Lesson 16: Mining in South America

Review:

• Exam 2

Presentation:

• Mining is a major part of Latin America’s economy
  • Copper Mining in Chile
    • Codelco – largest producer of Copper in the world
    • 2010 Copper Mine Accident and Rescue: Buried Alive – Chile Mine Rescue (until 11:30)
  • World Silver Production
    • #1 Mexico, #3 Peru, #5 Chile, #7 Bolivia
    • Mining in Cerro Rico (Bolivia): The Mountain that Eats Men (BBC)
• Lithium Triangle
  • Location – Salt Flats – intersection of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia
  • Lithium
    • Metal used in batteries
      • Consumer electronics
      • Automotive industry
      • Lithium – the future of transportation energy?
    • Demand rising
    • Prices rising
    • Compare with other commodities
  • International investment in the Lithium Triangle (18 min)
  • How can Latin America benefit from the Lithium “boom”?
    • Nationalize or Privatize
    • Foreign Investment
    • Value-add industry development

Assignment:

• Read the articles above about the Lithium Triangle
• Watch Buried Alive – Chile Mine Rescue (47 min)
• Optional: Watch The 33

Lesson 15: Review for Exam 2

Review:

• Japan
• China’s Communist Party Congress

Presentation:

• Asia
  • Asian Century
    • TPP
    • US-China Trade War
  • Major Economies
    • India
      • Population growth
      • Economic prospects and challenges
      • Offshoring
      • Infrastructure
    • China
      • 20th Century (1949-)
      • Dramatic Rise (past 30 years)
      • “Commonwealth” economies
    • Japan
      • Natural disasters – 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
      • Lost decades
      • Advanced civilization

Lesson 14: Japan

Review:

• China
• US-China Relations
• Exam 2 on Thu Oct 20

Presentation:

Japan

1. Natural Disasters
2. Lost Decades
3. Advanced Civilization

1. Natural Disasters – National Geographic

• Japan Tsunami (National Geographic)

Supply Chain Impacts:

• NY Times Article
• Harvard Business School
• Supply Chain Digest

2. Lost Decades

Current Nikkei chart

3. Advanced Civilization

• Economic Strength
  • GDP
  • Manufacturing Output
• Infrastructure/Technology
  • Public Transportation
  • Internet
• Life Expectancy
  • Health Care
• Living Standards
  • http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/japan/
  • Myth of Japan’s Failure (NYTimes)

Assignment:

• Review previous lessons and prepare questions for Exam 2 Review on Tuesday.
• Recommended Documentaries about Japan:
  • Hiro Dreams of Sushi (trailer)
  • The Cove (trailer)
• For those fascinated by Tsunami footage:
  • Japan’s Tsunami Caught On Camera

No Class Today, Tue Oct 11

Class is cancelled for today.

Please watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi before class on Thursday.

See you then.

Lesson 13: Understanding US-China Economic Relations

Review:

• Quiz 03
• 20th Century China
  • Watch the remainder of China: Rise of an Asian Giant (CNA – Singapore)
  • Watch China: Power and Prosperity (PBS Newshour)
  • Watch To Live (recommended, not required)

Presentation:

• Geography of East Asia and Southeast Asia
• Map Quiz Game

• US-China Trade Relations
  • Globalism: Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (4 min)
    • International cooperation
    • Address transnational issues, e.g., climate, refugees
    • Multilateral approach
    • UN, WHO, NATO, TPP, Paris Accord, Iran Nuclear
  • Nationalism: Trump’s Trade War (24:00 to 50:00)
    • International conflict
    • Deny or ignore transnational issues, e.g., climate, covid
    • Unilateral approach
    • Avoid or withdraw from international agreements/institutions
  • 2008 as Inflection Point
    • Beijing Olympics: drummers (4 min)
    • US Financial Crisis and loss of respect
  • Not a Trade War, a Techno-economic War
    • Car Industry as key indicator
    • Forced Tech Transfer
    • Corporatism creates internal conflicts
    • Dividing Sino-American business relationships
    • Yuval Noah Harari on the Future Economy and Job Losses (12:00 to 15:00)
  • Is Corporatism sufficiently competitive?
    • American companies focusing on short-term profits
    • Ignoring long-term investment opportunities
    • No strategic vision, no collaboration, no planning
• Asian Century
  • British Imperial Century (19th)
  • American Century (20th)
  • Asian Century (21st)
• Asian Economies
  • The “Chinese Commonwealth”
    • Tigers: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea
    • Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
    • Viet Nam’s economic miracle
  • Other major economies: India, Japan
• Contemporary China
  • Urbanization on a massive scale
  • Energy intensive growth
  • China investing in Africa, Latin America
    • to secure trade/geopolitical relationships
    • to ensure sources of food, raw materials

