State & nation building

Majendie, Matt. 2015. Usain Bolt: The secret behind the world's fastest man. CNN. August 25: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/21/sport/world-championships-jamaican-sprinting/

Key terms & concepts:

• Theory• Theory of nation and state• Nation• State• Nation-State• Insurgent state• Nation building• State building

Spindle, Bill, and Gerald Seib. 2014. Islamist

Militants Aim to Redraw Map of the Middle East.

Wall Street Journal. June 12:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/islamist-militants-aim-

to-redraw-map-of-the-middle-east-1402620168

Zimbabwe:McGroarty, Patrick; & Farai Mutsaka. How to Turn 100 Trillion Dollars Into Five and Feel Good About It. Wall Street Journal. May 11, 2011.

Failed states

SomaliaChildress, Sarah. Somali Premier Resigns, Testing Fragile Government. Wall Street Journal. September 22, 2010: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704129204575505240860682472.html

Drew Davis: Modern Naval Piracy

The Playlist. “Disney Reveals Pirates 4.” http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/09/disney-reveals-pirates-4-title.html

Somalia piracyEngland's Royal Navy attack Somali pirates. The Daily Skew. September 7,

2009: http://skew.dailyskew.com/2008/11/englands-royal-navy-attack-somali.html

Iraq state building: requirements?

Islam from Inside. Retrieved 1/23/06: http://www.islamfrominside.com/images/iraq_constitution.jpg

powerlineblog.com. Accessed January 24, 2005: powerlineblog.com/archives/09cnd-afgh-xl.jpg

Iraq nation building: requirements?

Reuters. Retrieved 1/23/06: http://www.flaggenkunde.de/neues/images/iraq2004_reuters.gif

Al Jazeerah. The new Iraqi flag. Retrieved 1/23/06. http://www.aljazeerah.info/Cartoons/2004%20cartoons/April/29.htm

CIA World Factbook. Retrieved September 16, 2010: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_iz.html

Kurdish Democratic Association in Sweden-lund. Retrieved January 17, 2006: hem.passagen.se/kdfsltv/hist.html

Retrieved January 17, 2006: homepages.fh-giessen.de/~hg11245/

Kurdistan

Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 1/23/06: http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/cocaine/map.gif

http://www.visitjamaica.com/

http://www.dominica.dm

Jamaica Gleaner. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/

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So if you are the big treeWe are the small axeReady to cut you down (well sharp)To cut you down

These are the wordsOf my master, keep on tellin meNo weak heartShall prosperAnd whosoever diggeth a pitShall fall in it, fall in itAnd whosoever diggeth a pitShall fall in it (... fall in it)

If you are the big tree, let me tell you thatWe are the small axe, sharp and readyReady to cut you down (well sharp)To cut you down

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(to cut you down)

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