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我们在这个问题上的区域性重点通常是在巴尔干，中亚，东欧和中东的，但目前的阵容中尤其缺乏有关前往中东旅行的文章（除了加入考古学外，在约旦挖）。可悲的是，这并不奇怪，因为该地区已经是夏季在黎巴嫩在以色列和真主党之间战斗的悲惨爆发之前已经是一个火焰箱。

和平总统克林顿现在在中东工作似乎一如既往地遥不可及。但是，从这个问题的内容来看，我看到了希望的光线。关于波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那等国家战后复兴的文章提醒我，即使是最残酷的种族清洗，人类也能够恢复自身。

The volunteer experiences throughout this issue also illustrate the tremendous power of individuals to make a difference: You need no better example than Matt Bolton and Emily Welty’s article on the tireless dedication, resilience, and optimism of aid workers to help improve the world’s most desperate situations. Other articles, such as Steve Cook’s account of starting a small community-based nonprofit to help improve children’s lives in Albania, illustrate anthropologist Margaret Mead’s famous quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

为了使我们能够在使世界变得更美好的地方所需的信息中，贡献编辑Volker Poelzl为他的国外生活指南增加了“全球意识的资源”。他在《指南的介绍》中写道：“花时间了解其他文化并在所有差异中寻求共同基础，这是我们在建设中可以采取的最好的步骤之一……更加和平的未来。”

有关如何使您的国际过渡成功的更多有用信息，我建议您访问最近扩展的TransitionSabroad.com居住区。金宝搏8世界您会发现全面的产品country-specificcontent, resources, and links.

If you are planning to uproot anytime soon to join the approximately 8 million Americans currently living and working abroad (according to The New American Expat by William Russell Melton, Intercultural Press, and excluding military personnel), you’ll find no better preparatory resources than those compiled and annotated by work abroad editor William Nolting. In this resource section, and in the articles throughout this issue, you’ll also find information on long-term volunteering (a month or more) as an alternative to work or as a stepping-stone along your career path. In the next issue, Transitions Abroad November/December, we’ll turn our attention to short-term volunteer vacations and in Transitions Abroad January/February to short-term jobs.

-Sherry Schwarz