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Many new students - whose first political act was to protest against the war in Iraq - are consumed by anti-Americanism, he says, and refuse to distinguish between the American people and the U.S. government. Suspicion also clouds the thinking of some university administrators. When Gunlög Fur, a professor of history at Sweden's Växjö University, tried to set up an American-studies program, the board of governors turned her down. "I got some fairly confrontational questions," she recalls. "They asked, 'Is this program meant to promote the United States...
...spirit of critique is so strong among those studying the U.S. that academics now sometimes refer to the subject as anti-American studies. Students often gravitate toward research areas like Native American history, where even the most pro-American teachers would be hard-pressed to praise historic government policies. When Grünzweig speaks with wary students, he tries to make it clear that they are entirely free to criticize the U.S. "Doctors don't like diseases," he says, "but they know it's important to deal with them...
...might not just be simple anti-Americanism at work in parts of Western Europe. "Any program has its peaks and troughs," says Heidi Macpherson, chair of the British Association for American Studies. The current trough in Britain, she argues, can be partially explained by confusion over what the degree entails, and the introduction of fees that have pushed students toward more vocational majors. Still, since 2000, the popularity of other disciplines such as Middle Eastern and Chinese studies has more than doubled in British universities, even as interest in the U.S. has faded. Says Tim Wright, president of the British...
According to Dershowitz, there are three root causes of this anti-Israeli sentiment: Israel is a Jewish state; Israel is an ally of the US, and suffers from “veiled anti-Americanism”; and Israel does not produce oil, making the state useless...
...been battling a small, but stubborn jump in inflation. Inflation is absurdly low when compared to the seven digits from the 1980s, but it still has Peruvians worried because at 5.3% through September it is more than double the initial forecast for the year. The administration has reacted with anti-inflationary policies, cutting expenses and reducing government, which seem oddly out of touch with the rhetoric about the country's economy, which is otherwise booming. The economy has expanded by nearly 10% monthly since Garcia took office and indicators even during the international financial meltdown look good. Peru...