CIGP: Order of Presentations, Academic Seminar

On these dates, you will have to make a 3-5 minute presentation about the argument you're making in your Final Project. You will be graded when you participate in other people's presentations and restructure at least one of their arguments with your own suggestions. If you don't participate in this way at least once per day, you will get a zero that day. This will apply for the three days of the seminar.

Academic Seminar	Order of Presentations
April 26, 2016.	Fernanda Aura Jessica Karime
April 27, 2016.	Samantha Laura Tayra Diana
April 28, 2016.	Leticia Karen Mariana Paulina

Extra Points: Book Reports

As you may know from reading the syllabus, you can get 5 extra points in your final grade if you write book reports about "Bound Together" by Nayan Chanda and "A Brief History of the Future" by Jacques Attali. Each one is worth 2.5 points.

The last day to upload them to Blackboard is May 4th, at 11:59 PM. They will be in the "Assignments" tab. E-mailed book reports won't count towards the final grade.

Change: Essay 8 is now for April 7th

The due date for your homework about the movies "Black Hawk Down", "Desert Flower", and "Captain Phillips" was changed to April 7th, which is Thursday next week. This means it will count for your final grade, not for your second partial grade.

You can see the instructions here.

CIGP: Causes of War (Unit 9, L5, March 31)

Recommended content:

1. "Long-term underlying causes of war" by GCSE Bitesize

2. "Why Wars Happen" by The Economist

3. "War & Strife", chapter summary from "Essentials of International Relations" by Karen Mingst

CIGP: Final Project topics

Student	Country	Topic
Aura	Singapore	Dengue (Health)
Diana	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Malaria (Health)
Fernanda	United Arab Emirates	Women's education (Gender, Society & Culture)
Jessica	El Salvador	Child soldiers (Security & Terrorism)
Karen	Japan	South China Sea dispute (Security & Terrorism)
Karime	Uzbekistan	Cotton Industry and Water (Environment, Economy, Security & Terrorism)
Laura	Portugal	Banking sector (Economy, Labor, Globalization)
Leticia	Laos	Drug trafficking (Economy, Security & Terrorism)
Mariana	Mongolia	Transgender rights (Society & Culture, Gender)
Paulina	Chad	Boko Haram (Politics, Security & Terrorism)
Samantha	Albania	Drug trafficking (Economy, Security & Terrorism)
Tayra	San Marino	Should San Marino join the European Union? (Politics, Economy)

This list is based on today's class discussion. If yours is blank, inaccurate or not specific enough, let me know what you would like it to say and I'll change it. The point of this is for the Data Bank to be more useful for everyone's projects and research. 

I strongly recommend that you take this chance for the entire group (and me) to help you with your research.

CIGP: Peacekeeping Operations (Unit 9, L4, March 30)

Recommended content:

1. "What is Peacekeeping?" by United Nations Peacekeeping

2. "UN Peacekeeping Animations - Security and rule of law in the field" by the United Nations

3. "Paving the Road to Hell: The Failure of U.N. Peacekeeping" by Max Boot

4. "What have been the successes and failures of UN Peacekeeping missions?" by Barney Henderson

Asesorías

Today I'll be on campus all day, if you would like an asesoría. Just let me know.

CIGP: Asesoría, March 30

Date: Wednesday, March 30th, 2016.
Hour: 15:30-16:30
Place: Aulas 1, Room 113

See you then!

Also, I am in Oficinas 2, Piso 1, every day from 7:45 to 8:25. Come by if you have any questions.

CIGP: Disarmament, Dissuasion, & Balance of Power (Unit 9, L3, March 29)

Recommended content:

1. "Disarmament" by the United Nations

2. "Debating Security Strategies" by David S. Yost

3. "Towards a Theory of Dissuasion (or Deterrence) by Denial" by Paul K. Davis

4. "Nuclear Deterrence" by Allen Sens

5. "Balance of Power" by Encyclopedia Britannica

6. "Balance of Power" by Allen Sens

Homework for April 7

1. Watch at least two of the following movies:

- "Black Hawk Down" (2001) by Ridley Scott.

- "Desert Flower" (2009) by Sherry Hormann

- "Captain Phillips" (2013) by Paul Greengrass

2. Based on at least two of the movies, write a 500-word essay where you problematize one aspect of the security situation in Somalia and how it affects individuals, not necessarily just Somalis. Upload the essay to Blackboard by April 7, 11:59 PM. The link will be in the "Assignments" tab and titled "Essay 8_Black Hawk Down, Desert Flower, Captain Philips". E-mailed essays will get an automatic zero.

