I have decided to embark on a journey into the dark and, for
me, little-understood world of blogging. The decision to delve into this
crowded arena was taken for two reasons: mainly so that my thoughts,
research and discoveries in the universe of international politics could be
recorded, and act as an 'extended mind' for myself, as philosopher David
Chalmers called it (see him give a Ted Talk on this particular
thesis here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksasPjrYFTg).
The second, lesser reason, is that I felt some people may be
interested in hearing my thoughts and examining the evidence and sources behind
some of my claims. Those of you who have had the misfortune of being
around me for an extended period of time will have no doubt been exposed
to a lengthy tirade on international politics, or at the least
the occasional comment with an odd-sounding opinion. This blog is to
try to give those who are interested a small window into my frame of reference
and world-view in International Relations, and hopefully provide some
interesting view-points and information.
Having recently been elected president of the Warwick
International Relations society (FB Page here- http://tinyurl.com/cbychb7), and
having the good fortune of getting an article published in the major
campus magazine on International Relations, the Warwick Globalist (can be found
online here- http://tinyurl.com/axowkf2- all the articles are worth a read;
mine is on page 33-4, on the topic of West Papua, something I will post a
'blog' about at a later date), I felt that a blog on International Relations
would be an enjoyable (?) activity. If it goes anything like I hope
it will then there will be some space for constructive debate and sharing of ideas
and information.
I am terrible with technology and have little idea what a
blog is beyond a place where people 'write stuff and put it online' (maybe that
really is all there is to it), so this could go horrendously. My hope is that:
I will stick to a regular blog of reasonable length on varying topics around
International Relations; with a place to comment (not sure if that's standard
on a blog); and Google will make it easy for me. Some thoughts for upcoming
blogs include: The Iraq War ten years on, the Iranian 'threat', West Papua, the
global arms trade and Western Sahara.
I will attempt to reference all my sources
in accessible online form using TinyURL, and give full names of
articles, books and page numbers when my sources are only available in this
form.
Now to figure out how to publish this.
this blog changed my life... thank you 'Conor Woodman'. whoever you are... thank you...
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