World History
Historian and diplomat, Joseph Nye, discusses power in the 21st century in this fascinating Ted Talk. Nye argues that power is changing and sees two types of change. The first is that power is shifting from west to east. Actually, Nye says power is returning to the east. The second change, Nye argues, is that power is moving from states to non-state actors. He notes, for example, that non government actors, like terrorists, killed more Americans in 2001 than the Japanese did when they attacked America in 1941.
Nye discusses the implications of these changes and suggests they are not necessarily negative. My thanks to Angela Hamblen Cunningham for tweeting the link to this. You can also find on her blog 23 other Ted Talk videos for government and civics classes.
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- The English East India Company: Original Corporate Raiders
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- Who Started Wwi? 10 Historians Weigh In
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World History
Joseph Nye on Global Power Shifts
Historian and diplomat, Joseph Nye, discusses power in the 21st century in this fascinating Ted Talk. Nye argues that power is changing and sees two types of change. The first is that power is shifting from west to east. Actually, Nye says power is returning to the east. The second change, Nye argues, is that power is moving from states to non-state actors. He notes, for example, that non government actors, like terrorists, killed more Americans in 2001 than the Japanese did when they attacked America in 1941.
Nye discusses the implications of these changes and suggests they are not necessarily negative. My thanks to Angela Hamblen Cunningham for tweeting the link to this. You can also find on her blog 23 other Ted Talk videos for government and civics classes.
- Joseph Smith: The Most Influential American Of The 19th Century?
I have been reading Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Lyman Bushman. It was published in 2005 by Alfred A. Knopf. I am about half way through the book and am enjoying it very much. In the prologue, Bushman recounts the story from 1844 when...
- Cave Art: Great Ted Talk
Here, Genevieve von Petzinger, a student of ancient cave art, examines the abstract art of European caves, specifically the geometric signs common to many sites. She sees 32 signs across a 32,000 year time span, the same ones across space and time. She...
- The English East India Company: Original Corporate Raiders
Here is a long but excellent essay about the East India Company by William Dalrymple, author of several books about India, including The Last Mughal. Dalrymple reminds us of the greed and brutality that members of the East India Company employed in conquering...
- Who Started Wwi? 10 Historians Weigh In
Ten historians give 10 different interpretations on who started WWI in this BBC story. Sir Max Hastings - military historian, argues that Germany was most responsible. "It alone had power to halt the descent to disaster at any time in July 1914 by withdrawing...
- Intellectuals Who Remade Asia: Great Book
Looking for a good book over the holiday break? Pankaj Mishra's From Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia provides a fascinating study of the 19th and 20th centuries from the view point of non-Europeans. Through...