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* support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references

from chapters 5, 6 and 7

pol 355- discussion 3

describe the domestic challenges that affect foreign policymaking and what you feel are the two most effective tools (political, socio-cultural, economic or military) a nation state has to achieve its objectives.

pol 355- discussion 4

louis xiv of france had the latin motto “ultima ratio regum” (the last argument of kings) stamped on his cannon. answer the following questions. would you agree that armed conflict is the last argument of kings? why not diplomacy?