Week 1: Outer Space
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- The Outer Space Treaty and the Weaponization of Space by Joan Johnson-Freese and David Burbach, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 2019
- The International Space Station: Collaboration, Utilization, and Commercialization by Tara Ruttley, Julie Robinson, and William Gerstenmaier, Social Science Quarterly, December 2017
- Arms Control in Outer Space: The Russian Angle, and a Possible Way Forward by Alexey Arbatov, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 2019
- Counter and Cooperate: How Space Can Be Used to Advance US-China Cooperation While Curbing Beijing's Terrestrial Excesses by Peter Loftus, Air & Space Power Journal, Spring 2019
- Preventing World War III in Space with Global Governance by Chu Wang, Harvard Kennedy School Review, 2020
Other Related Internet Resources
- Space and National Security: What To Expect In 2022 by Sandra Erwin, Space News, January 19, 2022
- United States Space Priorities Framework, The White House, December 2021
- Department of Defense Space Strategy
- The Future of Security in Space: A Thirty-Year US Strategy, by Clementine G. Starling, Mark J. Massa, Lt. Col. Christopher P. Mulder, and Julia T. Siegel, Atlantic Council, April 2021 (102 pages)
- Companies are commercializing outer space. Do government programs still matter? by Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Washington Post, January 11, 2022
- What You May Have Missed In The New National Space Policy by Michael Sinclair, The Brookings Institution, December 14, 2020
- How SpaceX Changed the Game of American Space Policy by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Inverse, March 1, 2019
- China’s Pursuit of Space Power Status and Implications for the United States, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 11, 2019
- The Global Legal Landscape of Space: Who Writes the Rules on the Final Frontier? by Sophie Goguichvili, Alan Linenberger, Amber Gillette, and Alexandra Novak, October 1, 2021
- Can the U.S. and China Cooperate in Space? by Leonard David, Scientific American, August 2, 2021
Video Panels and Lectures
- The Future of US Security in Space, Atlantic Council and Scowcroft Center For Strategy and Security, April 12, 2021, 1 hour 59 minutes
- The Implications of U.S. Space Policy Choices by Dr. Scott Pace, Keck Institute for Space Studies, August 18, 2015, 1 hour 11 minutes
- Assessing Space Security: Threat and Response, Brookings Institute, August 1, 2019, 1 hour 35 minutes
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Week 2: Changing Demographics
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- Here’s Looking at You, 2050 by Paul Taylor Foreign Policy, 2017
- With Great Demographics Comes Great Power: Why Population Will Drive Geopolitics by Nicholas Foreign Affairs, July 2019
- Baby Boom or Bust? By Margaret Andersen, History Today, 2021
- Economic Policy Implications of World Demographic Change by Richard Johnson Economic Review, 2004
- An Aging World - demographics and challenges by Bruno Lunenfeld, Gynecological Endocrinology, 2008
- International Migration: Causes, Challenges and Policy Responses by Alan Gamlen and Melinda Gamlen, Geodate, 2019
- International Migration and Inequality Across Nations by Simone Bertoli and Frederic Docquier, World Economy, 2016
Other Related Internet Resources
- 6 demographic trends shaping the US and the world in 2019- Pew Research Center, April 2019
- Shifting demographics - United Nations
- Population 2020 - International Monetary Fund, March 2020
- Six reasons why demographic matters during the pandemic by Maitreyi Bordia Das, World Bank, July 2020
- International migration statistics - Migration Policy Institute, 2020
- Global migration, by the numbers: who migrates, where they go and why - World Economic Forum, January 2020
- International Migrant Data - United Nations Population Division, 2019
- Global Compact for Migration - IOM
- FACT SHEET: Strategy to Address the Root Causes of Migration in Central America - White House
Video Panels and Lectures
- Demographic trends and the global economy – IGIER Policy Seminar, April 2021
- Empty planet: preparing for the global population decline – Centre for International Governance Innovation, April 2019
- Global trends: new demographics and their implications – Pew Research Center, July 2016
- The shape of things to come: future demography around the world – Gresham College, February 2015
