A major exporter of oil and natural gas, Central Asia occupies a prominent place in the global economy. While the region has great potential for wealth, most Central Asians remain among the poorest people in the world. This unit explores the extraordinary range of challenges facing Central Asia and encourages students to reflect on what might be done to solve them.
FSI researchers examine the role of energy sources from regulatory, economic and societal angles. The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) investigates how the production and consumption of energy affect human welfare and environmental quality. Professors assess and markets, as well as the and how to create effective climate policy in an imperfect world. This includes how – like oil companies – affect energy markets around the world. are examined for understanding obstacles to lowering carbon in energy services. Realistic policies in California are studied, as is the creation of a giant in China.
This unit introduces students to a range of topics and activities that are essential to the study of geography such as map analysis and comparison, migration and perceptions of regions, interactions between humans and the environment and their implications, and urban growth and energy consumption.
This unit contains lectures, originally given at 91³Ô¹Ï by leading scholars , and accompanying lessons strive to educate students about the past, present, and future implications of weapons of mass destruction by introducing them to the history, policies, ideologies, and strategies involved in decision making in this area.
Small-group activities encourage students to become historians as they evaluate letters from Hernando Cortés, poetry from the Aztecs, and pictures of the Danza de la Conquista. They come away from this unit with a richer knowledge of the Aztec/Spanish encounters; an understanding of concepts such as bias, perspective, interpretation, and balance; and an appreciation for the complexity of writing history.
This simulation of international trade focuses on the concept of interdependence and allows students to experience firsthand the kinds of cooperation and conflict that are generated among the nations of the world as they negotiate to obtain needed resources.
Note: This unit is part of the Teaching with Simulations bundle.