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Sheba Center for Strategic Studies (SCSS) is an independent non-profitable think-tank that is distinguished by international and up-to-date standards in terms of its structure, management, instruments and expected outputs. SCSS’s plans have been drawn to positively be reflected on the state and society in Yemen. Its outputs also supposed to support the decision makers in political and civil societies in forms of data, research, reports, analyses, scenarios and alternatives, which contribute in rationalizing decision making process for the country's benefit. On the other hand, SCSS works closely to and interactively with various Yemeni research and academic institutions.


Mission & Vision

Mission
To provide the decision makers in Yemen with rational policy alternatives.

Vision
To bridge the gap between policy making and knowledge by promoting the rational way of thinking and providing timely analyses; researches and in-depth strategic insights.


Objectives

  1. Addressing right questions on strategic, political, economic and social issues related to Yemen and the region.
  2. Adopting pertinent scientific and rational methodology in researching and thinking, far from traditional scholastic approaches.
  3. Revisiting the imposed western theories and concepts on Arab societies in order to envisage suitable conceptual frameworks.
  4. Re-identifying priorities according to the importance of subjects being addressed in research arena.
  5. Capitalizing all capacities available to contribute to knowledge accumulation.
  6. Supporting studies and activities that may improve education and liberate curricula from instructive and obsolete perceptions and enhance criticism.
  7. Taking the initiative to re-identify relationship with the other (particularly, The West) by understanding its positive features and abandoning it as a unified and obscure bloc.
  8. Making future studies and providing anticipated or prospectus scenarios then creating alternatives for decision maker in Yemen.

COMMING EVENTS: Workshop on Extremism Among Youth in Yemen    

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Sheba Center for Strategic Studies (SCSS) is organizing a workshop on:
" Extremism Among Youth in Yemen 29 May 2008"

The workshop sheds the light on the phenomenon of extremism among youth in Yemen and concludes some recommendations on how to prevent and deal with extremism. The submitted papers, however, investigate the issue of extremism from different disciplinary approaches.
The attendees compromise government officials, diplomats, renowned academics, and international organizations' representatives.


Title:Extremism Phenomenon among Youth in Yemen.

Venue:
Sheba Center for Strategic Studies, (please follow the map).

Date: May 29 2008.

Organizer: Sheba Center for Strategic Studies.

Language: The Language of presentation is Arabic with English interpretation on site.

Participation: The workshop is only open by invitation.

Themes:

1.Problematic Conceptualization.
2.The Role of Social Breeding (Family, School, and Mosque) in Driving Youth Towards Extremism.
3.Socio-Economic Motives and Causes behind extremism.
4.Exit Strategy and some Proposed Solutions.

Purpose of Workshop:

1.Providing guidance for diagnosing the phenomenon of the extremism and violence among youth in Yemen.
2.Realizing the motives behind the practice of the deviated behaviors.
3.Proposing some recommendations to contribute in eradicating or mitigating the phenomenon and rehabilitating the involved people.
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