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Sunday, January 25, 2015
FI Question #43
To complete question #43 on the "Foundations Investigation," select an article from a PRINT issue of Current History. Your comment should include the following:
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Southeast Asia
ReplyDeleteKurlantzick, Joshua. "The New Schizophrenia: Asia Between Integration and Isolation." Current History 109.723 (2010): 24-30. Print.
Overall, the article talks about Asia as a whole but begins by talking about China, then moves on to trade, and finally nationalism. First, the article mentions a situation that Chen Yunlin, China's chief negotiator with Taiwan, had to face upon his arrival to the island. Chen was there to sign many agreements, but then he was trapped in the building, surrounded by protesters. Then, the article moves on to the idea of Asia becoming closer when it comes to trade because they are now trading more often within their own continent. Lastly, the article mentioned that Asia as a whole is trying to create a safe patriotic environment that eliminates negativity between their own countries.
Bugajksi, Janusz. "Poland's Progress: Where Warsaw Fits in Europe." Current History 110.734 (2011): 103-09. Print.
ReplyDelete"Poland's Progress: Where Warsaw Fits in Europe" written by Janusz Bugajski begins talking the death of former President of Russia: Lech Kaczynski and how it led to the political struggles. Then is moves on to talk about presidental election following the death of Kacynski. This all leads to how Presidednt Kaczynski's death brought fourth the division between traditionalist and modernists.
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ReplyDeletePiccone, Theodore J. "Perilous Times for Latin America." Current History (2010): 81-83. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses the problem with Latin America and its economy; it depends on the country, and if that country had previously handled finances. It will depend on how these countries handle themselves in the next few years, that will determine their future economy, elections, and trade with other continents. It is likely however, that Latin America will begin to have political crisis, because the candidates will support their key allies.
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ReplyDeleteDunne, Michelle. "Storms of the Arab's Spring." Current History 112.758 (2013): 364-65. Print.
ReplyDeleteMichelle Dunne spent the month of May in the middle east and she experienced the annual dust storm termed the 'khamseen.' Dunne describes the dust storm as a poison to the sweet spring months in the middle east. The governments of the middle east are having their own 'khamseen.' These countries are gaining freedom in media and civil society, but they cannot establish a strong central government. Without a strong central government, some of these countries deal with massive rebellions.
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ReplyDeleteTreisman, Daniel. "Is Putin Losing His Grip?" Current History 112.756 (2013):
ReplyDelete251-58. Print.
This article is about the Putin regime of Russia (Russia spans through Central and North Asia) and how it may soon come to an end. Putin recently won a manipulated parliamentary election for his third term. This sparked many protests in 2011, and since then it has died down, but people still are not very happy with Putin. He has reversed many reforms that would make the country “more democratic” such as re-criminalizing slander. Everything from not a successful Olympics to the decline of Russia’s economy could soon destroy Putin’s popularity and be the demise of his power over Russia.
Sun, Yan. “The Roots of China’s Ethnic Conflicts.” Current History (2014): 231-37. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article has to do with East Asia. The article, specifically about China, has to do with peripheral zones, religious revival, and Uighur alienation. The peripheral zones highlight China's government throughout the years. Religious revival talks about the religious policies and how they changed. Lastly, the Uighur alienation points out things evolving the economy in China.
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ReplyDeleteMudde, Cas. "The Far Right and the European Elections" ["The Far Right and the
ReplyDeleteEuropean Elections"]. Current History Mar. 2014: 98-103. Print.
The article "The Far Right and the European Election" in Current History begins with explaining how medias "truths" on the Great Recession and the European elections are faulty generalizations. The article then further explains that the economic crisis has caused an increase in public dissatisfaction with European and national elites. The article also explains that overall the Great Recession has not produced a sharp rise in support for far right parties.
Thiranagama, Sharika. "Sri Lanka's Lingering State of War." Current History 113.762 (2014): 163-65. Print. South Asia
ReplyDeleteAlthough the war between the state of Sri Lanka and the LTTE has ended, the fighting is far from over. Two large graves have been found that clearly indicate a large number of people were tortured and slaughtered. Even today the military forces in Sri Lanka continue to grow and take jobs that many people desperately need. The government contunes to blame the LTTE for their actions and the LTTE blames the government for their actions. The spread of military force in Sri Lanka is creating tension and the fighting continues.
Africa
ReplyDeleteLustig, Joshua. "The Scramble for Africa's Farmland." Current History May 2013: 198. Print.
The article "The Scramble for Africa's Farmland" is about how countries such as China have been buying up agricultural land in Africa to assure their own food security. A scramble to take Africa's farmland is because of biofuels. People say large land deals are so easily mimic as fast as capitalism. Post-independence African governments have followed colonial rule, which gives local chiefs of authority over communal land.
