Publications & Research

NGOs in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Partners in Peace?

Dr. Patrice McMahon
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Associate Professor, Political Science

ANALYSIS - May 23, 2013

In post-conflict countries, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are not the first thing that you notice, but their presence is striking. Visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina in the fall of 2000—almost five years after the horrific violence ended—I was amazed by both the number and the diversity of NGOs working throughout the battle-weary country.

 
Better, Yet Still Unequal: Revisiting Women's Progress in Higher Education

Dr. Nelly Stromquist
The University of Maryland
Professor, International Education Policy

ANALYSIS - March 19, 2013

Drastic transformations in the higher education landscape are underway throughout the world. In today’s promised “knowledge society,” higher education is an essential path to professional and managerial positions, which—for the most part—pay higher salaries than other jobs in the marketplace. All over the world, participation in higher education has been increasing...

 
Gulen Institute Youth Platform 2013

"Hospitality in the Global Village"

Washington DC
April 8-12, 2013

 

 

 

 
The Peacekeeping Economy: Achieving National and International Security through Economic Policy

Dr. Lloyd J. Dumas
The University of Texas at Dallas
Professor of Political Economy, Economics, and Public Policy

ANALYSIS - October 25, 2012

Political security is primarily a matter of relationships, not military power. This is easy enough to demonstrate: during the Cold War, the American military spent a great deal of effort and trillions of dollars building weapons and structuring forces to deter the Soviet Union from attacking the U.S. or its major allies with nuclear weapons. For much of that time, both France and Britain had enough ...

 
  • Joshua M. LandisDirector, Center for Middle East Studies
    University of Oklahoma
    April 30, 2012
    "The Syrian revolution: where is it headed?"
  • William PowersPresident, University of Texas at Austin
    January 18, 2012
    "Nurturing the Soul of a Public Research University"
  • Greg MeyersTrustee for District VI, Houston ISD
    November 22, 2011
    "Working Hard to become the Best School District in the Nation"
  • James C. HarringtonFounder, Texas Civil Rights Project
    November 1, 2011
    "Turkey's Struggle for Greater Democracy"
  • Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.October 13, 2011
    "Belonging together, Praying for peace, Legislating for change"
  • Jeffrey O. Baldwin, Sr.US Customs and Border Protection
    September 29, 2011
    "Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection Ten Years Later"
  • Hon. James Baker III61st U.S. Secretary of State
    May 20, 2008
    "Leadership"
  • Hon. Madeleine Albright64th U.S. Secretary of State
    December 2, 2008
    "In Conversation with Madeleine Albright"
  • Hon. Vicente Fox55th President of Mexico
    May 3, 2011
    "Leadership and Spirituality in America"
  • Gülen Institute Youth Platform 2011Award Ceremony and Washington, D.C. trip
    April 4-8, 2011
  • His Excellency Nelson MandelaFormer President of South Africa
    Recipient, "Gulen Institute Peace Award 2010"
  • Mayor Annise ParkerCity of Houston
    October 7, 2010
    "Top ten priorities of Houston"
  • Hon. Kofi AnnanFmr. Secretary-General, the United Nations
    April 12, 2010
    "The Global Compact: Business and Sustainable Development"
  • Fethullah GülenTurkish-Muslim scholar, thinker, author, poet, opinion leader and educational activist
  • U.S. Congressman Hon. Ted PoeApril 28, 2008 "Congressional Update and Reflections on His Recent Trip to Iraq"

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