Overview
Each question will be worth fifty points out of a total of 200 points.
- List the typical offices found in an embassy and what they do (provide examples)? Why are NSA offices usually located on an embassy’s top floors? Explain
- According to Roskin and Berry “International law regulates exchanges between states in predictable ways.” But what are the factors that affect International Law? This question will focus on those.
- What are the sources of International Law?
- What is the role of executive agreements and how do they affect international law?
- When the international community accepts a policy like R2P they are claiming a unanimous action/agreement by all parties to follow this policy. In what ways has the Biden administration handle R2P? Provide examples.
- The Council on Foreign Relations explains how the joining of Finland affects the NATO alliance https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-nato, How do international organizations like NATO handle International Law? Explain
- “The standard approach to the United Nations is to expect too much from it and then denounce it for not delivering. Many look to the UN to solve the horrendous problems of war, bloody dictators, genocide, and nuclear proliferation. But the UN has next to no enforcement mechanism – no police or armed forces” – Roskin and Berry
- In what ways is the United Nations still useful? Does the UN structure help or hinder its objectives? Can NGOs fill the void and help the UN achieve its goals? Explain
- When determining the politics of a “New World” (when I used this term, I am not referring to a conspiracy theory, please if you are going to “google it” be careful!) We encounter several actors and a multitude of issues. In Chapter One, the textbook discussed a series of models to explain/analyze the current state of International Relations. With your newly acquired knowledge, pretend you are a foreign policy analyst and answer the following questions: Which theories explain what International Relations look like now, and who are the participants that affected it?
- How would these theories manage each of the following?
- food security,
- scarcity of water,
- new energy technology, and
- climate change