And the third option;
Middle East and North Africa; The Children of Syria

And the third option;
Middle East and North Africa; The Children of Syria

Here is the second option;
Middle East and North Africa; Guest workers in the Gulf

Here is your first blog assignment for this semester, I will post three right now; another two next week. You need to complete three before Fall Break. Each response should be made as a comment on the original post, it should be at least 500 words and please make sure that you identify yourself clearly so I know who has written each response. The first time you post a comment it may not show up, until you’ve posted a few times I have to moderate and approve your responses.
Sub-Saharan Africa : Diamonds

Here is the first Political Geography Assignment. We will be talking about geopolitics and the concept of Lebensraum in class, please discuss these images from WWII Operation Barbarossa in the context of that class material. 500 words or more, due by midnight on Sunday September 11th .




Usual rules…
Usual rules…

Slightly different blog assignment this time. Write a 500+ word critique of the movie you’re seeing in class this week. Please include consideration of the following in your discussion:
The difference between military and intelligence service criteria for targeting “terrorists”
The use of double-strike missile hits, is this a war crime?
The ethics of drone strikes on countries with which we are not officially at war
The ability of drone warfare to permit the prosecution of a permanent state of war.