Option 1: Find a recent article (less than one month old) from a reputable news source concerning a Free and Fair Trade issue between at least two countries.

    Summarize the article.
    What is the issue?
    Explain why this issue is important to the global community.
    Evaluate the source.
    What is your opinion?

Writing Requirements (APA format). Refer to the APA manual.

    Length: 3 full pages (not including the title or references page)
    1-inch margins
    Double-Spaced
    12-point Times New Roman font
    Title and Reference page required
    APA cite article with link
    Scan copy of article required

(A) What was the "Concert of Europe" and why did it yield relative peace? Why did the Concert break down? (1page) 300 words

(B) What caused colonialism and imperialism? (1page) 300 words

(C) The "Fourteen Points Speech," by President Woodrow Wilson is often identified as a classic statement of liberalism in international relations. Why? (2 page) 600 words

each question should be answered separately

1. Executive Summary: Very Good.  No changes necessary.

2. Introduction: Incorporate Iran's nuclear program and the politics associated with it.  Less on history.  Iran's nuclear ambitions will be the theme of the report.

3. Demographics: Incorporate charts or tables to visually reflect the demographics.

4. The history of modern state formation, economic development and authoritarianism: Incorporate charts or tables too visually reflect the demographics.

5. The current political events and policies: Begin with two general transitionary expressions to help the reader.  Provide policy pieces with references from The Brookings Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Congressional Quarterly as it pertains to Iran's nuclear program.  Also, articulate why European countries are not as convinced Iran is in nuclear weapons as opposed to American perspectives.  Remove COVID - 19  from the narrative and focus more on the nuc

Please Read the Attached Reading (Confucius) then do the following:

QUESTIONS, REFLECTIONS, & COMMENTS (QRCS)
Please make a post offering at least two thoughtful and
substantive questions, reflections, or comments (QRCs) inspired by your engagement with the material below.

-- At least one of the QRCs must explicitly identify a passage( quote a passage and then respond to it)  from the reading attached that you found intriguing, confusing, enlightening, etc. to lift up for consideration. You should quote the passage in full in your post along with a clear citation so others can easily find it in the text, and briefly explain your reasons for highlighting this passage this can come in the form of substantive questions about, interpretations of, or challenges to the ideas expressed in the passage.

For the second QRC, you may choose to lift up another passage, but you are not
required to do so. Instead you may choose to offer a more general question

Some thinkers, like Amartya Sen, have claimed that democracy is both a universal value and produces better outcomes than other forms of government. Others argue that technocracy or rule by experts (as described in Daniel Bells The China Model, for example) is a viable alternative to democracy. Evaluate this debate on both normative and empirical grounds. In other words: What normative arguments can be made in favor of both technocratic government and of democracy? Why might it be more difficult for one form of government or the other to address the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, famine and other on-going governance crises? Is there a normative argument for democracy even if an authoritarian technocracy produces better policy outcomes in some respects?

one-page single-spaced response papers on different assigned readings from the course.  The purpose of the response paper is for you to engage in an in-depth examination of an academic article by summarizing and assessing its contribution.  Each response paper will:

1.    Identify the central thesis of the article

2.    Summarize key arguments or concepts

3.    Assess one strength and one weakness of the article

4.    Pose two discussion questions

1. Read Freedom of Religion by Wayne Grudem.

2. Write at least a 4-6 sentence summary of Freedom of Religion by Wayne Grudem.

1. Read Religious Expression in the Public Square by Wayne Grudem.

2. Write at least a 4-6 sentence summary of Religious Expression in the Public Square by Wayne Grudem.

1. Read 'Faith Based' Programs by Wayne Grudem.

2. Write at least a 4-6 sentence summary of 'Faith Based' Programs by Wayne Grudem.

1. Read Political Advocacy by Churches and Their Tax Except Status by Wayne Grudem.

2. Write at least a 4-6 sentence summary of Political Advocacy by Churches and Their Tax Except Status by Wayne Grudem.

1. Read "Freedom of Speech and Its Restrictions" by Wayne Grudem.

2. Write at least a 4-6 sentence summary of "Freedom of Speech and Its Restrictions" by Wayne Grudem.

1. Read "The 'Fairness Doctrine' and Talk Radio" by Wayne Grudem.

2. Write at least a 4-6 sentence summary of "The 'Fairnes

Please read both parts, 1 & 2 of "The Problem of Media Bias," (both are attached). Write an 8-10 sentence summary of the article.  Be sure to summarize each of the main subheadings:

Public Perceptions of Media Bias
Surveys of Journalists
What Happens to a Nation When its Watchdogs are Silent?

What do you think? For your assignment this week, find an opinion poll about any public policy matter published within the last two months. Write a 2 - 5 page essay explaining..

1 What questions were asked and how they were worded?

2. What was the poll's sample and universe? ("Sample" is who they asked. "Universe" is the total group the sample is meant to represent)

3. What were the results?

4. Who paid for the poll? Who conducted it? Does that matter?

5. What polling errors might have affected its accuracy or usefulness?

6. What, if anything, should policymakers do differently as a result of this poll?

Submit in Word. Cite your sources.

Please answer this question, One paragraph for each question.
(The PDF file I attached is optional read, so if you can answer this question with screenshot that I attached, you do not need to read PDF file)

Read - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/sunday/united-states-cold-war.html

Questions
1. Describe the different elements of the US grand strategy of liberal hegemony?

2. What were the economic measures of US foreign policy in constructing the 'liberal world order'?

3. What were the economic interests of US foreign policy in the Third World in the postwar period?

4. Given the evidence of US foreign policy in the Third World, should we agree or disagree with the liberal understanding of the 'democratic zone of peace' and the 'humanitarian' and 'democratic' content of US foreign policy?