( Political Science 456)
National Security
Course Paper Assignment
(40 points)
According to some scholars and analysts, the United
States should replace its “unnecessary, ineffective and expensive” strategy in international affairs with a more
“restrained” one. Others accuse advocates of American “restraint” of
“overstating the costs of the post-Cold War strategy and understating its
benefits.”
Making maximum
use of ideas and specific examples from the reading assignments/lectures/documentaries,
write an analytical essay discussing major arguments in the debates about American national security and grand strategy.
Make sure to relate your analysis to
the key themes discussed in the readings and class lectures such as realist and liberal
insights about international security, evaluation
of national security doctrines and foreign policy records of different administrations,
the return to great-power rivalry in global politics, as
well as the future of America’s global position.
Paper Guidelines
1.
Make maximum use of ideas and specific examples from
your reading assignments/ lectures/documentaries. The minimum number of sources you are expected to use is 15.
2. Focus on the assigned course material. If you want to use an outside source,
please consult me first.
3. Paper length— around 15 pages including references.
4. Papers should be double spaced, using a font like Times New Roman, 12pt
5. Avoid lengthy direct quotations. It is always better
to put ideas/examples from the readings in your own words.
6.
Plagiarism will not be tolerated. When you use ideas and examples from the readings,
please make sure to cite your sources by one
of these methods:
a. Putting the name of the author, the year of
publication of the book/article, and the page number immediately after the
sentence that refers to the idea/example from the reading in question. (If you
cannot determine the page number, do not include it.)
Example: (Mearsheimer and Walt 2016, 75)
or
b. Putting full
name of the book/article and page number in the footnote/endnote following the
sentence that refers to the idea/example from the reading in question:
Example: John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, “The Case for
Offshore Balancing. A Superior U.S. Grand Strategy,” Foreign Affairs 95, 4, 2016, 75.
7.
Include the alphabetical list of sources used as a
separate page at the end of the paper.
8.
Post your paper in Word on Canvas by Friday, May 17, midnight
NOTE TO WRITER: Greeting’s Dylan I have attached all sources and lectures for this paper assignment. Please use what you require, however 15 sources MUST be used.
