Renewing American Leadership

The following article, written by then Illinois Senator & Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, was printed in the July/August 2007 edition of Foreign Affairs magazine. This article discusses President-Elect Obama's foreign policy and his vision for America's future as it applies to the world. Read this article and reflect on what President-elect Obama has to say. Do you agree? Disagree?? Do you like what he has to say or not? Explain.


http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070701faessay86401/barack-obama/renewing-american-leadership.html

The Last Great Revolution

First off let me say how impressed I was at the in-depth discussion we had today in class. We will continue this on Tuesday. As a linking point from Friday to Tuesday what I would like you to do is BRIEFLY respond to the prompt below as well as to your classmates blog entries.

Discuss whether or not you think this book has done a decent job so far of clarifying any misinterpretations you may have had about Islam and/or Iran. Explain.

Is there any one specifc thing that you learned or that surprised you about Iran?

As a sidenote for Monday, I would like to continue the discussion of whether or not democracy and Islam can be work together.

Where Have All the Voters Gone?

According to Thomas Patterson, "Where have All the Voters Gone?"

Discuss

a) what has happened?

b) why this has happened?

c) what can be done to fix the problem.

d) Your thoughts on the article and this issue.

The Future of U.S. & Chinese Economics

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080901faessay87504/henry-m-paulson-jr/a-strategic-economic-engagement.html

Discussion Question:
What path should the United States take in establishing a economic foreign policy in regards to the emerging and growing economic power of Communist China so as to peacefullyco-exist in this ever changing global economy?

Include your thoughts on what you believe the U.S. foreign policy should be towards China as it grows into a Communist economic super-power

Next U.S. President & Foreign Affairs

Read the following article and write a short 2-3 paragraph response about what lies ahead for the next American president and what your thoughts are about this issue and the points mentioned in this article.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080901faessay87501-p0/richard-holbrooke/the-next-president.html

China, the Olympics, & Human Rights

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/china.humanrights/index.html

Genocide Continues in the World

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825366,00.html