POL300- Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy

• 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:

1. 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.  
2. 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. 
3. Describe
   the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and the country
   you selected in section (2) above. 
4. Describe
   the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on regional or global
   affairs since it was announced during the Cold War.
5. 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. 
6. 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.

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