Current Events Reading: 1/18

Please read and come prepared to discuss the following articles in the latest issue of The Economist:

• The World This Week: Politics | Business (pp. 8-9)
• The President's New Security Team: Obama Picks His Soldiers (p. 26)
• Afghanistan's Fearful Future: So Long, Buddy (pp. 33-4)
• Syria's Conflict: No End in Sight (p. 41)
• Aid to Rwanda: The Pain of Suspension (pp. 43-4)
• Turkey and the PKK: Peace at Last? (p. 48)
• Piracy: Privateers (p. 54)

Come to class understand who the "big players" in each story are, what they want, and how they intend to get it. Try to view these stories through the lenses of Realism, Liberal Institutionalism and Constructivism.