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Title: Encore


1
Encore
  • A Final Trip around the World

2
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)

3
Case Study Mexico
  • Review Overthrow of the PRI
  • Internal Problems
  • Regional tensions (Zapatistas)
  • Drug wars
  • Relationship with the United States
  • Immigration
  • NAFTA

4
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

5
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

6
Middle East Major Issues
  • Islamism
  • Fundamentalism in politics
  • Gender issues
  • Violence
  • Westernization
  • Religious Disputes
  • Shia-Sunni
  • Israel-Palestine
  • Democratic Movements
  • Successful? Egypt
  • Failed? Iran

7
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

8
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

9
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

10
Case Study Egypt
  • Review Overthrow of Hosni Mubarak (2011)
  • Results of the Revolution?
  • Egypt establishes secular free state
  • Egypt establishes fundamentalist state (Muslim
    Brotherhood)

11
Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Political Instability
  • Civil Wars
  • Dictatorship
  • Weak central authority
  • Poverty
  • Most underdeveloped region
  • Public Health
  • AIDS
  • Malaria

12
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

13
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

14
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

15
East Asia
16
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

17
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/

18
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

19
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

20
Serbia
  • Review Yugoslav Civil War
  • Relations with the Balkans
  • War Crimes trial
  • EU and economic relations
  • Kosovo
  • Ethnic Albanians declared independence from Serbia

21
Coach Lerchs Final Thoughts
  • Seriously, Im done.
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