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to have to negotiate for the construction of the new democratic state,” he says. “The question that lies before us, then, is can they actually negotiate and form a society and a state that embraces two tendencies that are somewhat oppositional?”
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He sees the beginnings of that in Tunisia, where he traveled in November 2011. “There’s hope on the leadership level,” Larémont says. “What we don’t know yet is what’s happening at the grassroots youth level. What will happen among those 18 to 35? These are the people who led the revolutions in Libya, in Tunisia and in Egypt.”
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Larémont places enormous importance on the young people in each of the Arab Spring nations. Some of what he sees is encouraging, particularly his demographic analysis of North Africa, which allows him to forecast far less turbulence within the next couple of decades. “While we are in a period of crisis now, what I predict is that 20 years from now this
been a shift of investment in favor will basically pass,” he says. “FertilLake of Morocco, which is comparatively ity rates are dropping rapidly in the Glor Nyasa Lubumbashi Moroni stable region.” ANGOLA and closer to the European COMOROS Ndola Mayotte Lilongwe market. ZAMBIA MALAWI Namibe Lusaka For example, Tunisia’s fertility rate Blantyre Juan de Nova Island — the average number of children The U.S. perspective Harare MOZAMBIQUE Antananarivo born to a woman over her lifetime Larémont seesZIMBABWE Spring as a the Arab Mozambique Beira — is 1.8, below the replacement NAMIBIA Bassas Channel positive development for the United Bulawayo da India MADAGASCA rate. In Algeria, it’s 2.1, which isWindhoek States BOTSWANA interest in democracy and its Europa Walvis Bay Island close to the replacement rate. That around the world. “These are moveGaborone brings socioeconomic stability. “If ments that were initiated by ordinary Pretoria Maputo Johannesburg the fertility rate is 2.8 and higher, the citizens who are basically saying they Mbabane SWAZILAND LESOTHO economy simply can’t catch up with have had enough of authoritarianMaseru SOUTH Durban a burgeoning population,” Larémont ism,” he says. “It looks a lot like the AFRICA says. “If the fertility rate drops to 2 Eastern European revolutions of or 1.9, that means that as long as the Town1992. In that way, it’s a very good Cape Port economy continues to grow, you’ll be thing for us.” Elizabeth able to satisfy demands.” There will be challenges as American In addition, he says, levels of edudiplomats and security analysts work cational achievement are rising in to understand the dynamic between North Africa, particularly for womthe secularists and the more moderen, which enables them to exercise ate Islamists, Larémont says. “The more control over their fertility. assessment that has to be made is Based on fertility rates, Larémont whether you’re going to yield more says, he can predict stability in most results working with these democratof these countries except for Egypt. ic movements or working to sustain authoritarianism,” he says. “And the That country’s large population and old security architecture is gone. In troubled tourist economy will pose the final analysis, what is happening serious challenges to the new govhere is the expression of the will of ernment there. Meanwhile, there has the people.”
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012
Contents
About Binghamton Research
Welcome
Briefs
Digital defenders
Jockeying for genetic advantage
The unfiltered truth
Spring awakening
Wall Street watchdog
Principles of the universe demand principled engineers
Engineering and Science Building
Graduate research
Undergraduate research
A piece of the puzzle
Crossword puzzle
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Contents (Page 1)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - About Binghamton Research (Page 2)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Welcome (Page 3)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Briefs (Page 4)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Briefs (Page 5)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Briefs (Page 6)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Digital defenders (Page 8)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Digital defenders (Page 9)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Digital defenders (Page 11)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Digital defenders (Page 12)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Digital defenders (Page 13)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Jockeying for genetic advantage (Page 14)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Jockeying for genetic advantage (Page 15)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Jockeying for genetic advantage (Page 18)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - The unfiltered truth (Page 20)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - The unfiltered truth (Page 21)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - The unfiltered truth (Page 22)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - The unfiltered truth (Page 23)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Spring awakening (Page 24)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Spring awakening (Page 25)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Spring awakening (Page 26)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Spring awakening (Page 27)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Wall Street watchdog (Page 30)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Wall Street watchdog (Page 31)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Wall Street watchdog (Page 32)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Wall Street watchdog (Page 33)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Principles of the universe demand principled engineers (Page 34)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Principles of the universe demand principled engineers (Page 35)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Principles of the universe demand principled engineers (Page 36)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Principles of the universe demand principled engineers (Page 37)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Engineering and Science Building (Page 38)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Engineering and Science Building (Page 39)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Graduate research (Page 40)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Undergraduate research (Page 42)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - A piece of the puzzle (Page 44)
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Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - A piece of the puzzle (Page 46)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - A piece of the puzzle (Page 47)
Binghamton Research Magazine - Spring/Summer 2012 - Crossword puzzle (Page 48)
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