3Pol1 IR Debate 2

Motion is:

This house believes that: Regional Co-ordination against IS is the solution.

Reminder: Debate, don't report.

Be original, use your readings and research to support your thoughts..

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34375875

3Pol3 Debate 2

China's soft and hard power combined will lead to East and Southeast Asian Hegemony.

1POL Online Activity

For all 1POL

Non graded activity, only for true blooded Spartans.

Follow the link and take the test.  It will reveal your political color.

It's just a personality test.  More of political personality test.

P.S.

• Assume that the setting is U.S. when in doubt with the question.
• Answer your Real POV (Point of View), not the Ideal.
• Don't forget to get your certificate.  Save and print it.  Your Political leanings change over time.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

3POL2 IR Debate 2

Motion is:

This House Believes That: vehicle companies must answer to international civil liability for carbon emissions.

3Pol1 IR Online Forum

For online discussion all 3Pol1 IR are expected to participate in this online debate.

Rules:

1. Each student must propose one constructive argument which contains a thesis and basic premises (reasons). 
2. Each student must provide a rebuttal on an unrebutted constructive argument.  (To be counted, this must be posted as a reply to the comment.).
3. Each student may use only 1 complex-compound sentence to propose a constructive argument and for a separate rebuttal https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/02/.   
4. E.g. Japan comitted countless atrocities during WWII, because of this, States, both powerful and less cannot trust her with military expansion, thus prohibiting her from becoming an international military humanitarian intervenor.  E.g.  Humanitarian intervention is international practical aid, countries such as Syria require military intervention to restore the lives of refugees, hence there is a need to allow willing countries to help.
5. 5 pts for constructive arguments (evaluated on logical possibility and connection of ideas).
6. 5 pts on rebuttal (evaluated on its capacity to actually dismantle the constructive argument.
7. Use the 2nd reading as influential reference.
8. Posting is from 6:00 p.m. of September 22, 2015 until 6:00 p.m. of September 23, 2015. 
9. Undiplomatic rebuttals get auto 0.

Motion:  This house believes that international law is a sham.

Chapter 1 PowerPoint Pol 201

Link to Chapt 1 PPT


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B30MHtoilXd4NVlnbGlzRHhSUzA/view?usp=sharing

IR 3POL3 Debate

Read on the topic of the new Japanese security bill, and expansion of armed forces.  Also read Japanese Constitution Article 9.

We need six volunteers for tomorrow morning.

Debate format:  Asian Parliamentary

Motion is:  "This house will prevent Japan's expansion of military role in Asia.."

This is a thematic motion.  Meaning, the text "this house" needs to be set by the government.  E.g.  China will prevent Japan's expansion of military role in Asia".  Pls be sure not to "squirrel", which means, defining "this house" in such a way that the motion becomes undebatable.

You may form your own teams.

Post your triad on the comment along with your chosen side (government or opposition).

First to post reserves the side.  E.g. a group of students posts their names and chose OPPOSITION.

Next group has to be government.

BEST DEBATER gets a souvenir from Cambodia.

This will be a practice round.  But depending on the performance, a student or group can be exempted on the next rounds.

3POL2 IR Debate

Read on the topic of U.S. State Visit to China, along with Philippine-U.S. relations, Philippine-China relations, and U.S.-China relations.

We need six volunteers for tomorrow night.

Debate format:  Asian Parliamentary

Motion is:  "This house applauds U.S. state visit to China."

This is a themeatic motion.  Meaning, the text "this house" needs to be set by the government.  E.g.  The United Nations applauds U.S. state visit to China.  Pls be sure not to "squirrel", which means, defining "this house" in such a way that the motion becomes undebatable.

You may form your own teams.

Post your triad on the comment along with your chosen side (government or opposition).

First to post reserves the side.  E.g. a group of students posts their names and chose OPPOSITION.

Next group has to be government.

This will be a practice round.  But depending on the performance, a student or group can be exempted on the next rounds.

3Pol1 IR Debate

Read on the topic of the Syrian Crisis, Australia's Refugee Policy and Europe's current concern on refugees.

I'm calling for six volunteers for tomorrow night.

Debate format:  Asian Parliamentary

Motion is:  "States should adopt a pro active refugee policy."

You may form your own teams.

Post your triad on the comment along with your chosen side (government or opposition).

First to post reserves the side.  E.g. a group of students posts their names and chose OPPOSITION.

Next group has to be government.

This will be a practice round.  But depending on the performance, a student or group can be exempted on the next rounds.

For IPOL: On Paper Writing

Read the Evil Geniuses of Essay Writing (there's a link in the syllabus) along with the following blog posts.

http://ustrmc.blogspot.com/search?q=academic+paper

http://ustrmc.blogspot.com/2014/08/tips-and-clarifications-writing-in.html

http://ustrmc.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-big-no-nos-in-paper-writing.html


These will help you with your papers.  We'll have a workshop on paper writing when I get back.

The Big No No's in paper Writing - Committing them merits auto 0

Committing the following will merit an automatic zero / 0 for the finals paper:

• Poor bibliographic list.
• Bloated bibliographic list.
• Using easy answer sites as sources: Wiki, Yahoo Answers or similar sites.
• Missing in-text citations.
• More than one unnecessary direct quotes.
• Uncreative title.
• Did not follow format.
• Plagiarized work.  - Unparaphrased but cited material is plagiarized.  
• Work does not fit the required content (argumentative paper must be argumentative, not simply descriptive.).
• Grammatical and composition errors that span across the entire paper.