Use the Realizeit modules to study (though your grade cannot go up after the due dates, you still have access to the modules throughout the course). Also, review the discussion items (for IAs 1-4) and two required additional readings (see syllabus). Below is a short set of key concepts/items from Section 1 to help you organize your thinking. It is not a comprehensive list, but rather a good additional way to prepare. Strive to be able to fully identify each of the following terms with a sharp definition, examples, and understanding of importance. This review sheet is also posted as a PDF in your “course content” section.
Globalization (past, present, upsides, downsides, drivers, types, examples, elephant curve, etc…)
Actors on the World Stage
States/legitimacy/autonomy
Role of Maps
Treaty of Westphalia
Nationalism (including types of nationalism)
French Revolution
Nations/Nation-States
Sovereignty
Non-state actors (MNCs/TNCs, NGOs, etc.)
International Governmental Organizations (examples, roles they play, etc…)
Clash of Civilizations?
Empathic Civilizations?
Individuals as Actors
Power (hard, soft, smart…)
League of Nations
United Nations (objectives, organs, etc.)
Security Council and its powers
General Assembly, powers, membership
Secretary General
Secretariat
Global Security (historical background)
World Wars (historical background, U.S. role, Holocaust, Pearl Harbor, use of Atomic weapons, etc.)
Cold War
Traditional Security v. Human Security
Terrorism (definition, examples, etc.)
Peacekeeping
Iraq over the decade/background/main factions/players, Saddam Hussein, etc.
Middle East/Arab Spring/Syria
Weapons Proliferation!
Vertical and Horizontal
Conventional and WMD
Arms sales, buyers, sellers
Nuclear club
AQ Kahn
Arms Control: NPT, Iran Nuclear Deal, North Korea
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