Hello, everyone. For the semester, though I am an engineering student, I thought it would be interesting and fun to augment my education with International Politics. I look forward to the challenge this class can offer. I also hope to learn many things about relations between countries pertaining to trade, alliances, legislation, currency, war, peace, etc. In the next few weeks, as I orient myself to this site, I will read other blogs and evaluate them. Hopefully, I can soon blog at a more professional level. Until then, I’ll take the role of ‘student.’