Peace formation in Afghanistan
What are his arguments about the local ownership of peace or a peace to be positive rather than negative.
Analys / examine why the peace negotiations has not been successful or delayed sine President Ghani hold the power.
Writing 2 805
Can suicide bombing of civilian targets to defend Islam be justified?Can suicide bombing of civilian targets to defend Islam be justified?”
Answers to a presentation feedback questions
Provide anwers to this feed back questions from the provided presentation attached to the file.
Note that if you find the answers are quite convincing in shoter words no issues you dont have to stick to 550 words
1/As you have highlighted, South Africa seems to have appropriate legislation in place to combat modern slavery, including provisions in the Constitution. However, and almost unsurprisingly, enforcement seems to be the problem. Are there any significant barriers to ensuring adequate enforcement?
Also, is South Africa a part of any regional organisations? If so, maybe this can be a good way to foster collaborative responses to addressing modern slavery in the region. Just a thought :
2/You mentioned political leverage in your presentation, is government corruption one of the challenges facing South Africa in its work against modern slavery?
See good legislation but a gap between what the law is and how it’s carried out. What’s the labour union situation like there, and is there a framework for effective labour inspection?
Lastly, have there been any sort of consequences or sanctions against South Africa by international institutions or other governments? Considering they’re an emerging power (for lack of better term) they might prove susceptible to international pressure.
“Sure, relationships matter in global politics, but when push comes to shove, material capabilities are the true measure of power.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
In this module we will discuss the ways in which Congress interacts with the federal courts, as well as how the institution of Congress mediates among the many organized interests in American society.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, students will be able to:
Explain the role of the Senate in its advice and consent mandate for nominees of the federal courts.
Evaluate ways in which the federal courts’ mandate to interpret law sometime places them into conflict with Congress.
Describe ways in which Congress can express its displeasure with the courts in general or individual judges and justices.
Analyze the various means by which interest groups interact with Congress and evaluate which means work best under certain situations.
Describe the various legal reforms Congress has passed regarding the lobbyists.
Policy memo
You are a senior adviser to Mayor Williams. The Mayor believes that line managers in agencies such as the DMV and Consumer & Regulatory Affairs could make even better use of performance measures to enhance the quality of DC public services and improve life in the city.
Write a memo in which you give the Mayor advice on how his Administration can improve the design and/or implementation of DC’s performance management system. Be specific in indicating what you like (or don’t like) about how agency managers have used performance measures thus far.
Two written decision memo assignments.
Question
You are once again the staffer to a new Senator. This time the year is 1993 and the Senator is asking you why he should vote to send billions of dollars to Russia to secure its nuclear materials and destroy its chemical and biological warfare facilities. “We have to pay for our own drawdown. Why should we pay for theirs too?”
Write him a briefing memo to explain why he should (or should not) vote for the appropriations for Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.
817 lesson 7
We divided the readings this week. What are the key points you want the class to note from your readings on the former USSR region? What about the case of South Africa? Why do you think there was so much progress globally on constraining WMD programs?
(Note: it is not JUST that the Cold War ended. That had little impact on places like Brazil, Argentina or South Africa).
International security and global terrorism in the 21st century-Discuss?
Political Literature
Consider Dracula as an epistolary novel (that is, a novel written in the form of letters).
What does this device do to the narrative? Does it help to remove or protect the reader from the full horror of what is being described? More generally, how does the structure of Dracula work to promote or undermine its political message?
If Bram Stoker is trying to write a novel justifying and embracing British colonialism, does the fact that his novel is all conveyed third hand help to cover over and distance from the violence of colonialism?