Assignment:

• Watch Nationalism vs Globalism with Yuval Harari (TED)
• Recommended (not required):
  • Understanding the Rise of China (TED Talk by Martin Jacques)
  • The Vietnam War (Ken Burns documentary)

Lesson 12: China’s Dramatic Rise

Review:

• Quiz 03
• South Asia geography
• Demographics as crystal ball
• India and Pakistan – Nightly Business Report (first 3 min)

Presentation:

• China – Key Events in the 20th Century
  • 1949 Mao Tse-tung’s Chinese Communist Party (CCP) takes power.
    • Kuo-min Tang (KMT), led by Chiang Kai-shek, retreats to Taiwan
  • 1958-1959 Great Leap Forward
    • Industrialization campaign
    • Widespread famine kills up to 30 million
  • 1966-1970 Cultural Revolution
    • Red Guards purge “revisionism” (Soviet) and “capitalism” (American) ideals
  • 1978-1987 One Child Policy
    • Population Pyramid
  • 1989 Tiananmen Square
    • Timeline
    • Tank Man
  • 1978- 1992 Deng Xioping
    • Architect of new policy combining Socialism with Market Economics
    • Open Door policy allowed Foreign Direct Investment
    • Special Economic Zones were designated
    • Investment from Chinese immigrants living in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and originally from South/Southeast Coastal China (many relocated during Cultural Revolution)
    • Rapid GDP growth
    • FDI 1980-2013
• Video: China: Rise of an Asian Giant (CNA – Singapore)

Assignment:

• Watch China: Power and Prosperity (PBS Newshour)
• Watch To Live (recommended, not required)

Lesson 11: Offshoring in India

Review:

• Population
• India

Presentation:

• Offshoring
  • Profit vs Productivity
  • Corporatism vs Capitalism
  • India Is Becoming Its Own Silicon Valley (VICE News)
• Challenges to economic growth in India
  • Infrastructure, e.g., Water resources (PBS News), Transportation
  • Nearshoring and Covid-19
  • Nationalism (VICE News)
• Discussion
  • How will offshoring change in the coming 10-20 years?
  • How will these changes affect the US economy?
  • How will these changes affect the Indian economy?
  • What countries/regions will benefit?

Assignment:

• Prepare for a quiz on Tue

Lesson 10: Population Growth in India

Review:

• Exam 1
• Russia

Presentation:

• South Asia Geography:
  • Map Quiz Game
• Front lines of climate change, rising sea levels
  • Maldives (Recommended: The Island President)
  • Bangladesh 

• Population Growth
  • Mapping Global Population (Economist video)
  • Population Pyramids
•  India
  • Population
    • 2017: India = 1.34B, China = 1.39B, US = 326M
    • 2022: India ~ 1.42B, China = 1.41 B, US = 338M
    • Time Plot
  • Economy
    • Growth rate in 2018 = 7%
    • “Middle Class” in India larger than the entire US Population
      • George W. Bush quote (Reuters)
      • India to America: Eat Less, Fatties (Time)
    • Projections
      • world’s 3rd largest economy in 10 years
      • world’s largest economy in 30 years
  • Video
    • India Rising (Foreign Policy Association)

Assignment:

• Watch India Awakes (Free to Choose Media)
• Read India’s missing middle class (Economist)

Lesson 9: Review for Exam 1

Review:

• Exam 1 on Thu, Sep 22
• Russian Options

Presentation:

• The midterm exam will cover all material from Lessons 1-8.

