Since 1995 there have been no forward-looking and realistic program of action to promote the goals of the 1995 Middle East Resolution. Remarkably, regional powers are yet to contemplate on concrete steps toward implementing the resolution due to complex security dynamics and daunting geopolitics that have stymied previous efforts for decades. A combination of regional challenges and opportunities to implement the 1995 Middle East Resolution provide reasons to revisit the concept of the zone and suggest next steps that could lead to progress. The paper concludes that peace and security are both sides of the same coin and suggests practical mechanisms; inter alia, the establishment of parallel processes between efforts to establish a WMDFZ and peaceful relations in the Middle East.

People Foy Hubert Researcher Dr. Patricia Lewis Supervisor Interviews with Dr. Randy Rydell and Amb. Shaker I Mohammed

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Related Links MIIS CNS Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Clearinghouse Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Randy, Rydell. Arms Control Today. April 2005. Background Note: Iran. US State Department. Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East. April 2006. UN. 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. UN. NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES. July 2010. Mohamed, Said. Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs. November 2002. IAEA. Strengthening the NPT and World Security Remarks by President Barack Obama. Prague, Czech Republic. US DoD: Nuclear Posture Review.

Downloads Hubert, Foy. Towards a Verified Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone: Challenges and Next Steps UN GA Resolution 3472 Egypt’s NPT Working Paper Tariq, Rauf, and Johnson Rebecca. “Nonproliferation Review/Fall” Steps Toward a Middle East WMD Free Zone 2005 NPT Review Conference: Reasons and Consequences of Failure and Options for Repair Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes The 2010 NPT Review Conference: Deconstructing Consensus

During my study abroad experience with SIT’s Development and Social Change program in Cameroon, I spent six weeks in Ngaoundéré, a large town in the country’s Muslim North. Using surveys, interviews, and secondary materials I examined the relationship between the national secular legal system and traditional Islamic Fulbe law. My goal was to explore the balance between the two systems and identify areas of tension.

People Eleanor Johnstone Researcher Michael Sheridan Associate Professor of Anthropology & Sponsor

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According to Howard Zehr (2002), “Restorative justice is a process to involve, to the extent possible, those who have a stake in a specific offense and to collectively identify and address harms, needs, and obligations, in order to heal and put things as right as possible.” We propose various methods of incorporating restorative practices into the Middlebury College judicial system.

People Ben Manger ’11, Philosophy Dana Callahan ’13, Biology Matthew George ’12.5, Biology Clayton Paschke ’13, Sociology Researchers Jon Kidde Sponsor, Sociology & Anthropology

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Oaths play an important role in our modern society from swearing-in procedures to Middlebury’s own Honor Code. A thousand years ago, oaths had a much larger role in early medieval society. Oaths were used to create artificial bonds between people. These bonds were the glue that kept the often violent early medieval society from falling apart. My study focuses on the social history of the oaths in northwestern Viking Age Europe through a close examination of Norse Sagas and French and English epics.

People Christopher Rogers Researcher Louisa Burnham Associate Professor of History & Advisor

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The use of perspective taking, loosely defined as checking in with another person’s point of view, inhibits aggressive responding. The present study investigates two specific perspective-taking methods: Imagine-Other, which involves imagining how another person feels by trying to understand the situation from his/her point of view, and Imagine-Self, which involves coming to know the other’s perspective by imagining oneself in the other person’s situation.

People Aviva Bannerman Researcher Suzanne Gurland Assistant Professor of Psychology & Advisor

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