POL 300 CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS FULL COURSE-STRAYER

1. POL 300 CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS FULL COURSE-STRAYER Visit Below Link, To Download This Course: https://www.tutorialsservice.net/product/pol-300-contemporary-international-problems-full-course- strayer/ Or Email us on SUPPORT@TUTORIALSSERVICE.NET POL 300 Contemporary International Problems Full Course-Strayer POL300 POL300 Contemporary International Problems POL 300 Week 1 DQ Latest-Strayer “Idealism vs. Realism in International Politics” Please respond to the following: Roskin and Berry allude to the tendency toward idealism in international politics before WWII ended in 1945, but the tendency toward realism after that year.   Explain what the authors mean by “idealism” and “realism” in international politics. Characterize the differences between the world before 1945 and the world after that year with respect to international relations. Explain the causes of the transition (from idealism to realism).  POL 300 Week 2 DQ Latest-Strayer “America in Vietnam” Please respond to the following: The Vietnam War was a counterinsurgency that involved us in guerilla warfare that was similar, in some ways, to what we face in Afghanistan today. But the way the Vietnam War was conducted was considered to be immoral and unjust by many.  Describe the prevailing arguments of what constitutes a “just war,” and assess the justice of the Vietnam War in that context. Speculate on how the world would be different today if the U.S. had not become involved in Vietnam. 

2. POL 300 Week 3 DQ Latest-Strayer “The Collapse of the Soviet Union” Please respond to the following: Roskin discusses three theories about causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union.  Choose one of these theories and explain how it relates to the collapse of the USSR, and assess and justify whether it relates to its internal or external foreign policy. Discuss whether all three of the causes are equally at fault, or whether one, more than the other, is the basic culprit of the demise of the USSR.  POL 300 Week 4 DQ Latest-Strayer “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” Please respond to the following: For thousands of years, up to the 20th century, the land of Palestine was a homeland for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. In the 20th century, the British got involved in the Middle East in several ways, culminating in the attempt to make Palestine a “Homeland” for European Jews to go to. Based on the e-Activity and Roskin Chapter 8 for this week:  Hypothesize on what reasons exist for feeling hopeful about the future of the conflict. If there is no reason to feel hopeful, explain why. Speculate on the probable future of the dispute based on your readings in Roskin and your familiarity with current events.  POL 300 Week 5 DQ Latest-Strayer “Egypt in Turmoil” Please respond to the following:    Explain the causes of the turmoil in Egypt in early 2011. Elaborate on at least two perspectives on the situation. Appraise the prospects for the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt now that that country is in turmoil. POL 300 Week 6 DQ Latest-Strayer “Turning to a Market Economy” Please respond to the following: Many developing countries in the “Global South” turned to socialism in the past as a means to solve their economic problems. Now, in the light of the evident failure of socialism, many of these countries seek to create fast growth through the establishment of “market economies.”  Using the country you researched in the e-Activity, identify which of the five market economy policies the country appears to be following. Explain how you reached this conclusion. Speculate about the likelihood of success of achieving a prosperous market economy for the country you researched. 

3.  Explain which of the policies is most effective and least effective for the country you researched? Provide a rationale with your answer. POL 300 Week 7 DQ Latest-Strayer “National Security” Please respond to the following:  Select any two of the four basic strategies used to preserve security. Identify and describe what assumptions are made about the opponent according to each of the two strategies you chose. Give an example of each of the two strategies in current world politics and speculate on their effectiveness.  POL 300 Week 8 DQ Latest-Strayer “Coping with Terrorism” Please respond to the following:   Is the United States making progress in reducing or preventing terrorism? Explain your answer. If the United States is NOT making progress, what would have to happen to make the efforts against terrorism more effective? If the United States IS making progress, to what do you attribute this success?  POL 300 Week 9 DQ Latest-Strayer “The Rise of China” Please respond to the following:   Describe the principal effects of China’s increasing prosperity on U.S./China relations. Is the rise of China a good thing or a bad thing for the U.S.? Explain your answer. POL 300 Week 10 DQ Latest-Strayer “International Law” Please respond to the following:  Propose why the United States is not on board with all of the efforts, tribunals, courts, and declarations of international law. Give an example. Give your opinion: Do you trust that international law is impartial? Why or why not?  POL 300 Week 11 DQ Latest-Strayer “Course Wrap-up” Please respond to the following:   Describe briefly what you have learned in this course. Explain how this course has affected your outlook or perspective on world events. POL 300 Week 5 Assignment 1 Latest-Strayer Assignment 1 – The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy

