You will also leave this course having developed the college survival skills that a course stressing literacy and critical inquiry (the L1 designation) should convey.  You will be pushed to develop and improve your written and oral communication skills on an almost daily basis.  You will stretch your critical thinking skills to better enable you to peer through the rhetoric that often clouds political discourse.

Quizzes
Five quizzes will encourage you to read your assignments and newspapers carefully, enable us to launch quickly into more enjoyable and beneficial discussions, and prevent excessive anxiety at the final exam.   These quizzes will be presented unannounced at the beginning of class, and they will consist of some combination of multiple choice, fill in in the blank, short answer, and short essay questions.  No make-ups will be offered unless you are excused in accordance with the attendance policy, but the lowest of the five will be dropped at the end of the semester.

Participation
Class discussion and debate will be your primary method of learning and comprise a bulk of your grade.  By discussing and debating the readings, you will discover insights that make learning easy, enjoyable, and meaningful.  Participation will take a variety of forms: you will debate issues from the readings, discuss current news, play a role in the Nations simulation, and summarize your critical papers.  Your participation will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
       —   Presence—you are in class in your assigned seat with a name plate (beginning February 8th).
       —   Preparation—your contribution demonstrates you carefully read the assignment and understand the key points.
       —   Quality of Argument—you contribute accurate, relevant evidence with sound and insightful reasoning.
       —   Quality of Expression—your contribution is clear, concise, audible, and directed to your peers.
       —   Contribution to the Process—your contribution demonstrates that you are listening to others' comments, building
               upon their ideas, responding to them, respecting them, constructively criticizing them, or asking constructive
               questions.
Negative Criteria that will lower you score include
       —   Unresponsiveness—you cannot provide an accurate or thorough answer when called upon.
       —   Disruptiveness—you disrupt the discussion with social chatter, your contribution is unrelated to the current
               discussion and is distracting, you are insensitive to others, you attempt to dominate the conversation,
               or you arrive to class late or leave early.

Nations Simulation
Near the beginning  of this course you will represent the leaders and diplomats of seven countries and simulate the interactions among them.  Begin now to read the rules of the simulation and the descriptions of the countries to be represented, so that on the second day of class you can choose a country to represent and meet the other representatives of your country (here are your teams).  You can then arrange a time to coordinate your nation's strategy and parcel out the responsibilities that will enable you to enact your strategy.

Critical Position Papers
Five times during the course of this semester you will submit well-craften written analyses of issues we discuss in class.  These critical papers are due at the beginning of class on the days indicated on the calendar.  The papers will require that you read the applicable class readings, find and apply three additional sources of related evidence and opinion from the internet, and then present a critical position addressing the assigned questions linked below.  These papers must be between 1,050 and 1,200 words typed, (this equals a full 3 1/2 to 4 pages in length if you use a reasonable 12 point font, or 5 to 6 pages if you insist on courier), double-spaced, with one inch margins. These papers will be graded according to how well they demonstrate your mastery of the issue and the applicable readings, the depth of anlaysis and thought you invested, and the paper's clarity of prose and organization.  You are required to keep a copy of your paper.

News Journal
This class has meaning and application to real world events.  This relevance will become most apparent if you keep up with current events in international politics.  You will, therefore, be required to read The New York Times daily.  You will benefit from reading the entire paper, but we only require that you read the international section (we will discuss current items as they appear throughout the semester) and focus especially on the topics we discuss from week to week throughout semester.  As you come across articles relevant to the readings we cover and topics we discuss in class clip and compile those newspaper articles in your news journal.  The end product will a binder or folder containing your news articles proceeded by a title page, a one page assessment of what you found, and a table of contents listing a number, the date, and the title of each article (see here for an example).  This newspaper journal will be graded on how thoroughly it covers the current news (did you find enough applicable articles--at least 2 to 3 per week for a total of at least 40 articles) and how carefully you read those articles (did you underline the main points and comment in the margins on their relevance).  This news journal will be due at the beginning of class on April 25th.

Final Examination
You can demonstrate your new knowledge on a comprehensive final examination administered in class from 7:40-9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 4th. The exam will  consist of two parts. First, you will answer a series of shorter questions on the readings and class discussions, a few of which you will have already seen in the readings quizzes.  Second, you will answer two long essay questions.  By the last week of class you will receive a list of essay questions which you may take home and study.  We will choose three of those essay questions to place on your final exam, of which you will choose two to answer. The exam will be closed book.

