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ASSIGNMET 1: The Cold War and U.docx
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:
- Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1.
- 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.
- Describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2) above.
- Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War.
- 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.
- 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 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 title 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 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, using the following rubric.