4. Select a president from the table, “Presidents and Their ‘Doctrines,’” in Roskin, Chapter 4. Then write a 3- 5 page paper on the doctrine that president used according to Roskin. Your research must include at least four (4) credible sources, apart from your textbook. Your paper must address the following: 1.Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office.. 2. Explicate the diplomatic doctrine the president followed, with reference to specific actions or events that occurred.. 3. Describe the effects of these diplomatic efforts for the U.S. and other countries.. 4. Assess, in conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of the particular doctrine that was followed.. 5. Cite at least four (4) reputable sources in addition to the textbook, not including Wikipedia, encyclopedias, or dictionaries. . Your assignment must: •Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.. •Include a cover page containing the tile of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: •Identify the cultural, economic, and political context of information resources, and interpret information in light of that context.. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in international problems.. •Write clearly and concisely about international problems using proper writing mechanics.. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. POL 300 Week 9 Assignment 2 Latest-Strayer Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy Due Week 9 and worth 175 points This paper will be a revised and expanded version of the first research paper. Based on your instructor’s feedback, you will first revise the first paper. Write three-to-four (3-4) new pages that address the following: 1.Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or global events during the Cold War leading

5. up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1. 2. Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential doctrine was announced. 3. Describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2) above. 4. Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War. 5. Assess whether or not the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced. 6. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. To help you understand this assignment further, the following description and examples may be useful. Step 1: Define doctrine and identify why a president would want to announce one. A doctrine is an ideological platform that a president uses to advance a policy towards a country or region in order to accomplish foreign policy goals for the United States, so you will need to expand on this theme. Refer back to Assignment 1, and build on whatever doctrine you wrote about then. Say, for example, you selected the Truman Doctrine. Therefore, this is the only thing you will write about in Assignment 2 step 1. Step 2: Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between it and the U.S. Before the presidential doctrine was announced. In the case of Truman, you would pick either the Soviet Union, Greece, or Iran, since all three were affected by his doctrine. If you are writing about the Eisenhower Doctrine, you would choose Lebanon or Egypt; if you wrote about the Kennedy Doctrine, you would have write about Cuba or Vietnam; if your wrote about the Nixon Doctrine, you would choose either Vietnam, Saudi Arabia or Iran; if you chose Carter, you would select either Iran or Afghanistan; and if you wrote about the Reagan Doctrine, you would select Nicaragua, Angola, Russia or Afghanistan (although there were several others). Step 3: Describe what effect the presidential doctrine you chose has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War. That is, how did the doctrine change the status quo regionally or globally after it was announced by the U.S.? What happened in Western Europe after the Truman Doctrine was announced? What happened in the Middle East after the Eisenhower Doctrine was announced? What happened with Cuba or Vietnam

6. after Kennedy offered up his doctrine of flexible response? What happened in Southeast Asia or the Persian Gulf after the Nixon Doctrine went in effect? What happened in the Middle East after the Carter Doctrine was announced? What happened in Central America or Africa or the Middle East after Reagan announced his doctrine? Step 4: Refer back to the country you selected in step two and describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and that country. How has the relationship changed between the U.S. and that country since the doctrine was announced? Step 5: Evaluate whether or not the presidential doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the one country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced. Your assignment must: •Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •Include a cover page containing the titleof the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: •Identify the cultural, economic, and political context of information resources, and interpret information in light of that context. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in international problems. •Write clearly and concisely about international problems using proper writing mechanics. POL 300 Week 1 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 The first great age of balance-of-power is said to have begun with the Question 2 __________ authored The Twenty Years’ Crisis. Question 3 The balance-of-power system broke down __________ World War I. Question 4

7. _______ destabilized the 19th-century system of empires. Question 5 Huntington’s clash-of-civilizations theory posits ___________ civilization as the current great problem. Question 6 In IR, Kansas would __________ considered a state because it _________. Question 7 A “zero-sum game” is one in which Question 8 Nation-states are about _________ old. Question 9 The isolationist nations in the interwar period were Question 10 An alternate hypothesis to balance-of-power is POL 300 Week 2 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 The only clear failure in 19th-century U.S. strategy was Question 2 Wilson won re-election in 1916 on the slogan Question 3 Wilson took his ________________ vision to the peace conference. Question 4 Hearst and Pulitzer fanned citizen interest in the Question 5 Morgenthau advocated a(n) “_________” approach to IR.

