IB Global Politics (HL1 & HL2): The week ahead, 21-24 January

HL1: In what ways, and with what effects, are responses to and effects of natural disasters politicized?

• Tuesday: Play & debrief, Stop Disasters.
• Thursday: In class readings (choose 1)
• Atkinson, J., Hicken, A., & Ravanilla, N. (2013, November 12). Politics and disaster aid in the Philippines. Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/11/12/politics-and-disaster-aid-in-the-philippines/ 
• Cruz, C., & Harlan, C. (2013, November 11). Philippines fears massive death toll as Typhoon Haiyan wreaks havoc. Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/philippines-fears-massive-death-toll-after-typhoon/2013/11/10/2bd314f4-49dd-11e3-b87a-e66bd9ff3537_story.html 
• The Economist. (2013, November 16). Worse than hell. The Economist. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21589916-one-strongest-storms-ever-recorded-has-devastated-parts-philippines-and-relief 
• Kurlantzick, J. (2013, November 11). Typhoon Haiyan. Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved from http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2013/11/11/typhoon-haiyan/
• Kurlantzick, J. (2013, November 13). Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines, the United States, and China. Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved from http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2013/11/13/typhoon-haiyan-the-philippines-the-united-states-and-china/ 
• Kurlantzick, J. (2013, November 18). Why was Vietnam better prepared than the Philippines for Typhoon Haiyan? Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved from http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2013/11/18/why-was-vietnam-better-prepared-than-the-philippines-for-typhoon-haiyan/
• Wright, J. (2013, November 20). Wherefore art thou ASEAN? The Internationalist. Retrieved from http://blogs.cfr.org/patrick/2013/11/18/wherefore-art-thou-asean-typhoon-haiyans-teachable-moment/ 
• Friday: Watch & debrief, Killer Typhoon

HL2: to what extent do individuals and societies benefit from development?

• Tuesday: Play & debrief, Economicon (The game that lets you toy with global economics without the hassle of world domination). 
• Thursday: Watch Bhagwati, Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for Other Developing Countries"
• Watch Okonjo-Iweala, Aid versus trade on your own
• Friday: In class writing; How do both Bhagwati and Okonjo-Iweala frame the issue of growth in terms of a geopolitical challenge or conflict? What solutions does the Bhagwati provide? To what extent do these seem reasonable