different groups of nations, showing influence
G5, G7, G8(G7+russia), G20(BRIC countries and others), G77(includes china)

looking at Iran, now
history
crossroads for commerce
	opennes of terrain leaving them open to invasion and forced migration
	desirable territory
	trade center for persian empire
	also has oil
Pahlavi dynasty
	handpicked by british, because he would listen to them
	made into leader, because british would listen to him
	generally more indirect rule in the middle east
	some domestic resistance, uses divine rule, pomp and circumstance
	sent into exile for pro-axis leanings, son instated
US role
	son overthrown, but reinstated after brief socialist government
	put back into place by CIA $$ and force
	runs in clearly undemocratic platform
	crushes protest and domestic descent
	getting showy in terms of ceremony and pomp
	growth in inequity
	opens shah to more criticism
	modernizing tyrant
	created infrastructure and worked on equal education for genders
	propped up by US
	domestic dissent grows and becomes organized
	lots plotting against, some politically, some violently
		leftists remaining from the rebellion
		conservative women want the choice of veil
		religious fundamentalists reject secularization
	more and more massacres
		US still claims to support the Sha
	by 1978, can not be kept in power, US starts dropping support for Sha
	trying to stave off revolution
	separates head of government and head of state
	appoints a PM who will remove some of the security forces that were used for repression
	promises to bring foreign policy more in line with other arab states, assert independence from US
	dissent continues, Sha is overthrown by those plotting against
	last thing said in speech, going on vacation b/c feeling tired
	revolution in 1979
	occupation of US embassy in Tehran by students
	drags on over a year (444 days)
	release 1 hostage for health reasons
	not freed until regan inaugurated
	students got access to classified documents about support of Sha
	failed attempt to break them out