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Essay Instructions: Choose a propaganda poster (Google propaganda posters and select from WWI, WWII, or Nazi) from those whose ideas are covered in this course. Write a 500 word reflective essay connecting the propaganda poster to a TCO from the course. Papers are required to contain at least two outside resources and the textbook (plus a copy of the poster and the link to its source). All sources need to be cited using APA citation. The paper should have at least 5 in-text citations using proper APA format (no URLs for in-text citations).

Grading Rubric
Description
Possible Points
Content/Ideas
30
APA (in-text and reference section)
10
Organization 10
Grammar/spelling 10
Total 60

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The Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) define the learning objectives that the student will be required to comprehend and demonstrate by course completion. The TCOs that will be covered in detail each week can be found in the Objectives section for that particular week. Whenever possible, a reference will be made from a particular assignment or discussion back to the TCO that it emphasizes.

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Given selected aspects or events of the 1917 Russian Revolution, evaluate Lenin's success in using Marx's dialectical materialism in the overthrow of the Czarist regime.

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Given the economic conditions and political instability of post-WWI Germany, analyze Hitler's success in using the principles of fascism to promote his rise to power.

3
Given the post-Cold War world/New World Order, evaluate the role of the U.S. and the UN in dealing with major political and religious conflicts around the world.

4
Given the intellectual climate of post-WWI Europe, analyze the emergence of the philosophies of existentialism and logical positivism based upon the principles of modern humanism.

5
Given the values and attitudes of pre-WWI North America, analyze the emergence of pragmatism as a distinct philosophy, using the principles of progress and Manifest Destiny.

6
Given the emergence of secularism in the 20th century, assess its impact on theology using liberal theology, liberation theology, and feminist theology as examples.

7
Given the theory of creationism and Darwin's theory of evolution, compare and contrast the two beliefs using the world's existence as evidence.

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Given advances in biology, psychology, and physics, analyze their impact on traditional views using such examples as Darwin's theory of evolution, Freud's theories of personality, or Einstein's theory of relativity.

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Given technological advances such as computers, TV, and the automobile, assess their impact on the contemporary family unit using the traditional nuclear family model as the comparative foundation.

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Given technical advances such as mobile computing devices (PDAs), cell phones, and social media, assess their impact on political, social, and cultural behavior.

Essay Instructions: Discuss the "New World Order" and how the impact of the technological revolution, Sept. 11, global terrorism, industrialization, population growth, changing social values and teh impact of religious conflict on how nations of the world should interact with one another. From a "global perspective" what roles shoudl the US, China, France, Russsia and Britain play.

Essay Instructions: As I am running out of time for my Master's thesis I need your help. My topic is 'Common European Security and Defence Policy (CESDP): Development and Prospects'.I have already written Chapter 1 entitled the 'Evolution of CESDP and includes a brief analysis of the evolution of european defence(Maastricht, Amsterdam Treaties, Saint-Malo Declaration,Helsinki, Feira etc). I want you to help me out with chapter 2 which has to be of 20pages.Its title should be 'The US attitude towards european defence'. It should start with the US worries about NATO's future after the end of the Cold War and its concerns when Europeans began to think that they should start developing more autonomous capabilities.Then it should discuss the three major worries the US had when CESDP began to gain momentum (after the St Malo declaration)-Albright's 3ds=no decoupling, no douplication, no discrimination, to continue with the impact the 9/11 had on ESDP and on the transatlantic relations. The chapter ends with a general discussion on the transantlantic rift that has grown particularly after the 2003 Iraq war and with a comparative analysis of the 2002 Bush Security Strategy versus the 2003 EU Security Strategy (Solana's paper= A secure Europe in a Better world'), proving that today as Robert Kagan says 'Europeans are from Venuis and Americans from Mars'.
Suggested bibliography includes:
1) Robert Kagan: 'Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the new world order' published by Alfred A. Knopf,Random House, 2003.
2)Robert E Hunter 'The european security and Defense Policy: NATO's companion or Competitor?, published in 2002 by RAND.
3) Jolyon Howorth and John TS. Keeler 'Defending Europe: the EU, NATO and the quest for european autonomy'
4) Stanley R Sloan 'The United States and European Defence', Challiot papers N0 29.


USEFUL SITES ARE:

http://www.cer.org.uk/
www isis.com
USEFUL ARTICLES CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS:
1) EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW
2) SECURITY DIALOGUE
3) FOREIGN AFFAIRS
4) JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES

Essay Instructions: I. Define each of the following concepts in a coherent and organized manner, typing your response in 12 pt Times New Roman double-spaced on one (1) page per definition. Use multiple source references in your responses to provide a balanced definition, including Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs You Tube clips as well as "Foreign Affairs" essays in addition to the text books to cite cases that illustrate the definition, which are Ethnic Conflict- A Systematic Approach To Cases of Conflict by Neal G Jesse and Kristen P Williams and the other text is An Introduction to Ethnic Conflict by Milton J Esman

A. genocide (including specific case examples in Africa and/or the Balkans) 1-page answer

B. ethnicity (explain the definition as well as how the term is understood in the primordialist and constructivist persuasions) 1-page answer

C. globalization (definition citing differences in the history of the process, particularly between the Cold War and post-Cold War eras) 1-page answer

D. instrumentalism (definition, in which you place the term within a specific persuasion, as well as provide specific examples in comparative ethnic conflicts) 1-page answer

E. state as partisan (definition as well as relevance to ethnic conflict citing a particular case example) 1-page answer


II. Answer the following essay question and respond in a coherent and organized manner, typing your response in 12 pt Times New Roman double-spaced on three (3) pages. Use multiple source references in your response to provide a balanced answer, including Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs You Tube clips as well as Foreign Affairs essays in addition to the text books to cite cases particularly the 2007-08 Kenya example. The texts are the same as written above.

1. Define intra-state conflict, citing its characteristics that are distinct from inter-state conflict. Explain how this conflict differs from that during the Cold War era. In this context, be able to explain the difference between structural and identity-driven interpretations of conflict, economic transformations that led to the rise of intra-state conflict on the post-Cold War agenda, and the ideological concerns, particularly nationalism, that are raised in what is termed the New World Order.