IAFS 1000: Global Issues and International Affairs

Fall 2007: The Fate of the State

Class Meetings: TR 1100-1215, HUMN 1B50

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News and Updates

Date	Information
20071212	I have posted the final examination preview online.
20071212	The CU Program Council will be premiering “Sand and Sorrow”, a film on the tragic and ongoing genocide in Darfur, tonight (Dec. 12th) at 7pm in Chem 140.
20071206	Tuesday’s musical selections were from Public Enemy, and included “Bring the Noise,” “Fight the Power,” and “Brothers Gonna Work It Out.” Today’s will be a performance of the Freddie Hubbard composition “Little Sunflower” by Legion of Mary in Berkeley, CA, on June 21, 1975.
20071128	Menorah: Arts, Culture and Education at the Boulder JCC Presents: Mitchell Bard in Person: “Will Israel Survive?” At the Glenn Miller Ballroom, CU Campus, Monday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m. $10; students with ID free* *Thanks to a generous grant from the Jared Polis Foundation Contact Kathryn@boulderjcc.org, 303-998-1021 One of the world’s preeminent experts on the Middle East, Mitchell Bard, tackles the question most people are afraid to contemplate: Will Israel survive? Aside from terrorist threats, Hezbollah, Iran, and the Palestinian conflict, Israel must contend with tensions between religious and secular Jews, the demographic challenges of a quickly growing Arab population, internal political divisions, and disputes over the water sources that are critical to its survival. Bard explores how Israel can triumph over current threats. Dr. Mitchell G. Bard is the Executive Director of the nonprofit American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) and one of the leading authorities on U.S.-Middle East policy. He has written and edited 18 books, including The Complete History of the Holocaust and Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Co-sponsored by Allied Jewish Federation, the Anti-Defamation League, CU Hillel, Jewish Studies at CU, Stand By Israel, ISIME, B’Yahad: The Israel Center at the Boulder JCC.
20071128	The musical selection from Tuesday (11/27) was an amazing 1971 live performance of “Red Clay” by Freddie Hubbard and his band, which was released as a bonus track on the recent reissue of his album Red Clay.
20071114	Yesterday’s musical selection was “Amour Sonada,” as performed by the Chico Freeman Quartet in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, on May 28, 1984.
20071113	I have posted a preview for midterm #2.
20071108	I am pleased to report that we will be able to screen the documentary “The Devil Came on Horseback,” about the Darfur genocide, in class on December 11^th. Thanks to the Political Science Department and International Affairs Program at CU for making this possible. More information on the film is available at http://www.thedevilcameonhorseback.com/.
20071108	The CU Women and Gender Studies Program is sponsoring a talk by Jared Polis entitled “What You Didn’t Ask & What You Weren’t Told About the Military and Gay Soldiers,” at the Hazel Gates Woodruff Cottage Library this afternoon (Thursday, November 8^th) from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
20071108	Tuesday’s musical selection was “Concrete Jungle,” performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers in Tokyo, Japan on April 10, 1979. Today’s will be “Who Do You Love?”, performed by Quicksilver Messenger Service and captured on the incredible live album Happy Trails.
20071101	Today’s musical selection was “Oakland Stroke -> Squib Cakes,” performed by Tower of Power in Hempstead, NY on May 14, 1974.
20071029	Here is information on last week’s musical selections. On Tuesday I played “Come On, Come Over” by Jaco Pastorius, from his eponymous 1976 debut album. On Thursday I played “Diaraby” by Ali Farka Touré, from a concert at the Alladin Theater in Portland, OR, on May 11, 1994.
20071021	I have decided to start posting the overheads as PDF files rather than trying to save the Powerpoints as HTML. If this causes any problems, please let me know.
20071018	Midterm #1 will be returned next week, either in recitations or during lecture.
20071018	Tuesday’s musical selection was “Bag’s Groove,” performed by the Miles Davis All-Stars on January 3, 1959 at Birdland in New York City. Today’s will be from Santana performing “Conquistador Rides Again” in Cincinatti on October 21, 1969.
