Please respond to each discussion question below in a paragraph
(I have provided all resources that need to be cited for this assignment, you are allowed to use outside resources but there must be one class reading which are the files attached to each answer of each question)
Please let me know if you have any questions needed for clarification
Week 2 Day 1 Discussion Question: What parts of foreign policy history that you read are generalizable to the 21st century, and what has changed? What are the dangers of both over-generalizing and under-generalizing?
Week 2 Day 2 Discussion Question: Who gets the credit for a foreign policy doctrine? When might it be worth it (or not worth it) to take the credit?
Week 3 Day 1 Discussion Question: What other factors, besides personal history, might impact a presidents choice of intervention strategy? Why?
Week 3 Day 2 Discussion Question: When might a leaders health be more likely to impact foreign policy? When might is be less likely?
Week 4 Day 1 Discussion Question: How do presidents choose their roles?
Week 4 Day 2 Discussion Question: Does the possession of nuclear technology demand a more centralized military command structure than the founders intended?
Week 5 Day 1 Discussion Question: Does Congress overuse sanctions?
Week 5 Day 2 Discussion Question: Why should the US be interested in Central Asia? What benefits could motivate the US to engage in foreign policy with the region?
Week 6 Discussion Question: What might explain the differences between NAFTA and USMCA?
Week 7 Day 1 Discussion Question: Which types of interest groups strike you as the most powerful in foreign policy?
Week 7 Day 2 Discussion Question: When might the benefits of political appointees and ambassadors ever outweigh the costs
Week 9 Day 1 Discussion Question: Does public opinion drive leader behavior? Or do leaders drive public opinion?
Week 9 Day 2 Discussion Question: To what extent does soft news influence foreign policy? Can you think of an example from a historical/current event that might demonstrate this connection?
Week 10 Discussion Question: How important is soft power to US foreign policy? Are there any countries that can rival the soft power of the US?
Week 11 Day 1 Discussion Question: Does deterrence work as a strategy against terrorism?
Week 12 Day 1 Discussion Question: Was the Russian invasion of Ukraine inevitable after Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons?
Week 13 Day 1 Discussion Question: How can we distinguish between non-tariff trade barriers and genuine environmental/labor protection? Why does it matter?
Week 13 Day 2 Discussion Question: What is the best argument for the US to decrease its current account deficit? National security? Trade/other reasons?
Week 14 Discussion Question: Should the US be afraid of cyber attacks?
Week 15 Discussion Question: When are international human rights institutions most likely to be effective?