8. Question 6 In 1898, the U.S. took all the following except Question 7 The thrust of the Truman Doctrine was Question 8 Typically, national interests close to home are ________ while those far away are _________. Question 9 ___________ aimed to keep the U.S. out of World War II. Question 10 Secretary of State John Foster Dulles preached “___________” of Soviet power in East Europe. Question 11 The crux of “guerrilla warfare” is Question 12 The official name of the Vietcong was the ___________. Question 13 France took over Vietnam in the _______ century. Question 14 The French Indochina war lasted from Question 15 Ho Chi Minh was everything below except a Question 16 The _____________ shocked Americans on Vietnam in 1971. Question 17 Historically, the Viets were

9. Question 18 The Geneva Accords provided for Question 19 _________ advanced the concept of “political generations.” Question 20 The Catholic concept of “just war” includes all except POL 300 Week 3 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 The 1973 War Powers Act tries to limit the president to Question 2 ___________ seek liberal goals by conservative means. Question 3 The Iran-contra fiasco was carried out by officials of the Question 4 The “Reagan Doctrine” was basically a variation on the Question 5 From Truman through Reagan, __________ policy dominated. Question 6 According to Nicholas Spykman, the key question of U.S. foreign policy is whether the U.S. should Question 7 Under Bush 43, the U.S. budget deficit neared __________ trillion dollars a year. Question 8 U.S. _________ favor a(n) __________ foreign policy. Question 9

10. Presidents can skirt the War Powers Act by simply Question 10 The ____________ under the control of the Department of Homeland Security. Question 11 “Elites” means the __________ people in a political system. Question 12 The 1962 Missile Crisis was _________ dangerous than thought because __________. Question 13 Soviet economic growth was Question 14 The Cuban missile crisis occurred in Question 15 Russia’s current chief is Question 16 Russia’s chief foreign-policy tool is Question 17 Kennedy got the Soviet missiles out of Cuba by means of a Question 18 In his famous “secret speech” of 19___, Khrushchev denounced ___________. Question 19 Emphasizing ideology in the study of Soviet foreign policy is to assume Moscow’s policy was largely Question 20 Détente means POL 300 Week 4 Quiz Latest-Strayer

11. Question 1 The penetration of crime into politics characterizes the __________ state. Question 2 Distributing wealth to supporters is called Question 3 Angola, a _______________ colony, won its freedom in _______. Question 4 The descendants of the boers are now called Question 5 The Boer War pitted ____________ against _____________. Question 6 After Kenya gained independence from Britain in 1963, Question 7 In 1980, Rhodesia became Question 8 In 1975, Portugal finally got out of Question 9 The agonizing problem of decolonizing India was Question 10 Originally, the Belgian Congo was Question 11 Including the two wars Israel fought in Lebanon, how many Arab-Israeli wars have there been? Question 12 The Balfour Declaration

12. Question 13 In 1967, Israel won the following area(s): Question 14 In 1948-49, Israel won about ______ of the Palestine mandate. Question 15 Prior to 1921, Jordan was part of Question 16 The key event in the founding of political Zionism was the Question 17 At the turn of the century, Palestine was a(n) Question 18 The new state of Israel was recognized by Question 19 In 1956, the U.S. Question 20 The 1973 war ended with a strategic psychological tie for both Israel and Egypt, but a tactical victory for POL 300 Week 5 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 The narrow entrance to the Persian Gulf is the Question 2 The Shah attempted to modernize Iran by means of a Question 3 Who depends most on Persian Gulf petroleum? Question 4

13. The U.S. policy toward the Shah was: Question 5 During World War II, Iran Question 6 The Kurds are ethnically related to Question 7 In 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq from Question 8 The _________ are the largest group in Iraq. Question 9 Only in 19___ was there no war in the Persian Gulf. Question 10 As of today, only _________ gained from the second Gulf War war that began in 2003. Question 11 Washington attempted to oust all of the following except Question 12 The prosperity brought by NAFTA helped elect Question 13 ________ eye-witnessed the CIA’s overthrow of the Guatemala government and went on to fight a revolution in Cuba. Question 14 Dependency theory holds that Question 15 The CIA overthrew the __________ government in Guatemala in ______.

