Completely mindless rant from former world traveller now provincial dweller

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Learning Learning all the Time

My lovely friend Andrew is doing his last course to complete his degree. He has chosen a very cool course to do and it is going to make dinner parties and the pub so much more interesting.

The name of the course is America and the Great Powers in International Politics, through Deakin Uni...

You can find ou about the actual course http://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/search/course.php?customer_cd=D&unit_cd=AIR245&year_offered=2007& (sorry about the long link but my little link button is not working today!)

He has the choice of three questions:

1. How important are great powers in the international system? Discuss with reference to political, military and economic issues;
2. Is a unipolar international system with a single greatest power stable over the long term; or 3. Is the United Nations merely a tool of great powers such as the US? What sort of evidence should we look for in answering this question?

And I have sent him to number three - because there is LOADS of evidence to prove that the US, UK and EU are not exactly enamoured with the UN.

Can you (blogland) give us a hand in finding some more info and maybe even starring in the assignment - if you are prepared to be quoted - so Andrew can kick arse in this very cool subject?

Well............................... Can you?

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