18th Annual Summer Institute for Teachers Teaching Contemporary Global Issues A Resource Packet for Educators Compiled by: Katelyn Carson World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Table of Contents ________________________________________________ Speakers .................................................................................................................................................... 3-4 Transnational Threats ................................................................................................................................... 5 Islamic State/ISIS ....................................................................................................................................... 5-6 Crisis in Syria ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Instability in the Wider MENA Region ............................................................................................................. 8 Threats to Stability in Europe: Russia/Ukraine Crisis ........................................................................................ 9 Threats to Stability in Europe: Populism, Extremism, and Debt .................................................................... 9-10 Nepal .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Cybersecurity .............................................................................................................................................. 12 What Is Genocide? ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Genocide and Mass Atrocities in the 20th Century ....................................................................................... 13-14 Genocide and Mass Atrocities in the Present Day ....................................................................................... 15-16 What Are Human Rights? ............................................................................................................................. 17 Reading List on Transnational Threats, Genocide & Human Rights .............................................................. 18-19 Suggested Sources for Further Information .................................................................................................... 20 Symbols to Know Please Note: Maps The views expressed in any of the articles and resources listed in this Lesson plans and other guide belong solely to the authors curriculum resources and do not necessarily reflect any position(s) held by the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. Videos World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Page | 2 Resource Packet - Teaching Contemporary Global Issues Speakers Thomas Sanderson Thomas Sanderson directs the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which “assesses terror, insurgent, and criminal networks and the impact of government responses through targeted field work and an extensive network of specialists.” http://csis.org/expert/thomas-m-sanderson Via CSIS Interviews/Media Publications Fall of Ramadi Raises Doubts Key Elements of the Counterterrorism Challenge (Part About US Strategy in Iraq – CCTV: of: Religious Radicalism after the Arab Uprisings) – 5/19/15 12/15/14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhNx http://csis.org/publication/key-elements-counterterrorism- hR8jFt8&feature=youtu.be challenge A Delta Force Assault on ISIS – 5/18/15 The Challenge of Deterring ISIS – 11/13/14 http://csis.org/publication/delta-force- assault-isis http://csis.org/files/publication/141117_Sanderson.pdf “After drone deaths, where do we go from here?” – MSNBC: 4/23/15 http://www.msnbc.com/the- cycle/watch/where-do-we-go-from- here--433137219999 World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Page | 3 Resource Packet - Teaching Contemporary Global Issues Speakers Angela Bruce-Raeburn Angela Bruce-Raeburn is Chief Executive Officer of the Raeburn Consulting Group. She previously served as program officer at The Stanley Foundation, where she oversaw programming geared toward preventing genocide and mass atrocities, and as senior policy adviser for Humanitarian Response in Haiti at Oxfam America. http://old.worldpittsburgh.org/nu_upload/Angela_Bruce-Raeburn_Bio.pdf Publications Interviews/Media The truth behind the numbers: Why Haiti did not dodge a bullet with Tropical Storm Isaac – 8/31/12 http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2012/08/why- haiti-did-not-dodge-bullet-with-isaac/ A Global Summitry Project Interview: Global Action Against Mass The chicken or the egg? Lessons from aid in Haiti – 1/5/2012 Atrocity Crimes – 3/30/14 http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2012/01/the- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlucGc chicken-or-the-egg-lessons-from-aid-in-haiti/ orrHQ Ford Hall Forum: Haiti and Aid Effectiveness – 3/31/12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di67 POQSxWU World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Page | 4 Resource Packet - Teaching Contemporary Global Issues Transnational Threats The Transnational Threats Project at CSIS focuses on terror, insurgent, and criminal networks. What Are Transnational Other commonly-cited threats include the Threats? proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and cyberwarfare. http://csis.org/program/transnational-threats-project Hybrid threats are also emerging as globalization leads to increasing convergence between criminal networks and ideologically-oriented groups. Islamic State/ISIS What is Islamic State? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29052144 ISIS’ Advance in Iraq A BBC primer on the Islamic State, including its origins, resources, and http://www.ft.com/ig/sites/2014/isis- beliefs. map/ An interactive map showing the territories controlled by ISIS and those CFR Backgrounders: The Islamic State controlled by the Kurds, updated periodically to show areas of recent http://www.cfr.org/iraq/islamic-state/p14811 fighting Basic background information on The Islamic State. 27 Maps That Explain the Crisis in Iraq What ISIS Really Wants http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain- http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis- really- crisis-iraq wants/384980/ Vox uses maps to represent the historical, religious, ethnic, and political The Atlantic explores the Islamic State’s “carefully considered beliefs” complexities that helped lead to the rise and what they mean for its overall strategy as well as for potential of ISIS in 2014. strategies to defeat the group. Battle for Iraq and Syria in Maps http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle- east-27838034 The Middle East Quasi-State System The BBC maintains this frequently http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey- updated collection of useful maps and cage/wp/2014/05/27/the-middle-east-quasi-state-system/ graphs showing information about ISIS’ A look at the history of imposed state boundaries in the Middle East territorial gains and losses, locations and and the connection to the rise of “quasi-states” such as the Islamic numbers of airstrikes, origins of foreign fighters, refugees, and key strategic State and the Kurdish Regional Government. areas. World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh Page | 5 Resource Packet - Teaching Contemporary Global Issues Islamic State/ISIS The Islamic State https://news.vice.com/show/the- islamic-state Vice Magazine’s Peabody Award- The ISIS Threat: Teaching About the Complex War Raging in Iraq winning film from 2014 detailing the and Syria rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/the-isis-threat-teaching-about-the- Syria. The film is available to watch in complex-war-raging-in-iraq-and-syria/?_r=0 A lesson plan from The New York Times “Learning Network” (created September five separate segments as well in its 2014) utilizing NYT content to teach about the situation in Iraq and Syria. full-length version (run time 42:32 minutes). Teaching with the News - ISIS: A New Threat http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn/twtn-isis.php On the Frontline of Libya's Fight The Choices Program at Brown University provides this lesson plan and curriculum materials (created in September 2014) for teaching about the ISIS threat, focusing Against the Islamic State particularly on political cartoons and media coverage. The lesson includes https://news.vice.com/article/on-the- handouts, videos, and suggestions for discussion and activities. frontline-of-libyas-fight-against-the- islamic-state Vice News looks at Libyan groups’ PBS Newshour Extra: ISIS Archive http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/tag/isis/ attempts to combat the spread of Resources for teaching about ISIS, featuring video clips of recent news reports and Islamic State amidst the ongoing chaos accompanying questions for classroom discussion. of the Libyan Civil War. Teenagers and Extremism: Investigating the ISIS Recruitment Pipeline Cutting off ISIS' Cash Flow http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/teenagers-and-extremism- investigating-the-isis-recruitment-pipeline/ http://www.brookings.edu/blogs A lesson plan from The New York Times “Learning Network” (created March 2015) /markaz/posts/2014/10/24-lister- utilizing NYT content to teach about why so many foreign teenagers try to join cutting-off-isis-jabhat-al-nusra-cash- ISIS and how the recruitment pipeline makes it possible for them to do so. flow Charles Lister of The Brookings Institution explains one of the primary problems in combatting ISIS: