Taking sides. Clashing views on global issues / [selected, edited and with issue framing material by] James E. Harf and Mark Owen Lombardi

Includes bibliographical references

Unit 1. Global Population and Resources. Issue: Is Global Aging a Major Problem? -- Yes. Global aging and the crisis of the 2020s / Neil Howe and Richard Jackson -- No. Age invaders / The Economist -- Issue: Will the World Be Able to Feed Itself in the Foreseeable Future? -- Yes. The state of food insecurity in the world / Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations -- No. The future of food and farming : challenges and choices for global sustainability / The British Government Office for Science -- Issue: Can the Global Community Successfully Confront the Global Water Shortage? -- Yes. Progress on sanitation and drinking water : 2015 update and MDG assessment / UNICEF and World Health Organization -- No. Water for a sustainable world / World Water Assessment Programme -- Issue: Is the Global Oil Crisis of the Last Half-Century Over? -- Yes. Peak oil : theory or myth? / Marc Lallanilla -- No. Peak oil is dead. Long live peak oil! / Michael T. Klare -- Issue: Is the Paris Climate Change Agreement a Good Deal? -- Yes. The road from Paris / European Commission -- No. Paris : the treaty that dare not speak its name / Rupert Darwall --

Unit 2. Expanding Global Forces and Movements. Issue: Will the International Community be Able to Successfully Address the ZIKA Virus Pandemic? -- Yes. Zika : strategic response framework & joint operations plan / World Health Organization -- No. Zika virus spreading explosively, says World Health Organization / Matthew Weaver and Sally Desmond -- Issue: Is the International Community Making Effective Progress in Securing Global Human Rights? -- Yes. The global human rights regime / The Council on Foreign Relations -- No. Amnesty International report 2014/15 : the state of the world's human rights / Amnesty International -- Issue: Do Adequate Strategies Exist to Combat Human Trafficking? -- Yes. How big data battles human trafficking / Tierney Sneed -- No. Global report on trafficking in persons 2014 / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -- Issue: Should the United States and the West Address the Syrian Refugee Crisis by Allowing Them to Migrate to the West? -- Yes. The United States and the Syrian refugee crisis : a plan of action / Michael Ignatieff -- No. The controversy over Syrian refugees misses the question we should be asking / Andrew C. McCarthy -- Issue: Is Global Income Inequality on the Rise in the International Community? -- Yes. An economy for the 1% / Oxfam Report -- No. Income inequality : poverty falling faster than ever but the 1% are racing ahead / Max Roser -- Issue: Is Social Media Becoming the Most Powerful Force in International Politics? -- Yes. Social media as a formidable force for change / Ritu Sharma -- No. Is ISIS's social-media power exaggerated? / Kathy Gilsinan -- Issue: Are Cyber-groups Terrorists or a Potential Force for Good? -- Yes. The Sony hackers are terrorists / David Auerbach -- No. Anonymous just might make all the difference in attacking ISIS / Evan Schuman --

Unit 3: The New Global Security Dilemma. Issue: Is Cyber Warfare the Future of War? -- Yes. Why the next world war will be a cyberwar first, and a shooting war second / David Gewirtz -- No. Cyberwar and peace : hacking can reduce real-world violence / Thomas Rid -- Issue: Are Russia and the United States in a New Cold War? -- Yes. Why a new cold war with Russia is inevitable / Andrej Krickovic and Yuval Weber -- No. Debunked : why there won't be another cold war / Matthew Rojansky and Rachel S. Salzman -- Issue: Can ISIS Be Defeated in the Near Future? -- Yes. How ISIS can be defeated / Max Boot -- No. 5 reasons the U.S. cannot defeat ISIS / Aaron David Miller -- Issue: Is the Iran Nuclear Program Agreement Good for America and for the World? -- Yes. Remarks on nuclear agreement with Iran / John Kerry -- No. Future risks of an Iran nuclear deal / David E. Sanger and Michael R. Gordon -- Issue: Is the European Union in Danger of Disintegrating? -- Yes. The European Union may be on the verge of collapse / John Feffer -- No. How the financial crisis made Europe stronger / Kalin Anev Janse -- Issue: Is China the Next Superpower? -- Yes. China : witnessing the birth of a superpower / Jonathan Watts -- No. China's long road to superpower status / Jonathan Adelman -- Issue: Should the International Community Preempt Against North Korea? -- Yes. Time to actively deter North Korea / Patrick M. Cronin -- No. North Korea : don't pick a fight we can't win / Jeong Lee