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CNN 2009 political predictions

VLOGZ wrote 6 months ago: (CNN) — This past year was full of unexpected twists and turns on the campaign trail. Bar … more →

Tags: News, Information privacy, hillary clinton, Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Democratic Party Politics, US Politics, Business, Harry Reid

(VIDEO) Ted Turner on Lou Dobbs

VLOGZ wrote 8 months ago: (CNN) — Ted Turner appeared Tuesday on CNN, the network he founded, to talk about last week … more →

Tags: Video, Politics, Barack Obama, Marriage, AOL LLC, United Nations, Ted Turner, Me Ted, Jane Fonda

Barack Obama wins - is the 44th President of the USA

aeonianblog wrote 8 months ago: Barack Obama has won the race for the White house comfortably against the powerful duo of John McCai … more →

Tags: Politics, Barack Obama Wins, US President, 44 th US president, US Election Results, McCain loses, Obama clinches victory, November 5 th, historic US presidential win

Plain: I have more executive experience than Obama

VLOGZ wrote 9 months ago: (CNN) — Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin vowed on Tuesday to use her exec … more →

Tags: Sarah Palin, John McCain, Politics, united states, Political-policy, Domestic Policy, Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, obama palin

Sarah Palin should have taken PLSC250

jd wrote 10 months ago: Had one of my Introduction to International Relations students been taking questions from Charlie Gi … more →

Tags: .:*Conflict*:., democracy, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, GeoPolitics, international law, International Relations--PLSC250, international security, IR Theory

Citizenship, Jus Soli, and "Anchor Babies"

jd wrote 10 months ago: As we learned in Chapter 3 of O’Neil, there are two (main) types of citizenship (remember that … more →

Tags: democracy, identity, Nationalism, O'Neil-Chapter 3, State, The, state sovereignty, Anchor Baby, Illegal Immigration, Virgil Goode

Obama, 2 other senators in Afghanistan1 comment

VLOGZ wrote 1 year ago: (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Afghanistan on a multistop overs … more →

Tags: obama, Afghanistan, Arab League Nations, Barack Obama, British politics, Diplomacy, election campaigns, Foreign Policy, French politics

What are the Fundamental Tenets of Confucianism...Culture as Destiny?

jd wrote 1 year ago: Over the past few weeks, we have addressed the debate regarding the relative explanatory power of cu … more →

Tags: Asian Politics, China, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, democracy, East Asia, ethnicity, Human Rights, Institutions, Marxism

John Cleese on Proportional Representation

jd wrote 1 year ago: There are generally two types of electoral system in use around the world–first-past-the-post … more →

Tags: British politics, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, democracy, European Politics, O'Neil-Chapter 6, First Past The Post, proportional representation

Monty Python's take on Constitutional Government

jd wrote 1 year ago: I am a huge fan of the British sketch comedy group Monty Python.  For a political science professor, … more →

Tags: Civil Society, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, democracy, Human Rights, Institutions, Marxism, O'Neil-Chapter 6, Pedagogy, Marxist Criticism

Fareed Zakaria calls John McCain's Foreign Policy Vision Radical

jd wrote 1 year ago: I won’t be posting much over the next week or so as grading and exams are taking up most of my … more →

Tags: International Relations--PLSC250, international security, IR Theory, neoconservatism, Realism, mccain foreign policy

New International Crisis Group Report on Serbia1 comment

jd wrote 1 year ago: Taking a cue from Marshall Mathers, the ICG has released a new report on Serbia entitled “Will … more →

Tags: democracy, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, Kosovo, ICG, serbia elections

CDU and Greens form Coalition Government in Hamburg

jd wrote 1 year ago: ollowing our mock election and government formation simulation, I thought it might be of interest to … more →

Tags: democracy, European Politics, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, Political Ideology, O'Neil-Chapter 6, O'Neil-Chapter 7, Hamburg-Government, CDU, Green Party

Mock German Election Simulation--Government Formation Results

jd wrote 1 year ago: In the second part of our mock German election simulation–the government formation negotiation … more →

Tags: Assignment, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, democracy, European Politics, O'Neil-Chapter 6, O'Neil-Chapter 7, Pedagogy, Political Ideology, Simulation

FDP Wins Plularity of Bundestag Seats in Mock German Election--Spring 2008

jd wrote 1 year ago: [UPDATE: I made a mistake when I was initially tabulating results, necessitating a slight change in … more →

Tags: Assignment, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, European Politics, O'Neil-Chapter 6, O'Neil-Chapter 7, Pedagogy, Simulation

Lecture on German Political Parties April 17th

jd wrote 1 year ago: Talk about serendipity!  We will finish our mock German election and government formation simulation … more →

Tags: Assignment, Case Study, Civil Society, collective security, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, democracy, Diplomacy, European Politics, Foreign Policy

Mock German Election and Government Formation Simulation2 comments

jd wrote 1 year ago: Here is a great link to information about the German electoral and political party system. You can … more →

Tags: democracy, European Politics, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, O'Neil-Chapter 7, in-class simulation, Bundestag Elections

From CSM--In Turkey, Secularists Escalate Fight Against Ruling AKP

jd wrote 1 year ago: Amongst the readings we’ll be addressing tomorrow in introduction to comparative politics is A … more →

Tags: Comparative Politics--PLSC240, democracy, O'Neil-Chapter 6, Religion and Politics, Turkey-Secularism, Turkey democracy, Turkey-Separation of Powers

Join Me in Welcoming the World's Newest Democracy

jd wrote 1 year ago: The Himalayan state of Bhutan has become the world’s newest democracy, upon the completion of … more →

Tags: Asia, Comparative Politics--PLSC240, democracy, International Relations--PLSC250, O'Neil-Chapter 6, Bhutan elections, Bhutan--Democracy


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