20071015	Tomorrow, October 16, at 5PM, in the Education Building Room 220, David Bailey, one of the IAFS academic advisors, will join the IAFS Club. He will talk briefly about "Intelligence and Foreign Policy: Abilities, Liabilities, and Ethics," followed by an extensive Q&A session. His wife, Lisa Campbell Bailey, will hopefully join the session. David Bailey worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1990-1996, during which time he worked in the Pentagon during the 1991 Gulf War, and in the White House from 1992-1994 under Presidents Bush Sr. and Clinton. He has also worked for the U.S. Department of State, and interned for the Agency for International Development and the Center for Strategic and International Studies as an undergrad. Lisa (a CU PSCI graduate!) worked for the CIA primarily as a Middle East and Asia leadership analyst, and can bring great perspective to issues of "women in government." David asked that you come with good, hard, controversial questions in mind, and as always, he will share wacky stories about his CIA/White House/etc. adventures!
20071015	Last Thursday’s musical selection was “For Harry Carney” by Charles Mingus, from the amazing album Changes Two.
20071009	Last week’s music selections were as follows. On Tuesday (10/2) I played Herbie Hancock and Headhunters, “Butterfly”, from Bremen, Germany on November 6, 1974. On Thursday (10/4) I played Dire Straits, “Down to the Waterline -> Six Blade Knife” from San Francisco on March 31, 1979. Today I will play a bass-led interlude in “The Other One” by the Grateful Dead, performing in Berkeley, CA on August 22, 1972.
20071009	I have posted a preview of midterm #1.
20071001	Lapo “The Mad Florentine” Salucci has sent along a helpful set of recommended web applications that might be of help to you. Grazie, Lapo!
20071001	The Philosophy Department presents a two-day Fall 2007 Bertram Morris Colloquium Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6. Keynote speaker is David Schweickart, Loyola University: -Global Poverty: Alternative Perspectives on What We Should Do - and Why,- 5pm Friday, October 5, Humanities 150. Saturday, October 6 in Humanities 250: Jack Donnelly, DU, 10:15am; Brooke Ackerly, Vanderbilt U, 1:45pm; Bernard Boxill, U. of N. Carolina, 3:30pm. For more information, see http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/morris2007fall/
20070927	The CU Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) Speaker Series will hot a talk by William Ury entitled “Getting to Yes in the Middle East: The Abraham Path Initiative,” on October 10^th at 7:30 p.m. in Humanities 1B50. For information on the PACS Certificate Program, see http://www.colorado.edu/peacestudies.
20070927	Tuesday’s musical selection was “Another Star” (a Stevie Wonder composition), as performed by Reconstruction on July 7, 1979 in Palo Alto, CA. Today’s will be “This Here”, as performed by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 10, 1961.
20070920	Musical selections from Thursday, 9/13 were from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ 1964 album Free for All. Tuesday 9/18’s video selection was from the Horace Silver Quintet, live in Denmark in 1968. Today’s video selection was the Billy Cobham-George Duke Band, July 16, 1976 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
20070911	I have posted instructions for your Research Papers.
20070911	CU’s International Affairs Program and the Metropolitan State College of Denver Economics Department are sponsoring a lecture entitled “The Rise and Fall of Terrorism in Algeria: What Next?” by Dr. Kada Akacem, Professor of Economics, University of Algiers, Algeria. The talk will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. in Humanities 135 and is free and open to all.
20070911	The next meeting of the Political Science Club will be at 5 p.m. tonight in Hellums 141. All political science majors and minors are invited.
20070906	Tuesday’s musical selection was Pink Floyd, “Atom Heart Mother,” from KQED Studios in San Francisco, April 29, 1970. Today’s is John Coltrane, “Impressions,” from 1962, possibly Paris on either November 17^th or 18^th.
20070830	Today’s musical selection was Miles Davis Sextet, “Spanish Key,” from disc two of Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It’s About That Time.
20070830	The International Affairs Club will be holding its first meeting of the Fall 2007 semester next week. They invite all students who are interested in joining and/or becoming officers of the club to attend. The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 4th @ 5:00pm in EDUC 220 (Education Building). Any student, regardless of major or class standing (freshman-senior), who is interested in international affairs today is encouraged to come socialize and run for officer positions. There are three officer positions available, including club president. For more information, students can contact Emily Martens at Emily.Martens@Colorado.EDU
20070828	Today’s musical selection was Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, “Pensativa”, from Free For All.
20070828	Welcome! The course webpage is up and running.