Thursday, January 20  — Unit I — Globalization and Localization
     Assignments for Nations Simulation Group Project
      — World Bank's World Development Report 1999/2000 on Globalization and Localization.
                First, go to the "Slide Show" and view all twelve slides.
                Second, go to "Overview" and read the beginning "Overview" section
                and everything after the "Globalization and Localization" heading.
      — Benjamin R. Barber. 1992. Jihad Vs. McWorld. The Atlantic Monthly (March).
    Drop/Add deadline January 21st

Tuesday, January 25
       — Nations Simulation Round I
       — News Briefing

Thursday, January 28
       — Nations Simulation Round II
       — News Briefing

Tuesday, February 1
       —  Nations Simulation Round III
       —  Nations Simulation Debriefing

Thursday, February 3
       First Critical Paper DUE
       —  Lesson on Style and Prose
       —  Citation handout

Tuesday, February 8   —  Unit II -- Globalism's Economic Expressions
       —  Cooper, Robert.  1999.  Integration and Disintegration  Journal of Democracy 10 (January).
       —  Marc F. Plattner. 1999.  Exploring Globalization.  Books in Review Journal of Democracy 10 (October):
         The Lexus and the Olive Tree. By Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
       —  One World?  Economist January 18, 1998

Thursday, February 10
        —  Levine, Robert. 1999. Euroland, Open for Business. Atlantic Monthly (November).
        —  About the WTO and 10 Benefits of the WTO (Both are  PDF files--you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader)
               (you may need to hit your "reload" or "refresh" button once before it loads properly).
        —  US Government's WTO Promo.
        Unrestricted Withdrawal Deadline is February 11th

Tuesday, February 15
        —  Kuttner, Robert. 1997. The Limit of Markets. The American Prospect (March-April).
        —  George Soros. 1998. Toward a Global Open Society.The Atlantic Monthly (January).

Thursday, February 17
       —  Nancy Birdsall, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 1998.
             "Inequality and Global Coordination" Remarks at American University Dean's Colloquium
             on Globalization in Crisis, December 18.
        —  Nancy Birdsall. 1999. "Globalization and the Developing Countries: The Inequality Risk"
               Remarks at Overseas Development Council Conference, Making Globalization Work,
               International Trade Center, Washington, D.C., March 18.
        —  Income Inequality in the US.  Scientific American (Map).
        —  United Nations Development Program statistics on global inequality.
        —  News Articles Handout -- Global Economic Inequality.

Tuesday, February 22
       — Gabriel A. Almond. 1991. Capitalism and Democracy? PS: Political Science & Politics 24(3).
            (at Hayden Reserve). On campus, click Here for the electronic reserve copy.
       — Steven Weinberg. 2000. Five and a Half Utopias Atlantic Monthly (January).

Thursday, February 24
         —  George, Susan. 1999. State Sovereignty Under Threat:  Globalising Designs of the WTO.
                Le Monde diplomatique (July).
         Second Critical Paper DUE

Tuesday, February 29  —  Unit III -- Globalization's Political Expressions
       —  Samuel P. Huntington. 1995. Twenty Years After: The Future of the Third Wave  Journal of Democracy 6 (4): 3-12.
       —  Jorge I. Domínguez. 1998. Free Politics and Free Markets in Latin America  Journal of Democracy 9(4): 70-84.
       —  Lilia Shevtsova & Scott A. Bruckner. 1997. Toward Stability or Crisis.  Journal of Democracy 8 (1): 12-26.

Thursday, March 2
        —  Larry Diamond. 1995. Promoting Democracy in the 1990s: Actors and Instruments, Issues and Imperatives
              A Report to the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Tuesday, March 7
        —  Michael Chege. 1995. Between Africa's Extremes. Journal of Democracy 6 (1): 44-51.
        —  Benjamin Schwarz. 1996. Why America Thinks it Has to Run the World. Atlantic Monthly (June).

Thursday, March 9
        —  Robert D. Kaplan. 1997. Was Democracy Just a Moment? Atlantic Monthly (December).
       Third Critical Paper DUE

Tuesday, March 14  —  No Class —  Spring Break
Thursday, March  16 —  No Class —  Spring Break

Tuesday, March 21  —  Unit III -- Global and Local Identities
        —  Economic Globalization and Culture. An interview with Francis Fukuyama (two parts).
        —  Lisa Miller. 1999.  The Age of Divine Disunity Faith Now Springs From a Hodgepodge of Beliefs
          The Wall Street Journal.
        —  Contemporary Conflicts -- Choose one conflict of interest and learn how culture or religion plays a part.
        —  Harvey Cox. 1999. The Market as God Atlantic Monthly (March).

