netherlands and the reputation it has gained for objectivity in international newscasts, especially when dealing with competing versions of the same story. (RB)

Ethnocentrism, elitism, and news distance are seen as more important in determining foreign news content in Israeli and American newspapers than physical distance between nations. (RB)

From 1939 to 1943 the United States went from a period of total opposition to the Soviets to a gradual acceptance of its new ally. The "New York Times" editorial page shared in this trend: moving cautiously from complete rejection of the Soviets to acceptance of the Russian people, next the Red Army, and finally the Soviet government.…

In many respects the 18 months from June 1941 to December 1942--from the German assault on Soviet Russia to the conclusion of the first year of actual United States participation in World War II--was a brief interval of realism in the United States perception of the Soviet Union. The editorialists of "The New York Times" (probably the…

The resounding defeat of President Carter's managerial approach to foreign policy had more to do with the dynamics of domestic politics than with the international events often credited for the decisive shift that followed. Managerialism is an approach for maintaining U.S. global influence which calls for a reinvigorated system of world trade and…

Presented in this booklet are descriptions of the sessions at a seminar on the role of communication in European-Arab relations, organized by the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Information of Egypt. Following an introduction and a list of items on the seminar agenda, the booklet describes the opening…