Category: International Relations

The requirement is to write a short reflection that is as specific as possible to answer the question below. Your post should reflect that you have done the readings but not simply regurgitate the reading material. In a short paragraph or two, respond to this prompt: “Clausewitz argued that any theory of war must account… Continue reading The requirement is to write a short reflection that is as specific as possible t

Describe the evolution of global financial governance. Explain the Bretton Woods system and why it ceased to exist. Which international institutional developments have reflected recent financial crises?

What are the similarities and differences between middle powers and emerging powers? How are emerging powers different from great powers or small powers? In what ways does Brazil as a BRICS state demonstrate behaviors consistent with an emerging power in South America? How do these behaviors differ from those of smaller powers in South America?

Instructions Using NATO as an example, explain military alliance emergence, persistence, and collapse. Can the success of NATO in Europe be used as a role model for other parts of the world?

This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin™. Instructions The Progress Assignment is worth 25% of your total course grade. There is a 2-page maximum for this set of questions, so both clarity and conciseness in your responses will be necessary. You may use outside sources, and be sure to cite them according to Chicago style.… Continue reading This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin™.
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The Progress Assign

In the article “Don’t Come Home, America,” Brooks et al. discuss the foreign policy grand strategies of “deep engagement” versus “retrenchment.” Of the two opposing views presented this week on what the grand strategy of United States foreign policy should be, which one do you find more convincing and why? Which type of grand strategy… Continue reading In the article “Don’t Come Home, America,” Brooks et al. discuss the foreign pol

Despite promises from the international community that ethnic cleansing and genocide will never again occur, why did the events at Rwanda and Bosnia occur? Why do these massacres continue to occur, especially in such places as Myanmar today? Please provide specific examples and incorporate your class readings and videos in your answers.

Using your readings and the videos you watched, describe the geopolitics of water around the world and some of the most pertinent water crises. Which water problem around the world is the most difficult to solve, in your opinion? How might we go about solving it? Please provide specific examples and incorporate your class readings… Continue reading Using your readings and the videos you watched, describe the geopolitics of wate

Please answer the two questions below for this week’s Discussion. 1. Of the three conceptual models that Allison discusses, which one is the most compelling in explaining the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis and why? 2. How might the organizational process and bureaucratic politics models help to explain intelligence failures?