Category: Political science

What role did Palestinians have in the 1947 negotiations over the partition of their homeland and the future of their people?Can a military leader like Gamal Abdel Nasser legitimately claim to be the voice of all Arabs?

Short essay – Middle Eastern Politics

Questions to choose from:

What role did Palestinians have in the 1947 negotiations over the partition of their homeland and the future of their people?

Can a military leader like Gamal Abdel Nasser legitimately claim to be the voice of all Arabs?

Did the Cold War superpowers follow their ideological convictions in their approach to the Middle East? That is, did they promote democracy and socialism in the Middle East? Refer to ONE of the US OR the USSR in your answer.

How did the decline of the Soviet Union during the 1980s impact those regimes who had depended on them for support? Refer to ONE example in your answer.

Does the concentration of oil wealth between, and within, states determine the international relations of the Middle East? Refer to ONE example in your answer.

Main text to use: •Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations

Compare and contrast the style and substance of each show.Do you feel that these shows bring a positive or negative aspect to our nation’s political discourse? Why or why not? 

Media paper

The media has always played a major role in American Politics. Today two networks on cable, MSNBC and Fox News have established themselves as the major networks that tend to espouse a certain political view. MSNBC tends to play to a more liberal perspective whereas Fox News, more of a conservative perspective.

Your assignment is to view a show on each of the networks between the hours of 8pm-11pm. You will watch a full episode of each on the same night and submit the following:

Name the show/host/date of each show.

Discuss in depth the main topics of each show.

Did you detect a political bias throughout the shows or did you find it more objective throughout the shows?provide examples.

Do you feel that these shows bring a positive or negative aspect to our nation’s political discourse? Why or why not?

provide substantive reasoning.

Compare and contrast the style and substance of each show.

Are you at all likely to watch one or both of these shows again? Why or Why not?

Make your paper a complete five pages.

Here are the shows you can choose from (1 from each column):
MSNBC Fox News
8-9 All in With Chris Hayes 8-9 Tucker Carlson Tonight
9-10 The Rachel Maddow Show 9-10 Hannity
10-11 Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell 10-11 The Ingrahm Angle

Write a 4 page discussions and findings section to compliment the previous related orders.use the related orders for reference, one is a literary review “food equity”, one is an introduction “urban agriculture in Washington”, and the other is the methodology.

Urban Agriculture in Washington, D.C. as a Response to Food Equity

Write a 4 page discussions and findings section to compliment the previous related orders.use the related orders for reference, one is a literary review “food equity”, one is an introduction “urban agriculture in Washington”, and the other is the methodology.

Why, according to Robert Snyder, is the United States not responsible for the breakdown in its relations with revolutionary regimes in the developing world? Why, according to him, do revolutionary regimes usually prefer hostile relations with the United States? Do you agree with Snyder’s theory? Why or why not?

Revolutions

Why, according to Robert Snyder, is the United States not responsible for the breakdown in its relations with revolutionary regimes in the developing world? Why, according to him, do revolutionary regimes usually prefer hostile relations with the United States? Do you agree with Snyder’s theory? Why or why not?

Write a ‘Diplomatic Dispatch’, acting as an Ambassador to the UK and write about a country of your choice. you could write a brief that assesses the current state of play in Saudi Arabia, and how this triangulates with UK interests there.

Diplomatic Dispatch – You can choose any country of your choice.

Write a ‘Diplomatic Dispatch’, acting as an Ambassador to the UK and write about a country of your choice. you could write a brief that assesses the current state of play in Saudi Arabia, and how this triangulates with UK interests there. Such a dispatch would detail the current state of politics in Saudi Arabia, how the current situation affects UK interests, and possible future trajectories the UK should be aware of.

How does the emergence of non-state actors (like ngos, cities, markets, and regional organizations) challenge traditional ideas about sovereignty?How do Institutions (IGO/Regional) change outcomes in the international system?

1. How does the emergence of non-state actors (like ngos, cities, markets, and regional organizations) challenge traditional ideas about sovereignty?

2. How do Institutions (IGO/Regional) change outcomes in the international system?

3. In what ways do norms and culture shape power dynamics in the international system? (gender norms as example, focus on core/periphery)

4. Cities, markets, Regional organizations all center around the theme of capital governance. In what ways does capital structure international society and culture?