Encore

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Encore

• A Final Trip around the World

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Latin America Major Issues

• Poverty
• Cause of population migrations
• Political Instability
• Drug trafficking violence
• Relationship to the United States
• Friendly Free Trade Agreements (Colombia)
• Hostile Anti-American rhetoric (Venezuela)
• Neutral Maintain good ties with both sides
  (Brazil)

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Case Study Mexico

• Review Overthrow of the PRI
• Internal Problems
• Regional tensions (Zapatistas)
• Drug wars
• Relationship with the United States
• Immigration
• NAFTA

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Case Study Brazil

• Review Election of Lula in 2002
• Developing Superpower?
• Good Natural Resources, growing economy, stable
  government
• Bad Gap between rich and poor, racial tensions,
  local crime and violence, corruption
• Cf. India

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Case Study Cuba

• Review Cuban Revolution
• Cuban Marxism
• Good Social Programs (health, education)
• Bad Political Repression (abuse of dissidents)
• New Allies?
• Rise of new socialist states in region which have
  filled the void left by the end of the Soviet
  Union

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Middle East Major Issues

• Islamism
• Fundamentalism in politics
• Gender issues
• Violence
• Westernization
• Religious Disputes
• Shia-Sunni
• Israel-Palestine
• Democratic Movements
• Successful? Egypt
• Failed? Iran

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Case Study Israel/Palestine

• Review Camp David Accords (1979)
• Settlements
• Israel wishes to build homes in areas established
  as part of their nation, but claimed by
  Palestinians as part of 1948 UN agreement (West
  Bank)
• Blockade
• Palestinians claim Israel prevents basic
  commodities from entering Palestinian areas
• Israel claims rival nations attempt to ship
  dangerous arms to Palestinians hidden among
  humanitarian aid

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Case Study Iran

• Review Revolution of 1979
• Theocracy and Totalitarianism
• Recent challenges to rule by the mullahs and
  elections
• Nuclear Program
• Questions over intent of Iranian nuclear
  ambitions
• Hostility to Israel
• Evidence that Iran supports terror groups that
  launch attacks on Israel

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Case Study Iraq

• Review U.S. invasion (2003)
• Regional Divisions
• North Kurds
• Central Sunni
• South Shia
• Foreign Affairs
• Balancing close ties to both U.S. and Iran

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Case Study Egypt

• Review Overthrow of Hosni Mubarak (2011)
• Results of the Revolution?
• Egypt establishes secular free state
• Egypt establishes fundamentalist state (Muslim
  Brotherhood)

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Sub-Saharan Africa

• Political Instability
• Civil Wars
• Dictatorship
• Weak central authority
• Poverty
• Most underdeveloped region
• Public Health
• AIDS
• Malaria

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Case Study Nigeria

• Review Election of 1999
• Regional Division
• North Hausa
• West Yoruba
• East Igbo
• Military Government
• Frequent disruption of democracy due to military
  coups
• Niger Delta Region
• Violence in valuable oil fields

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Case Study South Africa

• Review Election of Nelson Mandela
• After Mandela
• Will new leaders be able to cope with continuing
  challenges?
• Tribal conflict (Zulu and Xhosa)
• Racial tensions (White supremacist groups)
• Economic development

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Case Study Sudan

• Review Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005)
• Regional Division
• North Arab, Islam, Control the government
• South Nilotic, Christian or animist, excluded
  from government
• Darfur
• Genocide in the western pastoral region of the
  country

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East Asia
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Japan

• Review Asian Tigers
• Good News
• Despite being passed by China, Japan is still the
  3 economy in the world
• Bad News
• Debt Problems
• Energy Concerns
• Earthquake

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North Korea (PDRK)

• Review Korean War
• Rogue State
• With the exception of its ties to China, PDRK is
  totalitarian state within its borders and
  isolated from the international community
• Nuclear Program
• Like Iran, North Korea has a nuclear program that
  may be trying to develop weapons capabilities
• Just for fun
• http//listverse.com/2010/05/30/top-10-crazy-facts
  -about-kim-jong-il/

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Europe

• European Union
• Benefits of supra-nationalism currency (Euro)
  free trade
• Problems Weaker states dragging down the
  system
• Debt Crisis
• Governments Rising costs of welfare states
• People Violent protests refusing cuts to
  entitlements
• Secularization of Society
• Rise of secular humanism and decline of
  traditional religion

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UK

• Review Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative
  Revolution (1980s)
• EU - In or Out?
• Although a full member of the EU, retained the
  British pound as currency instead of adopting
  Euro
• 2 or 3 party system?
• Tories (Conservatives) vs. Labor
• Election of 2010 - Rise of the Liberals

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Serbia

• Review Yugoslav Civil War
• Relations with the Balkans
• War Crimes trial
• EU and economic relations
• Kosovo
• Ethnic Albanians declared independence from Serbia

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Coach Lerchs Final Thoughts

• Seriously, Im done.