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Week 3: Climate Change
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- The Burdens of Extreme Heat: As Climate Warms, Poorer Areas Bear a Great Burden - New Hampshire Business Review, August 27, 2021
- Climate Change in the American Mind: Data, Tools, and Trends - Environment, 2019
- Where Will Climate Migrants Go? - Science News, 2020
- The Polar Crucible - Scientific American, June 2021
Video Panels and Lectures
- ‘Climate Change: Science and Policy’ Lecture by Mario Molina, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Making Sense of Climate Change: A 6-Part Series - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, February 2017
- A Panel Discussion on Climate Change in New England - Yale University, January 2014
Books and Videos Available at the Library
- This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate by Naomi Klein
- Miseducation: How Climate Change is taught in America by Katie Worth
- Bearing Witness: the Human Rights Case against Fracking and Climate Change by Thomas A. Kerns and Kathleen Dean Moore, editors
- Climate Chaos: Lessons on survival from our ancestors by Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani
- 1,001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World by Devi Lockwood
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Week 4: Russia and the US
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- Questioning Putin’s Popularity: Presidential Approval in an Electoral Authoritarian Regime by Kenneth Wilson and Jacchul Lee, Problems of Post-Communism, 2020
- Shortcut to Legitimacy: Popularity in Putin’s Russia by Derek S. Hutcheson and Bo Peterson Europe-Asia Studies, 2016
- “Decentralize or Else”: Russia’s Use of Offensive Coercive Diplomacy against Ukraine by Eray Alim World Affairs, 2020
- What is the Role of Nationalism and Ethnicity in the Russia-Ukraine Crisis? By Erika Harris Europe-Asia Studies, 2020
- Putin’s Foreign Policy by Fyodor Lukyanov Foreign Affairs, 2016
Other Related Internet Resources
- Global Conflict Tracker: Conflict in Ukraine - Council on Foreign Relations, 2022
- Russia Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories - US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, 2022
- U.S. Relations With Russia: Bilateral Relations Fact Sheet - US Department of State, September 2021
- U.S.-Russian Relations
- Analyzing developments in all aspects of the U.S.-Russia bilateral relationship - Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2020
- Kremlin’s unwillingness to recognize Ukraine as a sovereign state has resulted in major strategic failure for Russia, Stanford scholar says by Melissa De Witte, Stanford News, January 6, 2022
Video Panels and Lectures
- Russia returns: Navigating U.S.-Russia relations - Brookings Instutution, December 2019
- Russia’s Resurgence: Prospects for Stability in U.S.-Russia Relations - Council on Foreign Relations, December 2019
- Examining the U.S. response options to the Russia-Ukraine conflict - PBS News Hour, January 2022
- Evolution of Russian Cyber Tactics and Operations - Center for Strategic & International Studies, March 2021
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Week 5: Myanmar and ASEAN
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- Why No Major World Power Wants ASEAN to Split Up Over Myanmar by Philip J. Heijmans and Iain Marlow, Bloomberg, January 19, 2022
- ASEAN Should Keep Myanmar Junta Exclusion Stance, Singapore Says by Pakiam Ranjeetha, Bloomberg, January 15, 2022
- Coups, Conflicts, and COVID-19 in Myanmar: Humanitarian Intervention and Responsibility to Protect in Intractable Crises by Adam Simpson, Brown Journal of World Affairs, Fall/Winter 2021
- How to Help Myanmar Before It’s Too Late by Charli Carpenter, World Politics Review, October 1, 2021
- Myanmar Shadow Government Declares War on Military by Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post, September 7, 2021
- ASEAN States Must Act to Help Myanmar. This is Where They Should Start by Brian Wong, Fortune, March 25, 2021
Other Related Internet Resources
- Chairman’s Statement on the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting by Association of Southeast Asian Nations, April 24, 2021
- The Yearlong Failure to Protect Myanmar’s People and What to Do Now by Savita Pawnday and Liam Scott, The Diplomat, February 1, 2022
- What to Expect of Cambodia as ASEAN Chair by Charles Dunst, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 4, 2021
