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How Do Climate Change Related Natural Disasters Potentially Increase the Risk of Armed Conflicts?
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
There is an extensive discussion about the connections between climate change related disasters and armed conflicts like civil wars. JONATHAN DONGES explains in this video how the research team looked at this relationship in more detail. Their new approach connects natural disasters with large economic effects, po...
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
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How Were Refugees Protected in the Islamic Early Middle Ages?
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
The migration of refugees is not a problem of the twenty-first century. Historian JENNY RAHEL OESTERLE investigates the question of how people in need of protection were treated in the Middle Ages. Her particular focus in this video is the Arabian Peninsula in the early seventh century, specifically the Islamic co...
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
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Looking Toward Home
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directed by Dale Kruzic; produced by Conroy Chino, 1949- and Beverly Morris, fl. 2004, Vision Maker Media (Lincoln, NE: Vision Maker Media, 2004), 57 mins
An increasing number of Native Americans are leaving the Reservation for life in city areas such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and the San Francisco Bay area. The life of urban Indians is shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals as they attempt to maintain their cultural identity while living away...
directed by Dale Kruzic; produced by Conroy Chino, 1949- and Beverly Morris, fl. 2004, Vision Maker Media (Lincoln, NE: Vision Maker Media, 2004), 57 mins
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