Instructions:
Choose and respond to one of the following prompts for your midterm assignment:
1. Russia: What can and should the United States intelligence community do to change its focus given the real and growing threat of Russian counterintelligence operations and cyber hacking against the U.S. and our partners?
You must also address how the strategic relationship between the United States and Russia declined since Vladimir Putin took office, and Russia’s malign influence strategy in its near abroad (Frozen Conflicts).
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2. Venezuela: What economic, political, and humanitarian issues in the country of Venezuela have made it an appealing target for foreign intervention (especially Russia, China, Turkey and Cuba), and what security and diplomatic issues will this create for the United States in its future relationship with Venezuela? Please ensure that you address what intelligence issues will arise with the US’s enemies having a foothold in the country, and what could potentially happen to Juan Guaido’s interim presidency.
The policy assignment should be written using the APA Handbook and guidelines. Do not include works in your references that are not cited. Your entire content including your bibliography/references MUST be in APA format. Failure to use APA is an automatic 4 points off your grade. MANY online programs will format for you. We use the Purdue Owl website as a guide. Here are the links to the guide and an example:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ and,
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090212013008_560.pdf
You will be submitting this assignment through Turnitin and the following rant is because every semester we have a student who thinks they can get away with it. The end result is usually begging, tears, apologies, threats, and ultimately a failing grade – and that’s just from the instructor.
Plagiarism is a direct violation and will not be tolerated. Any instances of plagiarism found may result in failure of the assignment as well as the full weight of a Honor Code Violation.
Under no circumstances should you be using Wikipedia or similar web sites as a reference for your assignments. This includes any website that allows for community editing of information (a wiki). However, you may visit Wikipedia, etc. to find other sources and references to use.
You must use 1.5 spaced, Times New Roman 12 font, with 1” margins. You must have a title sheet (which does not have to be APA compliant), an abstract, and a references sheet. These do not count as written content.
