How have global economic developments affected security and social struggle? What have been the impacts of the recent global economic crisis? Pitt students will discuss the impacts of the recent global economic crisis and how the economy affects security decision making with peers at American University of Cairo (AUC). The Egyptian students are enrolled in an interdisciplinary global issues course at AUC.

Please read the following articles before the dialogue series.
(1) What is Neoliberalism? A Brief Definition for Activists by Elizabeth Martinez and Arnoldo Garcia
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=376

(2) How Neoliberalism Created an Age of Activism by Juan Cole|
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/20111114131340415929.html

(3) Neoliberal Egypt: The Hijacked Revolution by Jason Hickel
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/201232784226830522.html