Are you tired of simplistic treatment of the world’s most important issues?

So many competing readers offer simple black and white treatment of today’s complex problems. Help your students see the shades of gray.

In this annual reader, CQ Researcher reporters offer students an in-depth and nuanced look at sixteen of today’s most pressing issues, ranging from changes in the Middle East and prospects for peace to climate change and terrorism. Each chapter identifies the key players, explores what’s at stake, and offers necessary background and analysis so students understand how past and current developments impact the future of each issue.

Also included:

• Pro/con box that examines two competing sides of a single issue question;
• Detailed chronology;
• Annotated bibliography and web resources; and
• Photos, charts, graphs, and maps

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Conflict, Security, and Terrorism

1. Rising Tension Over Iran

2. Emerging Central Asia

3. Future of the Gulf States

4. Resolving Land Disputes

5. Weapons in Space

6. U.S.-Pakistan Relations

7. Foreign Aid and National Security

8. Russia in Turmoil

International Issues

9. Sharia Controversy

10. Peacebuilding

11. Gendercide Crisis

12. Saving Indigenous Peoples

International Political Economy

13. Future of the Euro

14. The Resource Curse

15. Rising Food Prices

16. Youth Unemployment