Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Nation states, organic systems and chaos

So I'm in school trying to be all I can be and get my learn on.
I took the summer off, but tonight was my first night of class.

I was a little worried about my professor. I have had professors in the past who power pointed me to death. I actually was supposed to take a class on Thursday nights, but when I learned who the professor was, I switched to Wednesdays (which are much, much harder as far as leaving work on time goes).

So I showed up to my Geostrategy class this evening and the professor at the front of the room was wearing a navy pinstripe suit, pink tie, pocket square and a pocket watch. BLOODY HELL.

Professor G is British of Hungarian descent and has taught all over the world. He is awesome. We talked about geopolitics and strategy, the Treaty of Westphalia (I know, right?)nation states and monopolies of force.

It is going to be a very challenging 12 weeks. First on the agenda, brush up on Hedley Bull....

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