I'm not sure how many people have chosen this subject for the semester- but it might be useful to discuss which topics we've chosen and what we think of the articles?
a. Nuclear Crisis in Iran.
b. China as a Great Power?
c. Europe versus America?
I'm doing Europe v America- very different perspectives from both Drozdiak and Danchev. It's interesting to see how Drozdiak has divided the 'transatlantic' relationship into three streams- economic, national security and general foreign policy- and how the balance must be maintained with Europe and the US in order for America to retain support for their international activities, from the next potential 'superpower' suffering an identity crisis- EU's borders potentially extending across Turkey for example. I particularly liked the "good cop/ bad cop" example- the collaboration of diplomatic measures and military force to resolve issues in Palestine/Israel etc. Danchev's article meanwhile refers to the historical context of Euro/US relations, and how their supposed common values are just part of the political "fog of rhetoric"... it's not such a bad assignment, and we only have 800 or so words to critically compare the two articles?
a. Nuclear Crisis in Iran.
b. China as a Great Power?
c. Europe versus America?
I'm doing Europe v America- very different perspectives from both Drozdiak and Danchev. It's interesting to see how Drozdiak has divided the 'transatlantic' relationship into three streams- economic, national security and general foreign policy- and how the balance must be maintained with Europe and the US in order for America to retain support for their international activities, from the next potential 'superpower' suffering an identity crisis- EU's borders potentially extending across Turkey for example. I particularly liked the "good cop/ bad cop" example- the collaboration of diplomatic measures and military force to resolve issues in Palestine/Israel etc. Danchev's article meanwhile refers to the historical context of Euro/US relations, and how their supposed common values are just part of the political "fog of rhetoric"... it's not such a bad assignment, and we only have 800 or so words to critically compare the two articles?
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