- Three Priorities for U.S.-Thailand Cooperation in Myanmar by Brian Harding and Jason Tower, U.S. Institute of Peace, December 15, 2021
- Myanmar, China, the Coup and the Future by Jason Tower and Priscilla A. Clapp, U.S. Institute of Peace, June 8, 2021
- What is ASEAN? By Lindsay Maizland and Eleanor Albert, Center for Foreign Relations, November 24, 2020
Video Panels and Lectures
- Myanmar: The Situation One Year Post-Coup, Center for Strategic and International Relations, February 2, 2022
- Can Myanmar Return to Democracy?, Al Jazeera English, February 1, 2022
- The Deadly Battles That Tipped Myanmar into Civil War, BBC News, February 1, 2022
- Myanmar Was Expanding Freedoms, Then Came the Military Coup, PBS NewsHour, January 29, 2022
- The Shocking Rise in Coups: Myanmar, United States Institute of Peace, December 13, 2021
- 36th ASEAN Roundtable, Session III: Regional Political and Security Landscape: Panel 1, The Myanmar Challenge to ASEAN Unity and Centrality, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, October 27, 2021
- The Quagmire in Myanmar: How Should the International Community Respond? Brookings Institute, July 22, 2021
Books and Videos Available at the Library
- The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U, 2020
- Undaunted: My Struggle for Freedom and Survival in Burma by Zoya Phan with Damien Lewis, 2010
- The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma by Thant Myint-U, 2006
- A Savage Dreamland: Journeys in Burma by David Eimer, 2019
- Names for Light: A Family History by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myinty, 2021
- Burma: Forgotten Allies [streaming video], 2020, available via Hoopla
- Myanmar’s Killing Fields [streaming video], 2018, available via Kanopy
- Crossing Midnight [streaming video], 2009, available via Hoopla
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Week 6: Quad Alliance
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- Quad is Key to Biden’s Strategy in Asia, But the Four-Way Alliance Is Ambiguous and Contradictory by D.R. Chowdhury, Time.com, March 2021
- Meeting signals “Quad” will be key to U.S. policy on China by Mcihelle Ye Hee Lee and Joanna Slater, Washington Post, Summer 2021
- Joint Statement by President Biden, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan on the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue - Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents, September 2021/
- Commentary - the Making of Quad Realism by William H. Thornton and Songok Han, World Affairs, Mar. 2022
- Japan Likely to Host Second In-Person Quad Summit in January 2022 by Rezual H. Laskar, Hindustan Times, November 24, 2021.
Other Related Internet Resources
- Quadrilateral Security Dialogue - Wikipedia, edited on 13 March 2022
- The Quad in the Indo-Pacific: What to Know - Council on Foreign Relations, by Sheila A. Smith, May 27, 2021.
- The Quad countries pledge to promote an Indo-Pacific region that is ‘undaunted by coercion’ - CNBC, by Saheli Roy Choudhury, September 27, 2021.
- Joint Statement from Quad Leaders - The White House briefing room, September 24, 2021.
- Quad Leaders’ Joint Statement: The Spirit of the Quad - The White House briefing room, March 12, 2021.
- Defining the Diamond: The Past, Present, and Future of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue - Center for Strategic & International Studies, March 16, 2020.
- ’Quad’ allies meet in Australia to shore up Indo-Pacific alliance - Deutsche Welle, November 2, 2022.
Video Panels and Lectures
- 5 Things you need to know about the Quad - Brookings Institution, July 15, 2021
- What is the Quad and can it counter China’s rise? - Aljazeera, by Zaheena Rasheed, November 25, 2020.
- QUAD Quadrilateral Security Dialogue – 4 Nations – India,Japan, US, Australia – Indo-Pacific - UPSC, September 23, 2021.
- Looking Ahead: The Quad’s Strategic Approach to China, Taiwan, and the Indo-Pacific - Center for Strategic International Studies, November 2, 2021.
- Gravitas Plus: The Quad: Past, Present & Future - The World is One News, March 20, 2021.
Books and Videos Available at the Library
- Age of Ambition: chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the New China by Evan Osnos, 2014.
- Rivals: how the power struggle between China, India and Japan will shape our next decade by Bill Emmott, 2010.
- Asia’s cauldron: the South China Sea and the end of a stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan, 2014.
- Reference Shelf: The South China Sea Conflict,compiled by H.W. Wilson Company, 2018.