Weiss, Max. "Syria in the Abyss." Current History 113.767 (2014): 372-73. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the recent demise of Syria and how the previously negligent country is becoming noticeable because of their problems. More than 200,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in Syria over the past three and a half years. This is due to an ongoing "war" between several countries that oppose Syria, like Israel and the United States. This article also talks about U.S. President Barack Obama's policy on Syria and how it does not work. It says that the United States is making Syria suffer and that all outside interference with Syria should be stopped.
Kuhnle, Stein. "Turning Point for the European Social Media?" Current History
ReplyDelete109.725 (2010): 99-104. Print. The year 2010 was meant to be a very
successful year for the European Union, but at the start of the year, the
country faced an economic crisis. In addition, Europe has been known for
bad welfare since the 1970s, but it has gradually been improving. This
refinement is because of different funds that the European Economic
Community (EEC) has started; these include the Regional Development Fund
and the European Globalization Adjustment Fund. All in all, Europe has
faced many hardships when it comes to welfare, but they are still working
on overcoming it.
Lehoucq, Fabrice. "Central America's Violent Legacy." Current History Feb. 2014: 82-84. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article, "Central America's Violent Legacy", discusses the struggle that Central America has with democracy, even though it has been many years since the end of their civil war. Conflict started to occur during their dictatorship in the twentieth century. It later goes on to talk about the crash of their economy due to this refusal to democracy throughout Central America. Still, they are trying to make things right all over.
Ganguly, Sumit. "What If Pakistanis Strike India Again?" Current History (2010)
ReplyDeleteLashkar-e-taiba, was a Pakistan militant Islamist group that attacked a large city in India called Mumbai, in 2008. Safety patrols were implemented after the attack, however the people in the city where not worried about another Pakistan's attack; even though there was such a large possibility due to the government of Pakistan doing very little to dismantle or punished the terrorist group that led the attack. Even though the terrorist attacked in 2001, motivated India to come up with a military strategy called the "cold-start", India were caught off guard during the Mumbai attack, so the military stratgey was not used. The advanced counterterrorism protection India implemented might not be enough to prevent another attack creating many predictions on what it India would do if an attack were to happen again have been predicted but there is no clear answer.
Epprecht, Marc. "Africa New Political Homophobia." Current History May 2014: 203-04. Print.
ReplyDeleteThe article "Africa New Political Homophobia" discusses the issue of majority of Africa's countries are developing, but have recently set laws against same-sex marriage. It is questioned why developing countries such as Ugandan and Nigeria would make these that almost prevent their countries from further development. African human rights and sexual avocates are trying to get these laws revoked by using the power of activism, art, and scholarship. They are attacking the homophobia and hoping for a newer, brighter, future.
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
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ReplyDeleteMulgan, Aurelia George. "Can Trade Talks Drive Reform in Japan?" Current History 111.746 (2012): 241-43. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about trade relations between Japan and the United States. The United States has had concerns about the Japanese beef, auto and insurance markets. The United States wants to put an end to the age restrictions on beef imports. The United States also wants to have a part in the Japanese non tariff barriers on automobiles. The United States also wants to preserve their corporate shares they have on the Japanese cancer insurance market against other competition.
Charap, Samuel, and Jeremy Shapiro. "Russia and Eurasia: How to Avoid a New Cold War." Current Histpry: 265-72. Print.
ReplyDeleteThis article talks about how to avoid another Cold War. They talk about how the problems that the western relations and Russia were having need to be fixed. The article talks about how the countries need to understand what went wrong. Also, the article talks about the Eastern promises and how they should be kept. It also talks about the threats by Russia, and how we need to resolve our differences.
Adhikari, Aditya. "Nepals Constitutional Crisis." Current History (2013):
ReplyDelete146-51. Print.
The struggle of representation tears a nation from within. In this article Aditya discusses the issues that face Nepal's Political and constitutional assembly. After the fall of the monarchy the tug of war of power between the maorists or the tradionalists began ultimately having the moarist prevailing. Although the maorists have won the majority of seats many internal issues still squander the party. The struggle for deerper representation through federalism will be the main focus for many years to come.
Southeast Asia
ReplyDeleteDadush, Uri. "Converging Economic Destinies." Current History 113.759 (2014): 26-29. Print.
This article discusses that Singapore has come from being a greatly impoverished country to a fairly wealthy one. Dadush explains that since the time that Singapore was a poor nation, about sixty years, they have passed the United States and all of Europe in their per capita. Also, a sixth of the households in Singapore have one million dollars in assets. Many other Asian countries have shown quick development economically, such as Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan.