Political Science

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Writing Assignment/ Test Instructions

  1. Read Chapter 1 & 2: America’s Tradition in Foreign Policy & America’s Global Involvement and the Emergence of the Cold War
  2. After reading, complete the corresponding essay assignments.

Test Questions:

 

  1. Discuss the factors at the root of American foreign policy of isolationism prior to World War (WW) II.

 

  1. How did the doctrines of George Washington and James Monroe contribute to America’s world view and isolationist foreign policy?

 

  1. What is the significance of the National Origins Act of 1924 and what is the takeaway in the context of the border wall building project under the Donald Trump Administration?

 

  1. Discuss the “Monroe Doctrine” and how it was used to prevent foreign intervention but justify U.S. intervention in the Western Hemisphere.

 

 

POLI-422 CHAPTERS 3 & 4-Spring 2023

  1. READ CHAPTERS 3 &4: AFTER THE MISSILE CRISIS AND THE VIETNAM WAR: REALISM AND IDEALISM IN FOREIGN POLICY & THE RETURN AND END OF THE COLD WAR: THE REAGAN AND BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS
  2. After reading, complete the corresponding essay assignment.

QUESTIONS

  1. Discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 constituted an existential threat to the United States and the Global Community.

 

  1. What lessons emerged in U.S.-Soviet Relations from the Cuban Missile Crisis?

 

  1. Discuss the “realist” approach to foreign policy under the President Richard Nixon administration.

 

  1. Discuss the “Idealist” approach to Foreign Policy under the Jimmy Carter Administration.

 

 

POLI-422 CHAPTERS  5 & 6/ Midterm-Spring 2023

Instructions

  1. READ CHAPTERS 5 &6: FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE COLD WAR AND 9/11 & CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN FOREIGN POLICY
  2. After reading, complete the corresponding essay assignment.
  3. Answer any Four (4) questions only.

 

QUESTIONS 

  1. Discuss the President Bill Clinton administration’s “strategy of enlargement” in American foreign policy.

 

  1. Discuss the 9/11 Attacks of 2001 on the United States and its intersection with President George W. Bush’s foreign policy of “preemption” , “soft power” and “hard power”.

 

  1. Identify and discuss the major foreign policy achievements of the President Bill Clinton Administration.

 

  1. Explain the “two state” foreign policy approach to solving the Israeli – Palestinian conflict and how it was undermined by Israeli policy in November 2010 to build new housing units in East Jerusalem.