• The New York Times’ (12/10/13) Parag Khanna opines about the world of the future, where nation-states have become obsolete.

• The New York Times (09/10/13) also reports on the growing extremism in Kenya, in particular among the country’s “own neglected, disaffected Muslim population.”

• The Global Jewish News Source (08/10/13) analyses the political milieu in Quebec and how Quebecois nationalism affects the region’s Jewish community.

• The Independent (08/10/13) reports that the English Defence League (EDL) founders have quit their own party because it had become too extreme.

• Eurasia Review (08/10/13) examines “the ways in which Russian national identity has been constructed by contemporary Russian historians and reflected upon in the widely disseminated official texts, such as school history textbooks.”

• Al Jazeera (07/10/13) reports that Israel’s Conservative political parties are supporting controversial changes to school curriculum and textbooks with regard to Israeli-Palestinian history.

Stay tuned for SEN Article Spotlights, which will be posted later in the week.

News compiled by Karen Seegobin.

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