1. The constitution of the United States grants explicit powers to the Executive and Legislative Branches for the conduct of foreign policy. Describe the major sources of friction between the two branches in the execution of foreign affairs. 2. What examples can you offer of significant influences on foreign policy decision making by outside interest groups? Structure your post using the Jentleson’s typologies of outside interest groups. 3. What important elements are necessary for achieving policy objectives, when successfully using diplomacy as an instrument of power? Draw from the Fedyszyn’s article for this assessment. 4. Assume you are in charge of public diplomacy at the State Department. What recommendations would you offer to make public diplomacy more effective? 5. The perennial question for defense budgets is “How much is enough?” Given the domestic economic crisis, the amount currently spent on security from all agencies, and the most likely threats in the future, what broad categories would you cut from defense? What are the “untouchables”? 6. Do civilian leaders have a significant role to play at all three levels of warfare—strategic, operational, and tactical? 7. What are the most significant factors in the post-9/11 intelligence reforms? Are they working as intended? Make reference to the Joshua Rovner assessment of the politicizing of intelligence. The McConnell reading is adequate to answer the question. 8. The NSA and FBI controversy over “Meta data” and collecting the electronic files of American citizens has opened a major debate on security versus civil liberties and privacy. How can we best resolve these issues and find the proper balance in a democracy? 9. What are the major functions of a National Security Strategy? (Use lecture slide to answer & discuss). Who actually reads this document and why? 10. The 2002 (and 2006) Bush National Security Strategies contain four major elements known as the "Bush Doctrine"—Primacy, Unilateralism, Preemption, & The Democracy Crusade. How do these compare with the “Obama Doctrine?” Include references to the political context from which each NSS emerged. 11. If you were writing a strategy to counter radical extremism what would you consider its most important element? Include references to the 2011 NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM and the White House Fact Sheet on the use of force in counterterrorism 12. Using Jentleson's 4 P formulations, what are our most important national interests in future relations with China? Integrate materials from the Sanger and Jentleson analysis in your post. 13. Using Jentleson's 4 P formulations, what are our most important national interests in future relations with Russia? Integrate materials from the Jentleson analysis in your post. Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 2: It May Not Work in Politics ...

1. 1. The constitution of the United States grants explicit powers
to the Executive and Legislative Branches for the conduct of
foreign policy. Describe the major sources of friction between
the two branches in the execution of foreign affairs.
2. What examples can you offer of significant influences on
foreign policy decision making by outside interest groups?
Structure your post using the Jentleson’s typologies of outside
interest groups.
3. What important elements are necessary for achieving policy
objectives, when successfully using diplomacy as an instrument
of power? Draw from the Fedyszyn’s article for this assessment.
4. Assume you are in charge of public diplomacy at the State
Department. What recommendations would you offer to make
public diplomacy more effective?
5. The perennial question for defense budgets is “How much is
enough?” Given the domestic economic crisis, the amount
currently spent on security from all agencies, and the most
likely threats in the future, what broad categories would you cut
from defense? What are the “untouchables”?
6. Do civilian leaders have a significant role to play at all three
levels of warfare—strategic, operational, and tactical?
7. What are the most significant factors in the post-9/11
intelligence reforms? Are they working as intended? Make
reference to the Joshua Rovner assessment of the politicizing of
intelligence. The McConnell reading is adequate to answer the
question.
8. The NSA and FBI controversy over “Meta data” and
collecting the electronic files of American citizens has opened a
major debate on security versus civil liberties and privacy. How
can we best resolve these issues and find the proper balance in a
democracy?
9. What are the major functions of a National Security Strategy?
(Use lecture slide to answer & discuss). Who actually reads this
document and why?

2. 10. The 2002 (and 2006) Bush National Security Strategies
contain four major elements known as the "Bush Doctrine"—
Primacy, Unilateralism, Preemption, & The Democracy
Crusade. How do these compare with the “Obama Doctrine?”
Include references to the political context from which each NSS
emerged.
11. If you were writing a strategy to counter radical extremism
what would you consider its most important element? Include
references to the 2011 NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
COUNTERTERRORISM and the White House Fact Sheet on the
use of force in counterterrorism
12. Using Jentleson's 4 P formulations, what are our most
important national interests in future relations with China?
Integrate materials from the Sanger and Jentleson analysis in
your post.
13. Using Jentleson's 4 P formulations, what are our most
important national interests in future relations with Russia?
Integrate materials from the Jentleson analysis in your post.
Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric
Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor
Center.
Assignment 2: It May Not Work in Politics
Due Week 10 and worth 225 points
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which the student
addresses the following three (3)
items using headers to separate each response:

3. 1. Congressional Ethics. Identify one (1) member of Congress
Rep. Charlie Rangel who
has been charged with ethics violations. Briefly discuss the
reason for the charges and
provide two (2) reasons why you agree or disagree with the
verdict and any penalties.
Provide examples to support your answer. Note: Consider how
the verdict and penalties
impacts your trust of the members of Congress.
2. Third Party Candidates. Discuss two (2) political reasons why
a third party candidate has
never been successful in winning a presidential election.
Provide examples to support the
answer. Note: Consider the political impact of the Republican
and Democratic Party if a
third party was successful.
3. Federal and State Authority. Identify one (1) current issue
facing the United States today.
Analyze the respective roles of Federal and state authorities in
addressing the issue.
Determine whether the U. S. Constitution constrains the Federal
and state responses to
the issue. Explain.
In your research, you cannot use Wikipedia, online dictionaries,
Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, or any

4. other Website do that do not qualify as an academic resource.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
12), with one-inch margins
on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific
format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
the student’s name, the
professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page
and the reference page are
not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are to:
the U.S. government,
national political processes, policy making, and the notion of
democracy.
sed to study political science and
American government.
and questions involving the
U.S. government and national political processes using

5. information in the course.
alues of American political culture.
the U.S. government and
national political processes.
ed, effective citizenship
for the national government
and political processes.
politics (such as models of
democracy) to discuss government and politics in state, local,
and international contexts.
affairs.
in the field of U.S.
government and politics.
politics using proper writing
mechanics.