INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT & SECURITY
FALL 2014

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Welcome to the course page for R POS 386, International Conflict & Security!
This page contains supplemental information and links to course materials.

Syllabus

Tuesday/Thursday (8:45am-10:05am): karreth386.pdf

Office hours Fall 2014

Please make an appointment using this link. I'm always available Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30-11:30am, Humanities B-16, and periodically at other times (see the appointment link).

Class blog

We are using a class blog to post about news and current events related to international conflict & security. The blog is located at jkrpos386.wordpress.com. In the second week of the semester, I will send invites to your albany.edu email address to invite you as a blog contributor. On Blackboard, you will find a link to a sign-up sheet for a date when you will post on the blog.

Access to readings

Please see Blackboard for all readings that are not accessible online.

News resources

Please familiarize yourself with at least 3 resources from each section below, and check them frequently. Links on this page do not indicate my unlimited endorsement of the linked sources. I recommend using an RSS reader to easily follow your favorite blogs and news sites. We will talk about managing news sources in the first week of this course.

News sites specifically on politics and foreign affairs:

• Foreign Policy
• Foreign Affairs (also see the CFR's smartphone app)
• World Views (Washington Post)
• The Monkey Cage (current political science research digest)
• Vox
• The Upshot
• Fivethirtyeight
• Pangea Today, an international news aggregator

Some blogs on political science and international conflict:

• Political Violence At a Glance
• Jay Ulfelder
• Duck of Minerva
• The Quantitative Peace

News sites

• BBC News
• New York Times
• Christian Science Monitor
• The Guardian
• The Economist
• Al Jazeera
• AllAfrica.com
• Xinhua News

Blogs on international relations topics (beyond international conflict & security)

• A Fistful of Euros (commentary on the EU)
• Ken Opalo (African politics)
• Chris Blattman (development economics)
• Johannes Urpelainen (climate politics)
• Dani Rodrik (economics)
• Daniel Drezner (political economy & foreign policy)
• Impact Evaluations blog (World Bank)
• Foreign Policy Magazine blog
• Kim Yi Dionne (African politics)
• Tom Pepinsky (political economy, Southeast Asia)
• Int'l Economic Law and Policy
• International Law Grrls
• James Fallows (The Atlantic)
• Jeffrey Frankel (economics)
• Kariobangi (African political economy)
• Marc Lynch (political science; MENA)
• Marginal Revolution (economics)
• Money Supply (economics; central banks)
• Guardian data blog
• Political Geography Now (political maps)
• The Umlaut (economics commentary)
• The Current Moment (politics and economics)
• Center for Global Development
• Beyond BRICs (emerging markets)

Blogs on the Economist website:

• Banyan (Asia)
• Baobab (Sub-Saharan Africa)
• Charlemagne
• Eastern Approaches (Eastern Europe)
• Free Exchange (economy)
• Leviathan (public policy)

Podcasts

• BBC Global News
• BBC From our own correspondents
• NPR Foreign Dispatch
• The Diane Rehm Show