APSA

For those in the graduate course, I am strongly recommending that you attend an APSA panel this week. Here is a listing of all the panels by subject. Anything from 18 to 21 (preferred) is suitable. Locations will not be posted online. Ask me by email sometime after Wed. You can also search by name or keyword here.

Syllabii

The Syllabus for 284 (International Conflict/Security) is here
The Syllabus for 571 (PhD IR Core) is here

How to Download Articles

Here is how you download an article, important for both classes.
For example:
Gartzke, E. and M. Simon (1999). "Hot Hand: A Critical Analysis of Enduring Rivalries." Journal of Politics 61(3): 777-98
So the journal is Journal of Politics, 1999, Issue 3
Go to:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/resources/journals/
Search for the Journal of Politics in the open field
Since the article was published in 1999, pick link one, Jstor
At this point you need to log in with your UIC netid
The simple thing to do now would be to just search the journal for the title of the article, in this case Hot Hand. It comes up as the first link, download and print.
Let me know if anyone has any further questions.

Pig War II

The last pig war, Austria vs. Serbia in the early 1900's...Pig War II

Russia Territorial Question

North Pole
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070801111151.7ie3xna9&show_article=1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=R4YA22ACPBC1TQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/08/01/wpole101.xml

Lets go invading

And I was starting to like Obama but invading a sovereign country is probably not the best idea.