Final Exam Essay Question

The essay question for the exam is as follows:

“In periods D and E, the United States made both friends and enemies in the Non-Western World.” Discuss this claim in relation to the Middle East, and two of the following: Japan, China, Cuba, and Vietnam. (Keep in mind that the US in some ways encouraged independence and in other ways practiced imperialism.)

Good luck!

Mexico-US Homework

For tomorrow (Wednesday, 5.25), read the article on Mexico's drug war by the Council on Foreign Relations.

http://www.cfr.org/mexico/mexicos-drug-war/p13689

Take a page of notes for discussion tomorrow.

Then choose any article, audio or video clip from this link:

http://www.cfr.org/region/mexico/ri242

and take a page of notes as well.

Remember to choose something of appropriate length- some of the audio is too long, some of the articles, too. The blog posts are a good choice.