14. Question 16 Spheres of influence are maintained by Question 17 Spanish colonization led to feudal-type societies in present-day Latin America, consisting of, from top to bottom Question 18 The Habsburgs’ greatest single source of wealth was Question 19 The economic tying of a small, poor country to a big, rich country is called Question 20 Sending money abroad instead of reinvesting it locally is POL 300 Week 6 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 _____________ means dealings open to public view. Question 2 Socialism in the Global South shows ______ success stories. Question 3 Typically, the first step in industrialization is Question 4 Superpower aid to a developing nation generally Question 5 Max Weber explained the rise of capitalism as based on Question 6 One third of the world’s population lives on less than ______ a day.

15. Question 7 ___________ form Germany’s largest immigrant group. Question 8 ___________ culture is especially resistant to modern values. Question 9 “_____________” is another name for black market. Question 10 The current world population is now about _______ billion. POL 300 Week 7 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 Precision guided munitions are examples of what is called Question 2 Unlike arms control, disarmament aims to Question 3 Nuclear deterrence can fail when a Question 4 Compelling a foe to give up a weapons system is Question 5 In Munich in 1938, Britain and France in effect gave Hitler Question 6 Hitler masked his aggressive designs before World War II by Question 7 The Canadian army is dedicated chiefly to Question 8

16. The Spanish Armada sailed in Question 9 The interest states have in preserving themselves is called Question 10 By 1453, _______ were not sufficient to secure a city. Question 11 China exploded its first nuclear bomb in Question 12 De Gaulle charged that Kennedy’s “flexible response” Question 13 _______________ emphasized that wars tend to escalate. Question 14 All except ________ have dropped their programs to develop nuclear weapons. Question 15 France exploded its first nuclear bomb in Question 16 The U.S. developed the atomic bomb in order to Question 17 __________ is the country most likely to hit Iranian nuclear facilities. Question 18 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty requires signatories to Question 19 If nuclear weapons were actually used, their political functions would disappear because Question 20

17. Israel developed nuclear weapons because it POL 300 Week 8 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 Russia now faces problems from ___________ terrorists. Question 2 Terrorism involves all of the following except Question 3 The terrorists in Sri Lanka are the Question 4 The 1981 attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul II is an example of Question 5 _________ educates the most women. Question 6 Most of the nineteen 9/11 skyjackers were Question 7 Osama bin Laden got his start fighting the Question 8 If the terrorists’ aim is their own state, their motive is Question 9 The _________ invasion in the ______ century devastated the Abbassid caliphate. Question 10 Helping a group that later harms you is called POL 300 Week 9 Quiz Latest-Strayer

18. Question 1 The text suggests labeling as Central Europe Question 2 “Soft power” is Question 3 By the 1990s West Europe had become a single Question 4 The original six members of the Common Market include all but Question 5 A ___________ is looser than a ___________. Question 6 The ________ was the precursor to the Common Market. Question 7 The 1991 __________ treaty aimed at a single European currency. Question 8 The NATO treaty covers Question 9 In _____, ___________________ pulled out of Yugoslavia; then ______________ pulled out in _____, leading to bloodshed. Question 10 Fifteen EU members now use the Question 11 According to U.S. Secretary of State Stimson, the ____________ led straight to Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. Question 12

19. Japan has _______________ foreign imports. Question 13 In 1622, Japan ______ foreigners and ______ local Christians. Question 14 Perry first entered Tokyo Bay in Question 15 The lucky break at Pearl Harbor was that Question 16 Declaring a firm policy but not supporting it militarily is a Question 17 The atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were probably Question 18 The later impact of a policy choice is a(n) Question 19 “Let China sleep,” warned Question 20 The first European mariners to reach Asia were the POL 300 Week 10 Quiz Latest-Strayer Question 1 Greece and Turkey turned to international law because Question 2 International law has _________ in common with domestic law. Question 3

20. The U.S. uses many executive agreements because Question 4 Boundaries now generally extend _____ miles from shore. Question 5 The principal source of international laws is Question 6 States generally obey their treaties because Question 7 International law developed as Question 8 Israel used a(n) _____________ in trying Adolph Eichmann. Question 9 The _________ war crimes trials set the precedent for human-rights and later war-crimes laws and trials. Question 10 Nixon’s 1972 visit to China was a form of _________ recognition. Download Now