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Week 7: Drug Policy in Latin America
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- Corporate power, US drug enforcement and the repression of indigenous peoples in Latin America by Horace Bartilow, Third World Quarterly, February 2019
- Social Responses to Criminal Governance in Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Kingston, and Medellín by Enrique Desmond Arias, Latin American Research Review, 2019
- The Time to Finally Stop the "War on Drugs" Is Now - NACLA Report on the Americas, Winter 2016
- Drug War: A Quietly Escalating Failure by Katie Doyle, NACLA Report on the Americas, September 2018
Other Related Internet Resources
- Drug Policy Innovations in Latin America - Latin America Policy Journal, November 5, 2017
- Legalizing drugs and illegal economies is no panacea for Latin America and the rest of the world - Brookings, March 31, 2021
- Women and Drugs - The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
- To Support Indigenous Rights in Latin America, Decolonize Drug Policies - Ana Clara Telles, Colleen Daniels, and Manaka Infante, August 12, 2021
- Lost cause 50 years of the war on drugs in Latin America - Washington Post, June 14, 2021
- PAHO launches project to improve substance use disorder policies in Latin America and the Caribbean - Pan American Health Organization, December 27, 2021
Video Panels and Lectures
- Criminalized and Incarcerated in Latin America: How the “Drug War” Drives the Region’s Prison Crisis - The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), September 14, 2021
- The Stories of Women in Prison for Drug Related Crimes - WOLA, Scopio and EQUIS Justicia para las Mujeres, 2018
Books and Videos Available at the Library
- A narco history : how the United States and Mexico jointly created the "Mexican drug war" by Carmen Boullosa & Mike Wallace, 2016
- Our 50-state border crisis : how the Mexican border fuels the drug epidemic across America by Howard G. Buffett, 2018
- America's war on drugs by Barry McCaffrey, 2017 - Season 1 on Hoopla
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Week 8: Industrial Policy
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- China’s Economic Diplomacy in Central and Eastern Europe: A Case of Offensive Mercantilism? By Jeremy Garlick, Europe-Asia Studies, 2019
- The Revolution Will Not Be Privatized: Corporate Responsibility and Its Limits by Diane Coble, Foreign Affairs. 2022
- Industrial Policy Saved Europe’s Vaccine Drive by Caroline de Gruyter, Foreign Policy. 2021
- Introduction to China’s Economic Statecraft: Rising Influences, Mixed Results by Yi Edward Liang and Wei Liang, Journal of Chinese Political Science. 2019
- The Inevitable Rivalry by John Mearscheimer, Foreign Affairs. 2021
Other Related Internet Resources
- Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth – The White House, June 2021
- Fact Sheet: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal – The White House, November 2021
- At the Intersection of Domestic and Foreign Policy – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, December 2018
- Is Industrial Policy Making a Comeback? – by Anshu Siripurapu, Council on Foreign Relations, March 2021
- Is ‘Made in China 2025’ a Threat to Global Trade? – by James McBride and Andrew Chatzky, Council on Foreign Relations, May 2019
Video Panels and Lectures
- The End of Chinese Mercantilism? China’s New “Dual Circulation” Strategy – Center for Stategic & International Studies, August 2020
- The Role of Industrial Policy in Global Development: Evidence from China and India – Global Development Policy Center, Boston University, March 2021
- Industrial Policy: Economics for People with Ha-Joon Chang – Institute for New Economic Thinking, December 2019
- What a National Strategic-Industry Policy Should Look Like – Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, January 2022
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Week 9: Biden's Agenda
Content
Articles from the Library’s Magazine & Journal Database (EBSCOhost)
- The Age of America First by Richard Haas, Foreign Affairs, 2021
- Foreign Policy Begins at Home by Kelebogile Zvobgo, Foreign Policy, 2021
- Now Is the Time For a Foreign Policy Overhaul by Gary Sick, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, October 2021
- Biden’s “Democracy Agenda” Gets a Stress Test by Judah Grunstein, World Politics Review, July 2021
Other Related Internet Resources
- U.S. Foreign Policy Under Biden, World Politics Review, March 2022
- Is Biden’s Foreign Policy Grade A Material?, Foreign Policy, January 2022
- Remarks by President Biden on America’s Place in the World, The White House, February 2021
- Biden’s Foreign Policy for the Middle Class Takes Shape by Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021
Video Panels and Lectures
- “America is Back”: President Biden Outlines His Vision for U.S. Foreign Policy, US Department of State, February 2021
- The Biden Administration Agenda on Global Women’s Issues, Council on Foreign Relations, March 2021
- Biden's Foreign Policy: America's back or America first?, London School of Economics & Political Science, February 2022
- Biden's Foreign Policy Agenda: Aspiration Meets Reality, Stanford Alumni, November 2021
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