Thursday, March 23
       — Martin Dillon. 1997. "The Last Confession" from God and the Gun (at the Hayden Reserve Library).
            On campus, click Here for the electronic reserve copy.
       — Holy Terror. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism  (at the Hayden Reserve Library).
            On campus, click Here for the electronic reserve copy.

Tuesday, March 28
        —  Ethnic Groups Map. Scientific American.
        —  Robert Kaplan. 1994. The Coming Anarchy. The Atlantic Monthly (February).

Thursday, March  30
        —  Benjamin Schwarz. 1995. The Diversity Myth. Atlantic Monthly  (May).

Tuesday, April  4 -- Immigration
       —  George Stolz. 2000. Through Europe's Back Door Atlantic Monthly (January).  Will soon be found Here.
       —  Workers of the World Economist January 1, 1998.
       —  US Immigration.  Scientific American. (Map).

Thursday, April  6
      — Borjas, George J. 1996. The New Economics of Immigration. Atlantic Monthly (November).
      — Kennedy, David M. 1996. Can We Still Afford to Be a Nation of Immigrants? Atlantic Monthly (November).
            Determine your position and come prepared to debate this issue in class.

Tuesday, April 11
       — Remy Leveau. 1990. Islamic Veil and National Flag. The European Journal of International Affiars.
            (at Hayden Reserve).  On campus, click Here for the electronic reserve copy.
       — Debating Immigration The French Way Washington Post.
       — News Article Handout.
       Fourth Critical Paper DUE

Thursday, April 13 — Unit V — Where the Global and Local Meet — Nuclear Weapons
       — Cliff Gaddy. 1999. Russia's Aging War Machine: Economic Weakness and the Nuclear Threat
         The Brookings Review (Summer).  (PDF format).
       — A History of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents--Jaya Tiwari and Cleve Gray, CDI, October 23, 1998.
            (Skim and find your three personal favorites).
       — Known Smuggling of Russian Nuclear Materials. Center for Defense Information (TABLE).
       — Lachlan Forrow, et al. 1998.  Accidental Nuclear War: A Post-Cold War Assessment
         New England Journal of Medicine (Volume 338, Issue 18, 4/30/98) -- (Abstract only)
       — CTBT Defeat Spells Abandonment of U.S. Leadership in Arms-Control. A CDI Press  Release 10/14/99.

Tuesday, April 18  — The Environment
      — Paul R. Ehrlich et al. 1997. No Middle Way on the Environment The Atlantic Monthly (December).
      — PBS Nova documentary on Global Warming.  2000.
      — News Article Handout -- Nigerian Oil.

Thursday, April 20
      — Donald Kennedy, et al. 1998.  Environmental Quality And Regional Conflict
            A Report to the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict.

Tuesday, April 25  — Disease
      — Ellen Ruppel Shell. 1997. Resurgence of a Deadly Disease.  Atlantic Monthly (August).
      — World Health Organization. 1999. Graphs of Infectious Diseases. Browse through the graphs
            and come  prepared to share your observations on the few that most interest you.
      — David Satcher, MD. 1999. The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic. Journal of American Medical Association.
            volume:281 (page: 1479). (PDF version)
      — Christopher Dye, DPhil, et al. for the WHO Global Surveillance and Monitoring Project. 1999.
         Global Burden of Tuberculosis Estimated Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality by Country. (PDF version)
         Journal of American Medical Association. volume:282 (page: 677) -- Look at all tables and figures.
      News Journal DUE!

Thursday, April  27
      — David P. Fidler, J.D. 1996.  Globalization, International Law, and Emerging Infectious Diseases
            Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 2 * Number 2  April-June.
       — U.S. Newswire (11/20/97) Congress OKs Funds to Limit Global Disease Outbreaks.
       — Richard Preston. 1999. Nile River Mystery. The New Yorker (October 18 & 25). (at Hayden Reserve).
            On campus, click Here for the electronic reserve copy.
      Fifth Critical Paper DUE

Tuesday, May  2 — What To Do?
        —  Richard N. Haass. 1999. What to Do With American Primacy.  Foreign Affairs (September/October).
               Come prepared to discuss what you think we should do with American primacy.

Thursday, May 4
       Final Examination in Class from 7:40 -9:30 a.m.