Coffee and Currents: Previous Gatherings
February 18, 2011
The Other Rising Powers, Part 2: South Africa
February 4, 2011
Egypt's Democracy Crisis: What Cometh?
January 21, 2011
The Other Rising Powers, Part 1: India
Reading Material:
"India," The World Factbook
"India's Rise, America's Interest," Foreign Affairs, March-April 2010
November 19, 2010
U.S.-China and International Finance
Reading Material:
Ashby Monk, Gordon L. Clark, "Singing in the Rain," Foreign Policy Online, January 20, 2010
Ian Bremmer, "China vs. America: Fight of the Century," Prospect Magazine, March 22, 2010
October 5, 2010
Tea Party
Reading Material:
"Angry Tea Party," New York Times, June 13, 2010
"What Tea Partiers Really Want," Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2010
"Tea Party Manifesto," Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2010
May 14, 2010
U.S.-China Relations
Reading Material:
"The G-2 Mirage: Why the U.S. & China aren't ready to upgrade ties," Foreign Affairs, Mar-Apr 2010
"A Wary Respect," Economist, October 24, 2009
April 15, 2010
The Life Cycle of Great Power
Reading Material :
Niall Ferguson, "Complexity and Collapse," Foreign Affairs, Mar-Apr 2010
November 5, 2009
American Health Care Reform
Reading Material:
David Goldhill, "How American Health Care Killed My Father," Atlantic Monthly, September 2009