EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING

Friday, November 6th, 2009

METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER AND ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY
DENVER, COLORADO
OCTOBER 19-21, 2000

Theme:
THE THIRD WORLD IN THE 21st CENTURY:

Lessons from the Past, Perspectives on the Future

CO-SPONSORS
Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership, Metropolitan State College of Denver;
Center for International Studies, Georgia Southern University;
Georgia Southwestern State University;
and Georgia Consortium, Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAX SIERRA LEONA: A TYPOLOGY OF THE CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF PEACE IN SIERRA LEONEAN LANGUAGES
AbduI Karim Bangura
15
AMERICAN INDIANS’ RELATIONSHIPS WITH OVERSEAS INDIGENOUS AND THIRD WORLD PEOPLES
Stephen Buggie.
21
SUPPLIERS TO MULTINATIONALS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
Enrique E. Cahua, Robert H. Todd, Spencer P. Magleby, William C. Giquque, and Carl D. Sorenson
29
KASHMIR: VOLCANO OF SOUTH ASIA AND DANGER OF NUCLEAR WAR
A.Z. Hilali
37
THE UNITED STATES AND ECUADOR: THE GENESIS OF A RELATIONSHIP
GeorgeM.Lauderbaugh
49
SOCIAL BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS AS DETERMINANTS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE ARAB POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN PALESTINE UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE
Taysir Nashif
57
“FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN”: INTERROGATING WESTERN LITERARY PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN DICTATORSHIP, A READING OF GILES FODEN’S THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Joyce Wambui Nyairo
61
USING THE PAST TO CREATE THE FUTURE: THE BELIZE ARTS COUNCIL
Michael D. Phillips
69
INDIA ECONOMIC REFORMS: AN EVALUATION
K.C.Reddy and Yassaman Saadatmand
75
LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND THE DEGRADATION OF THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES: THE AFRICA EXPERIENCE
Adjai Robinson
81
WILDERNESS AND WITCHCRAFT: GENDERED ENCOUNTERS IN PRE-COLONIAL ANGOLA IN THE CAREER OF NJINGA OF MATAMBA
Cathy Skidmore-Hess
89
INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING AND THE LONG ROAD TO STATEHOOD: THE CASE OF EAST TIMOR
Daniel C. Turack
93