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August – October 2012 Update
Written by Anneliese Guess
Dear Readers, Below you will find our August –October 2012 Update. This quarterly Megatrends Project Update focuses on the upcoming Future Days in Nairobi Kenya, at the University of Houston, and some changes to our website. [issuu width=420 height=272 embedBackground=%23000000 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=121101141246-21e958ccfd6a4e10aaa6e221f3d95518 name=futurechallengesupdate_q312_for_print username=bertelsmannfoundation tag=blog unit=px v=2] If you would […]
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Conflict is Here to Stay
Written by Josh Grundleger
Conflict is an innate aspect of human nature and thus inevitable. Man can never realistically avoid every single point of discord. Different perspectives, disagreements, divergent values, competing goals, and overlapping claims will always exist. Individuals, and the states they construct, in the quest to achieve their goals, will thus indubitably come to loggerheads. To ignore this fact is to lead policymakers, and the people who they are supposed to protect, down a dangerous path.
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Cultural Aggressiveness and Mexico´s War on Drugs
Written by Kapell
In October 2012, the Canadian journal La Presse published “Sans son arme, un Américain se croit en danger au Canada”, a peculiar story about an American policeman and his wife who vacationed in Canada but complained about the strong Canadian restrictions on carrying weapons. The sarcastically written article told the […]
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When justice fails in Bulgaria, citizens are forced to take the law into their own hands
Written by Nikoleta Popkostadinova
“It’s not fair that I am free, but the law supports me,” said 16-year old Borislav shortly after he was released from detention. “I am very grateful there’re so many loopholes in the system.” A little over a year ago, he killed the 12-year old Tzvetan at a tram stop […]
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Mato Grosso do Sul en llamas
Written by oscarguarin
Abstract: Mato Grosso do Sul is in flames. Kaiowa Guarani Indians have announced in a statement its imminent demise. The reason is a Regional Federal Court judgment that mandating that 30 families leave their territories. The situation has become more serious due to threats by the landowners, and incursions of […]
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Noam Chomsky Lectures on the “grim shadows” facing the world today
Written by Sara Elkamel
World-renowned linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky spoke to 1000 Egyptians at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on 23 October in a lecture entitled “Emerging World Order and the Arab Spring.” The event’s location was quiet poetic; at the AUC’s Tahrir Square campus, an eclectic audience with politicians, journalists, activists and students […]
