I. INTRODUCTION — GETTING CONTROL, GETTING AUTHORITY
II. THE STARTING POINTS
A. DEFINE YOUR TOPIC
B. DEFINE THE CONTEXT
C. ESTABLISH A BASE OF KNOWLEDGE
1. Researching the Case
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Syria+Civil+War#tbm=bks&q=Syria+Civil+War+Hokayem
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Syria+Civil+War#tbm=bks&q=Syria+Uprising
2. Understand the Rules and the Dynamics
Dick Cheney Speech, August 26, 2002
http://www.c-span.org/video/?172264-1/foreign-affairs-defense
(from 17:06)
Miller/Gordon Article, September 8, 2002
Daily Mail, September 2002
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-139703/Just-45-minutes-attack.html (Links to an external site.)
3. Identifying the Sources
*In Short, Knowledge About Knowledge is Power*
D. DEFINE YOUR “SPACE”
Can anyone name what's behind me in this picture? pic.twitter.com/Us2maW2iu3
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) March 6, 2015
E. TRUST NO ONE (AT THE BEGINNING)
F. TEST YOURSELF: A “BEGINNER’S GUIDE” TO….
http://www.pidgin.net.au/podcasts/2015/9/11/the-syria-special-civil-war-refugees-and-airstrikes
IV. THE REACTIVE CASE — TRUMP
A. Building a Base
1. The Man
2. The Organization
3. The Issues
B. Watching the Mainstream
C. But How Do You Move from “Reactive” to “Pro-Active” — You Have to Redefine Approach and Context
https://theconversation.com/theresa-may-meets-donald-trump-talking-up-a-special-relationship-to-hide-problems-beneath-71969 (Links to an external site.)
V. THE REPORTING CASE — THE MIDDLE EAST (OR ELSEWHERE)
A. Building a Base From the Ground Up
B. Moving Beyond the Mainstream
C. Making the Most of Social Media — Triangulating
https://theconversation.com/years-of-fixation-on-defeating-al-qaeda-have-stunted-us-foreign-policy-64072
VI. THE INTERPRETATIVE CASE — SYRIA (OR ELSEWHERE)
A. Building the Base
B. “Reading Between the Lines”
C. Keeping Focus
D. Dissecting the Myths
E. Staying Engaged
https://theconversation.com/syria-is-on-the-brink-of-partition-heres-how-it-got-there-70825 (Links to an external site.)
VII. THE “JOURNALIST” V. THE “ACADEMIC”
A. The Base is the Same
B. But Starting from The Story Rather Than The Hypothesis
C. Building to an Analysis
VIII. CONCLUSION: KEEPING YOURSELF AT THE CENTRE
