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Hello, kindly choose one topic and answer the set of questions with the topic . Please use citation to book info attached and notes.
Required Texts: In pursuit of the course objective, the following texts • Patrick M. Morgan, International Security: Problems and Solutions, 1st edition, Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-56802-587-2. Link: http://www.cqpress.com/product/International-Security-Problems.html • Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N. Waltz, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: An Enduring Debate, 3rd edition, New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2012. ISBN 978-0- 393-92010-9. Link: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393920109 • Paul. F. Diehl and Alexandru Balas, Peace Operations, 2nd edition, Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780745671819. Link
Topic 1: Security and War a. What do we mean by security (and more specifically by systemic security, state security, and societal security) and what may be tensions between systemic security and state security, between state security and societal security, and between systemic security and societal security? Please provide an example for each tension! b. How do inter-state war, extra-state war, intra-state war, and non-state war differ from one another? Please provide an example for each type of inter-state war, extra-state war, intra-state war, and non-state war! c. What do you consider the three most important causes of war (and why), and how has the perception of war changed due to its impact (scope and destructiveness)? Topic 2: Power Distributions a. Is war more avoidable and peace more sustainable between two states with a balance of power or a preponderance of power? Why? b. In what ways do power shifts and power transitions affect the likelihood of war and peace between two states? c. Is war more avoidable and peace more sustainable in the international system with multipolarity, bipolarity, or unipolarity? Why? Topic 3: Cheap Victory Strategies a. What do we mean by a cheap victory, and what are five elements (or ways) to achieve a cheap victory? Please provide an example for each element! b. What strategy (attrition, maneuver, or punishment) would you recommend for a state to succeed on the offensive side of a war? Under what conditions would you recommend this strategy, and how would you pursue this strategy (with what military resources)? c. What strategy (attrition, maneuver, or punishment) would you recommend for a state to succeed on the defensive side of a war? Under what conditions would you recommend this strategy, and how would you pursue this strategy (with what military resources)? Topic 4: Deterrence and Arms Control a. What do we mean by deterrence, deterrence credibility, and deterrence stability, and what credibility and stability problems are there regarding the practice of deterrence? b. How do the strategies of massive retaliation, flexible response, and mutual assured destruction (MAD) differ from one another in regard to deterrence, and which of these strategies, if any, is most viable in the world of today? c. How is deterrence related to ballistic missile defenses and to arms control and disarmament, and what is the difference between arms control and disarmament?