"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

Highlights of a summer in malawi

Biographical

Research Interests: 

US foreign policy, security and development in Africa, Afghanistan, political theory, unconventional warfare.

Education: 

M.A. Regional Security Studies. Naval Postgraduate School - projected 2009.

B.A., International Political Economy. University of California - Berkeley, May 2006

Publications: 

Developments in Education Tested by Violence,” The Culture & Conflict Review, Vol. 1, No. 2. Dec. 2007.

The New Young Pioneers”.  Publication forthcoming

Apathy Towards Justice”. Voices. Spring 2004, Vol. 5, #1.

“The Mongol Influence on Kievan Russ” 7th Annual Research Conference, Face to Face with the Slavs.  UCLA. May 2004.

Professional Positions:

Research Associate. Program for Culture & Conflict Studies, Naval Postgraduate School. 

Vice-President.  Sports Alliance of Malawi (SAM), Inc.  2007.

Treasurer.  Amnesty International Club, Santa Monica College.  2002 - 2003.  “Child Soldiers in the Congo”

United States Marine Corps, 1997 - 2001.  E-5.  Marine Security Guard Battalion - State Department.

Papers:

¨ Chained to the Outpost of Liberty, The Consequence of Freedom in the American Revolution.  May 2006.

¨ Union Under an Elite Consciousness, an Analysis of Marx and Veblen. Nov. 2006.

¨ Is Democracy the Answer for the Middle East?  Nov. 2006.

¨ Creating Citizen Soldiers.  The Normalization of Violence in Corporate Entertainment.  May 2005.

¨ Triumph of the Will: A Warning to the World.  May. 2005

¨ The Engineering of Nationality Under Perestroika. Nov. 2005

¨ China and Russia on Divergent Paths.  Dec. 2004.

 

 

Matthew Dearing