IAFS 1000

Global Issues and International Affairs: Global Transformations and the State

Fall 2005

Professor Jupille

Outlines and Overheads

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Date	Topic
Part I. Introduction and Concepts
20050823	Welcome and Course Introduction
20050825	Concepts: States and Sovereignty
20050830	Rise of the Modern State
20050901	Diffusion of the Westphalian State
20050906	Framing the Problem: Challenges and Continuity
Part II. Challenges
20050908	Economy: Trade, Finance and Investment
20050913	Environment: Ecology, Resources and Germs
20050915	Security: WMDs and Transnational Terrorism
20050920	Culture
20050922	Human Rights
Essay Proposals due in recitation
20050927	Technology, Communication and the Internet
20050929	International Law and Supranational Institutions
20051004	MIDTERM #1 (see midterm #1 preview) (see class results)
Part III. Continuities
20051006	Globalization: Skeptical Views
20051011	Westphalia: Enduring Myth or Continuing Meaning?
20051013	HOLIDAY-FALL BREAK
20051018	States and Markets
20051020	Guest Lecture: Shaul Gabby and Amin Kazak, “Israel and Palestine: Peace in the Middle East From Two Perspectives”
20051025	The “Natural” State
20051027	The Cultural State
Essay First Drafts due in recitation, week 11
20051101	International Institutions and State Power
20051103	Guest Lecture: Brian Steidle, “The Crisis in Darfur”
20051108	MIDTERM #2 (see class results)
Part IV. Alternatives, Implications and Conclusions
20051110	Regional Orders
20051115	Global Governance
20051117	Clash of Civilizations
20051122	Democratic Governance
20051124	HOLIDAY-THANKSGIVING
20051129	Film: “Ghosts of Rwanda”, pt. I
20051201	Film: “Ghosts of Rwanda”, pt. II
20051206	Global Inequalities
20051208	Course Conclusion
20051212	FINAL EXAMINATION, 1630-1900 (see final examination preview)