Table of Lectures, Readings and Assignments by Week and Date

Week Subject

Daily Subject

Daily Readings (completed by date)

Assignments (due on date)

Week 1: July 5^th-July 8^th

Introductions and overview of

geography and political instability

Monday- No Class

Tuesday- Introductions

Wednesday- Geography Basics

Thursday- Developing states and Political Instability

Friday- Recitation

None

None

1^st chapter

1.Term sheet

2.Failed States article

Week 2: July 11^th-July 15^th

Africa: Civil wars, political instability, failed states and rebuilding states.

Monday- Overview of African Continent

Tuesday- Rwanda & Burundi

Wednesday- Democratic Republic of Congo

Thursday- Liberia and Sierra Leone

Friday- Recitation

1.Africa Chapter

2.Get the Basics Right Article

1. Tutsi Article

2.Rwanda 10 Years On

1.Africa’s Great War

2.Congo Case

3.Coping with Conflict

1.West African Wars

2.Elections

Quiz on Previous Week

Paper 1 due comparing Coming Anarchy article with Civil War (economist article)

Week 3: July 18^th – July 22^nd

Middle East: War in Iraq, theocratic governments, Palestine state

Monday- Overview of Middle East

Tuesday- Iraq

Wednesday- Iran and Saudi Arabia

Thursday- Israel and Palestine

Friday- Recitation

1. Middle East Chapter

2. American and the Middle East

3. Was Democracy a Moment?

1. Baghdad Article

2. Iraq’s Constitution

1. God’s Rule

2. Adapt or Die

1. Israel at 100?

Quiz on Previous Week

Paper due on feasible democracy

Week 4: July 25^th –July 29th

South Asia: India and Pakistan tensions, Taliban, Afghani political changes

Film (either Osama or Hotel Rwanda)

Monday- Overview of South Asia

Tuesday- India & Pakistan

Wednesday- Afghanistan

Thursday-Film

Friday- Recitation

1.Chapter on South Asia

1. Giving Peace a Chance

2. Pakistan Article

1. Taliban

2. Afghanistan Elections

None

Quiz on Previous Week

Week 5: August 1^st-August 5th

Final Presentations

Presentations all week

Quiz on Previous Week

Paper and Presentation