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The Yemeni National Dialogue: Setting a Standard for Other Arab Countries? In 2011, Yemeni men, women, youth and children demonstrated and protested against the government of Ali Abdallah Saleh, insisting on his resignation and the dissolution of his government. The country was at the brink of civil war when the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreement (2011) was proposed, stipulating that the president resign, a transitional government be formed, and a national conference be held with the parties who are signatories to the GCC initiative, and a new constitution to be written and followed by national referendum and elections. |
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The Revolution Will be TweetedCall me if you know anything else,” I remember asking my father as I walked by Southside frantically refreshing my Twitter feed. He answered back in a reassuring tone that told me I shouldn’t worry, that this apparent protest in Venezuela was probably nothing. |
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Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone: Pedagogy, Methodology, and Best Practices in Field-Based CoursesOn February 22 and 23, 2014, the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution welcomed 33 participants from ten national institutions to participate in a workshop entitled Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone: Pedagogy, Methodology, and Best Practices in Field-Based Courses. Convened by SCAR’s Undergraduate Experiential Learning Project, which is directed by S-CAR faculty members Susan Hirsch and Agnieszka Paczynska, this innovative round-table included a wide variety of participants from different theoretical and epistemological backgrounds, including representatives from Georgetown University, George... |
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SSWIPE: Southern Sudanese Women's Initiative for Peace EducationThe Southern Sudanese Women’s Initiative for Peace Education (SSWIPE) is a project that seeks to facilitate peacebuilding in South Sudanese communities by engaging women as community members, utilizing dialogue to find common ground, and teaching peace education while meeting students’ practical needs. Through a partnership with Abukloi School, SSWIPE will be helping to provide jobs to local women in Rumbek, South Sudan who are willing to cook meals for the students at Abukloi. This will encourage students to get an education, while providing a space to learn about the culture of South... |
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Annual Celebration of Achievements ... |
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Jackie Finch, S-CAR Career Advisement ServicesTo better serve its students and community, S-CAR is welcoming a new addition to it s team. With more than ten years of experience, Jackie Finch has joined S-CAR as a career counselor. She first obtained her bachelor’s degree in social work and later on got her Master’s degree in counseling and guidance. Education has always been one of her passions and she has worked in many American schools as a career and academic counselor. Her experiences, though, are not limited to counseling students. Due to her husband’s career, she also had to go through job searches numerous times.... |
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Spotlight: Wilfredo Magno Torres III, S-CAR PhD StudentOn Friday March 14, 2014, The Asia Foundation, with support from the Southeast Asia Studies Program and Johns Hopkins University, held a book launch for Rido: Clan Feuding and Conflict Management in Mindanao. As Wilfredo Torres, one of the editors of the book and a PhD student at S-CAR explained to me, “Rido is a type of conflict characterized by sporadic outburst of retaliatory violence among kinship groups and communities. It can occur in areas where government or central authority is weak and in areas where there is a perceived lack of justice and security. Many armed confrontations in... |