CIGP: Collective and Human Security (Unit 9, L2, March 28)

Recommended content:

1. "The Human Security Approach" by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security

2. "Collective Security" by Encyclopedia Britannica

3. "Human Security", TED Talk by Gary Lewis

4. "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman

CIGP: Updated Syllabus

Since we missed a couple of classes in March, I had to make some adjustments to our course plan. If you're interested, check it out here:

11 Jan.	0. Context	1.     Compare and contrast movies.
12 Jan.		NO CLASS
13 Jan.
14 Jan.
15 Jan.
18 Jan.	1. Tools	1. Introduction
19 Jan.		2. Geography
20 Jan.		3. History
21 Jan.		4. Economics
22 Jan.		5. Political Science
25 Jan.		6. Philosophy | WEEKEND UPDATE
26 Jan.		7. Art
27 Jan.	2. Theories	1. Realism
28 Jan.		2. Liberalism
29 Jan.		TEAM PRESENTATION 1
1 Feb.		NO CLASS
2 Feb.		3. Radicalism | WEEKEND UPDATE
3 Feb.	3. Regional Scenarios	1. North America
4 Feb.		2. Latin America and the Caribbean
5 Feb.		3. Europe
8 Feb.		4. Sub-Saharan Africa | WEEKEND UPDATE
9 Feb.		5. Asia-Pacific
10 Feb.		6. Middle East
11 Feb.		7. South Asia and India
12 Feb.		8. Central Asia and Russia
15 Feb.	4. Data	1. Building an Argument | WEEKEND UPDATE
16 Feb.		2. Reliability of Sources
17 Feb.		3. Correlation, Causality, Facts, & Counterfactuals | PARTIAL PROJECT 1
18 Feb.		4. Quantitative and Qualitative Research
19 Feb.		TEAM PRESENTATION 2
22 Feb.		5. Structuring an Essay | WEEKEND UPDATE
23 Feb.	5. The Individual	1. Levels of Analysis and the Individual
24 Feb.		2. The Individual in International Relations
25 Feb.		3. Mass Publics and Public Opinion
26 Feb.	6. The Organization	1. The invention of the organization
29 Feb.		2. Multinational Corporations | WEEKEND UPDATE
1 Mar.		3. Civil Society Organizations
2 Mar.		4. Inter-Governmental Organizations
3 Mar.	7. The State	1. Nation, State, and Nation-State
4 Mar.		TEAM PRESENTATION 3
7 Mar.		2. State Power & Diplomacy | WEEKEND UPDATE
8 Mar.		Building an argument and an essay
9 Mar.		Building an argument and an essay
10 Mar.		NO CLASS (Weather conditions)
11 Mar.		3. Foreign Policy
14 Mar.	8. International Political Economy	1. Development & Poverty
15 Mar.		2. Free Trade & Fair Trade
16 Mar.	9. Security	1.  Security & Insecurity
17 Mar.		NO CLASS (Día del candidato)
18 Mar.		TEAM PRESENTATION 4
21 Mar.		NO CLASS (Semana Santa)
22 Mar.
23 Mar.
24 Mar.
25 Mar.
28 Mar.		2. Collective & Human Security | WEEKEND UPDATE
29 Mar.		3. Disarmament, Disuassion, & Power Balance
30 Mar.		4. Peace-keeping operations
31 Mar.		5. Causes of war according to theories
1 Apr.		6. Law of War
4 Apr.		7. Human Rights | PARTIAL PROJECT 2 | WEEKEND UPDATE
5 Apr.		8. Peace
6 Apr.	8.5. International Political Economy	Building an argument and an essay
7 Apr.		3. Economic Blocks & International Economic Institutions
8 Apr.		TEAM PRESENTATION 5
11 Apr.	10. Global Debates	1. Health Security  | WEEKEND UPDATE
12 Apr.		2. Terrorism
13 Apr.		3. Immigration & Nationalism
14 Apr.		4. Corruption
15 Apr.		5. Drug Traffic
18 Apr.		6. Food & Water Security | WEEKEND UPDATE
19 Apr.		7. Climate Change
20 Apr.		8. Women’s Rights
21 Apr.		9. LGBT Rights
22 Apr.		10. Racism
25 Apr.		TEAM PRESENTATION 6 | WEEKEND UPDATE
26 Apr.	11. Academic Seminar	SEMINAR
27 Apr.		SEMINAR
28 Apr.		SEMINAR
29 Apr.	12. Tabula Rasa	International context and creation of conflict
2 May		First negotiations
3 May		Final negotiation
4 May		Feedback session
9 May		FINAL PROJECT