• Quiz #4 - Thursday, April 27th on Mexico.
• Quiz #3 - Thursday, April 7th on Russia.
• Midterm Exam. Remember that your midterm exam is due by the beginning of class on March 24th. Grade deductions will be imposed on all late submissions.
• Class Cancellation. Please be advised that class has been cancelled for March 17th.
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2-10 Précis #1 Due  - Instructions 2-22 Précis #2 Due  3-24 Précis #3 Due 3-24 Midterm Exam - Instructions 4-14 Précis #4 Due  5-5 Research Paper Due -  Instructions 5-12 Final Exam

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Course Syllabus	Précis Instructions
Participation Rubric	Précis Sample #1
Research Paper Instructions	Précis Sample #2
Research Paper Rubric

Harrison Bergeron	Thucydides Excerpt
Plato's Apology Excerpt	Aristotle's Politics Excerpt
Machiavelli's Discourses Excerpt	Obama's Foreign Policy
America's Elegant Decline	America's Edge

Webliography

Source: Website: Al Jazeera Qatar Daily <http://english.aljazeera.net/English> Asian Times Hong Kong Daily <www.atimes.com> Daily Dawn Pakistani Daily <www.dawn.com> Daily Excelsior Indian Daily <www.dailyexcelsior.com> Daily Telegraph UK Daily <www.telegraph.co.uk> East African Standard Kenyan Daily <http://www.eastandard.nett> Globe and Mail Canadian Daily <www.theglobeandmail.com/international/> The Guardian UK Daily <www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/> Irish Independent Irish Daily <www.unison.ie/irish_independent/> Jerusalem Post Israeli Daily <www.jpost.com> Jordan Times Jordanian Daily <www.jordantimes.com/mon/index.htm> Khaleej Times UAE Daily <www.khaleejtimes.com/Index00.asp> Korea Herald South Korean Daily <www.koreaherald.co.kr/index.asp> Middle East Times Egyptian Daily <www.metimes.com> Moscow Times Russian Daily <http://www.themoscowtimes.com/> Otago Daily Times New Zealand Daily <www.odt.co.nz> Pakistan Observer Pakistani Daily <www.pakobserver.net> Straits-Times Singapore Daily <http://straitstimes.asiaone.com> Sydney Morning Herald Australian Daily <http://www.smh.com.au> Tehran Times Iranian Daily <www.tehrantimes.com> Turkish Daily News Turkish Daily <www.turkishdailynews.com>

Downloads

The following outlines are intended to provide a brief overview of the course lectures. These are intended to supplement, but are in no way a replacement for your own notes.
1/20/11	Introductory Lecture	02/24/11	Legislatures/Executives
02/03/11	Political Ideologies	03/03/11	Judiciaries
02/10/11	Political Culture	03/24/11	American Foreign Policy
02/17/11	Political Parties	03/31/11	Great Britain
02/17/11	Interest Groups	04/07/11	Russian Federation
04/28/11	Mexico
Extra Credit
Here are some interesting readings on a variety of topics addressed in this course. These are recent articles from Atlantic Monthly, The New York Review of Books, Foreign Affairs, and other similar journals. For extra credit: read the article, write a short summary of the author's main points, and give your reaction. A good review will be about 2 pages long. You may submit up to two reviews (25 points each/50 points total).
How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor		The Coming Anarchy
The New Geopolitics of Food		The Post-Islamist Revolutions
The Clash of Civilizations		When North Korea Falls
A World Enslaved		Can the War on Terror Be Won?
Japan's Disaster and the Manufacturing Meltdown		Syriana
The Lawless Frontier		Is There Still a Terrorist Threat?: The Myth of the Omnipresent Enemy
How to Get a Nuclear Bomb		Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital
Saddam's Delusions		Big Brother is Listening
Manifest Destiny: A New Direction for America		God's Country: Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy
Prophetic Justice		The New Middle East
The First Law of Petro Politics		Assassin's vs. Technology
How American Can Rise Again		The Fall of Mexico
How American Healthcare Killed My Father