Unfortunately, much of what we study in world politics is fairly depressing. One should always remember that the vast majority of the people on the planet die peacefully, not violently. But when things go bad, they often go very bad for specific groups of people. The New York Times has an unbelievable graphic on the history of violent deaths. For some reason, East Asia figures prominently.
More details on the rumors of an Israeli strike against Iran. The chatter is getting so loud that I’m beginning to think that it only represents psychological warfare. I suspect that the Israelis would be more circumspect if they were really serious about an attack.
Prime Minster Papandreou wins and loses. He gets the coalition government he needed; he loses his position. We’ll see if the change will quiet the markets. It could actually destabilize them further.
The quiz on 9 November will be on the news paper articles cited in the new blog from 4-7 November and Chapters 5 and 6 in Northedge and Grieve on the syllabus.
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