References
A collection of articles and investigative pieces that give added depth to global issues and the topics discussed on this website.
Chasing Stigma in Indonesia: Photographer Andrea Star Reese reveals the lives of Indonesia’s mentally ill in her current project. (New York Times)
The Rise of the Global Middle Class: By 2022, those living in poverty will be a minority for the first time, as the global middle class – particularly from BRIC nations – surges. Does new affluence signal shifting global power? (Christian Science Monitor)
America’s Growing Income Gap, by the Numbers: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently released a much-discussed study showing that over the past three decades the income of the highest-paid Americans has soared while the income of others has grown much more modestly.
Global cities of the future: An interactive map (McKinsey Quarterly)
India tries to boost manufacturing: Officials say that India will witness a massive field-to-factory migration of its young workforce in the next decade as education levels and aspirations soar, and that a failure to create low-end industrial jobs could result in social unrest.
Military-to-military relationships: America’s armed forces may sometimes succeed where its diplomats cannot (The Economist)
The Peanut Solution: Could a peanut paste called Plumpy’nut end malnutrition? (New York Times)
YEMEN: Students from Indonesia being radicalised? (University World News)
On jihadi websites, disbelief and vows of revenge over bin Laden’s death: Supporters of Osama bin Laden began posting on jihadi websites – Al Qaeda’s main public relations arm on the Internet – within minutes of the announcement bin Laden had been killed.
Teaching jihad in Indonesian prisons: Fears that militants are recruiting in Indonesia’s prisons rises as more militants are captured and incarcerated. AP investigates (Associated Press)
Five myths about Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda debates: Foreign Policy Magazine looks at the possibilities for al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden’s death by offering two counter positions on the role he played in the terrorist organization. The majority position (part 1) sees the group as small and embattled, led by a man who served as a source of inspiration but not operational control. The minority position (part 2) argues that al-Qaeda is a cohesive, disciplined organization that is expanding. It aims for a worldwide Islamic state is has been little damaged by the strikes carried out by the US. In the former al-Qaeda is losing, in the latter it is taking over some sections of the Muslim world, writers author Mary Habeck. Part 3 of the series discusses what this means for the US in terms of its policy response. “The radicalization of jihadi groups and the unifying of the jihad into the desired global battle will continue unabated even without bin Laden,” she generally concludes.