This PowerPoint Gallery, created while teaching a course on Middle East political and legal reform at the University of California-Irvine, reflects a creative endeavor to bring the material to life in the classroom.
In an increasingly inter-connected world where transnational crime, corruption, terrorism and nuclear proliferation pose a grave threat to the security of fragile regimes, these PowerPoint slides highlight the importance of the rule of law and good governance as a robust countervailing force in the creation of a sustainable human security framework.
Presented in an engaging multi-media format, this PowerPoint series covers wide-ranging topics such as the reasons for the persistent authoritarian impulse in the Middle East, the compatibility of Islam and democracy, and the challenges the United States continues to face in the region.
Your host and creative source behind the slides, Sal Kasm, grants full permission to use all the PowerPoint presentations for public educational purposes only.
Share the knowledge and help shape a more just global social and political order -- enjoy!
Please click here for the course SYLLABUS and WEB PAGE.
The next set of PowerPoint slides examine the Iran nuclear weapons issue and propose a diplomatic structure for constructive engagement. Perhaps no other dilemma in the Middle East at the present time, with the exception of the Arab-Israeli conflict, demands our immediate attention. Value-based reasonable discourse, coupled with level-headed diplomacy entrenched in the rule of law, is the most prudent path that can propel us in the direction of real reconciliation.
In order to secure international peace and security globally, all nations ought to unequivocally embrace the wording of Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and move towards complete nuclear disarmament.