Has America Become a “House Divided?”
Do political squabbles and different worldviews reveal an underlying fault line that threatens the system that permitted it to develop?
STI organizes and sponsors experts meetings of some dozen scholars from a variety of disciplines to study and debate specific issues of current social significance. The conferences are held over a two-and-a-half day period at any one of a number of prestigious universities around the world. They are developed under the oversight of an Academic Leader – a professor expert in the field under consideration. The Academic Leader defines the topic to be studied, poses the principal inquiries, identifies and invites the best thinkers on the issue – representing different disciplines and nationalities, directs contributions, leads discussion and oversees the resulting publication.
Do political squabbles and different worldviews reveal an underlying fault line that threatens the system that permitted it to develop?
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