October 7 CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE (Informal- ALL
participate) "Counterterrorism
Strategies: do we need bombs over bridges?"
Required Reading:
See: Moodle Course Resources (Reserve Article): "Counterterrorism Strategies: do
we need bombs over bridges?"
Yes: Michael Rubin, "More Creative
Military Strategies are Needed"
No: Brigitte L. Nacos, "There is a Need to
Focus More on Building Bridges"
Additional Sources:
Federation of American Scientists
Seth Jones'
"Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan"
"Counterinsurgency
Field Manual" in Small Wars Journal
Rethink Afghanistan
October 21
CRITICAL THINKING PRESENTATION
"Should the United States Support the International Criminal
Court?"
Yes: William L. Nash, "The International
Criminal Court and the Deployment of US Forces"
No: John Bolton, "American Foreign
Policy and the ICC"
Additional Sources:
International
Criminal Court
Rome
Statute
UN:
International Law
United States Constitution
Rwanda Tribunal
US Department of Defense
Find Law
Darfur
October 26 CRITICAL THINKING
PRESENTATION
"Would the World be More Peaceful if Most Heads of State were
Women?"
See: Moodle Course Resources (Reserve
Articles)
Yes: "Women and the Evolution of World Politics," Francis Fukuyama,
Foreign Affairs, Sept./Oct. 98 Francis
Fukuyama, Francis.
No: "Men Hate War, Too, " Barbara Ehrenreich
and "Father Knows Best,"
Katha Pollitt, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb. 99
Additional Sources:
Women in
Government
Women World
Leaders
UNSC Resolution 1325
Women in Politics
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November 16
CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE
"Is Free Trade Good for the Global South?"
Required Reading:
Yes: Mike Moore's "How Trade
Impacts Employment"
No: Timothy Wise's "NAFTA's Untold Stories"
Additional Sources:
Public Citizen
Oxfam
World
Bank
NAFTA
WTO
FTAA
NAFTA at Ten
Mexican
Farmworkers
CATO
November 23 CRITICAL THINKING
PRESENTATION
"Should University Students Mobilize Against Sweatshops?"
Required Reading
See Moodle Course Resources (Reserve
Articles)
Yes: "Progressive Public Relations, Sweatshops and the Net" Bullert,
B.
J.. Political Communication,
Oct./Dec. 2000
No: "Corporate Ethics Crusade," Ethan Kapstein, Foreign Affairs, Sep./Oct.2001
Additional Sources:
Sweatshop Watch
Global Envision
Worker
Rights Consortium
Global Exchange
CATO
WTO
December 7 CRITICAL THINKING PRESENTATION
"Can Business Help to Resolve the World's Water Crisis?"
Required
Reading:
Yes: Fredrik Segerfeldt,
"Water
for Sale" (Moodle Course Resources (Reserve Article)
No: Public Citzen, "Water
Privatization Fiasco"
Additional
Sources:
Sierra Club
Water
Institute
Greens
American
Enterprise Institute
USPIRG
CATO
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