Review Topics:

• Theories of Economic Disparity
  • Jared Diamond – Guns, Germs and Steel
  • Niall Ferguson – Six Killer Apps
• Middle East
  • Oil and Conflict – a brief history
  • Iran vs. Saudi Arabia
• Europe
  • WWII + post-war order
    • Marshall Plan
    • Small/Midsize Family Owned Manufacturing Companies in Germany
  • European Union
    • Sovereign Debt Crisis
• Russia
  • Reliance on Oil & Gas
  • Vladimir Putin
  • Oligarchy

Lesson 8: Restoring Russian Empire

Review:

• Quiz 02 results
• Impact of Brexit on London and Amsterdam
• Sovereign Debt
• Russia v. Germany Economy
• Oil and Oligarchy in Russia
• Putin’s Way video
• Spreading instability in Central Asia?

Presentation:

• Putin’s Early Career
  • KGB Agent trained to oppose the US during Cold War
  • Stationed in East Germany (Dresden)
  • Front row seats for collapse of the Berlin Wall + USSR
  • Blames USA for the Soviet Union’s downfall
• Ascent to Presidency
  • Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg
  • Head of FSB (successor to KGB)
  • Prime Minister under Boris Yeltsin
  • Moscow Apartment Bombings (see Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File)
  • “Retaliation” against Chechnya
• Bush II Admin (2000-2008)
  • Charmed George Bush, who “got a sense of his soul”
  • Beslan School Siege and Massacre
    • Government response criticized
      • Russian troops attack
      • 320 killed, half children
      • Outrage toward Putin
    • Blames US for backing Chechen rebels
  • Iraq War and removal of Saddam Hussein
  • Consolidates power, cancels elections
  • Protests in Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan
  • Attacks US for making world unsafe in combative speech (2007)
• Obama Admin (2008-2016)
  • Clinton “Reset Button” gesture and gaffe
  • Fears Russian version of Arab Spring
    • Ben Ali in Tunisia
    • Hosni Mubarak in Egypt
    • Muammar Ghadaffi in Libya
    • US supports pro-democracy protests
    • Hillary Clinton celebrates Ghadaffi’s death
  • Russian Election Controversy
    • Fraud captured on cell phone cameras
    • Russian people massive protest
    • Hillary Clinton supports protesters
    • Putin blames US and especially HRC
  • Crackdown
    • Opposition politicians, activists, journalists
    • Some jailed, some go into exile, some are killed
    • Alexei Navalny
  • Sochi Olympics in 2014
    • Crowning success on the world stage
    • Partially stained by Ukraine protests
    • Putin blames US
  • Occupation of parts of Ukraine
    • Stealth invasion of Crimea (unidentified military + denial) in 2014
    • Less obscure invasion in Eastern Ukraine
    • Cybersecurity, misinformation, interference in domestic politics
    • Practicing techniques for deployment against US/EU
  • Attack on the 2016 US Presidential Election
    • Cybersecurity preparation and penetration
    • CIA finds intel linking Putin directly to election interference
    • Revenge against Clinton
    • Trump amplifies impact by inviting Russia to continue interfering or expand interference
    • Use of technology to spread misinformation
    • Russia propaganda picked up by US right-wing media
    • Release of emails to counter the “Access Hollywood” tape
    • Trump victory = symbol of Putin and Russian greatness
  • Trump Administration
  • Brexit influence
  • Russian Hybrid Warfare
    • Cybersecurity attacks
    • Misinformation campaigns
      • Russian actors posing as Americans
      • Automation technology to enhance distribution (bots)
    • Denial of responsibility or involvement
    • In former USSR sphere, military deployment

Assignment:

• Watch Putin’s Revenge Part 1 and Part 2

Optional:

• Extra Credit Opportunities (4 options)
  • Due in class on Tue
  • Earn back points lost on Quiz 01 and 02.
  • Number of points earned back will depend on quality/effort of submission.
  • Option 1: 4-page recap of the CSU-P Ukraine Panel Discussion (up to 100% points)
  • Option 2: 2-page Essay: “Who is Alexei Navalny” (up to 50% points)
  • Option 3: 2-page Essay: “Who is Alexander Litvenienko” (up to 50% points)
  • Option 4: Cartography Exercise (up to 50% points)
    • Create a Map of the former USSR + sphere of influence
    • Use the map below (from this page) for reference
    • Trace borders and label countries, preferably by hand
    • Use color or shading or some other graphical technique to illustrate
      • Independent countries formerly part of the USSR (green in map below)
      • Eastern European countries formerly dominated by the USSR (yellow in map below)