Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy This paper will be a revised and expanded version of the first research paper. Based on your instructor’s feedback, you will first revise the first paper.  Write three-to-four (3-4) new pages that address the following: Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1.   Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential doctrine was announced.  Describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2) above.  Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War. Assess whether or not the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.  Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.  To help you understand this assignment further, the following description and examples may be useful. Step 1: Define doctrine and identify why a president would want to announce one.  A doctrine is an ideological platform that a president uses to advance a policy towards a country or region in order to accomplish foreign policy goals for the United States, so you will need to expand on this theme.   Refer back to Assignment 1, and build on whatever doctrine you wrote about then.  Say, for example, you selected the Truman Doctrine.  Therefore, this is the only thing you will write about in Assignment 2 step 1.   Step 2: Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between it and the U.S.  Before the presidential doctrine was announced.  In the case of Truman, you would pick either the Soviet Union, Greece, or Iran, since all three were affected by his doctrine.  If you are writing about the Eisenhower Doctrine, you would choose Lebanon or Egypt; if you wrote about the Kennedy Doctrine, you would have write about Cuba or Vietnam; if your wrote about the Nixon Doctrine, you would choose either Vietnam, Saudi Arabia or Iran; if you chose Carter, you would select either Iran or Afghanistan; and if you wrote about the Reagan Doctrine, you would select Nicaragua, Angola, Russia or Afghanistan (although there were several others). Step 3: Describe what effect the presidential doctrine you chose has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War.   That is, how did the doctrine change the status quo regionally or globally after it was announced by the U.S.?  What happened in Western Europe after the Truman.

1. Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy
This paper will be a revised and expanded version of the first
research paper. Based on your instructor’s feedback, you will
first revise the first paper.
Write three-to-four (3-4) new pages that address the following:
Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or
global events during the Cold War leading up to the formation
of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1.
Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and
describe the Cold War relationship that existed between the
country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential
doctrine was announced.
Describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S.
and the country you selected in section (2) above.
Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on
regional or global affairs since it was announced during the
Cold War.
Assess whether or not the presidential doctrine you wrote about
in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended effect of altering
the behavior of the country you selected in section (2) above
since the doctrine was first announced.
Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify
as academic resources.
To help you understand this assignment further, the following
description and examples may be useful.
Step 1:
Define doctrine and identify why a president would want to
announce one.
A doctrine is an ideological platform that a president uses to
advance a policy towards a country or region in order to
accomplish foreign policy goals for the United States, so you
will need to expand on this theme.

2. Refer back to Assignment 1, and build on whatever doctrine you
wrote about then. Say, for example, you selected the Truman
Doctrine. Therefore, this is the only thing you will write about
in Assignment 2 step 1.
Step 2:
Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and
describe the Cold War relationship that existed between it and
the U.S.
Before the presidential doctrine was announced. In the case of
Truman, you would pick either the Soviet Union, Greece, or
Iran, since all three were affected by his doctrine. If you are
writing about the Eisenhower Doctrine, you would choose
Lebanon or Egypt; if you wrote about the Kennedy Doctrine,
you would have write about Cuba or Vietnam; if your wrote
about the Nixon Doctrine, you would choose either Vietnam,
Saudi Arabia or Iran; if you chose Carter, you would select
either Iran or Afghanistan; and if you wrote about the Reagan
Doctrine, you would select Nicaragua, Angola, Russia or
Afghanistan (although there were several others).
Step 3:
Describe what effect the presidential doctrine you chose has
had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during
the Cold War.
That is, how did the doctrine change the status quo regionally or
globally after it was announced by the U.S.? What happened in
Western Europe after the Truman Doctrine was announced?
What happened in the Middle East after the Eisenhower
Doctrine was announced? What happened with Cuba or
Vietnam after Kennedy offered up his doctrine of flexible
response? What happened in Southeast Asia or the Persian Gulf
after the Nixon Doctrine went in effect? What happened in the
Middle East after the Carter Doctrine was announced? What
happened in Central America or Africa or the Middle East after

3. Reagan announced his doctrine?
Step 4:
Refer back to the country you selected in step two and describe
the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and that
country.
How has the relationship changed between the U.S. and that
country since the doctrine was announced?
Step 5:
Evaluate whether or not the presidential doctrine had had the
intended effect of altering the behavior of the one country you
selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first
announced.
Your assignment must:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow
APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for
any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, 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.
Points: 175
Assignment 2: Current Events and U.S. Diplomacy
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient

4. 80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or
global events during the Cold War leading up to the formation
of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely defined presidential doctrine
and summarized the regional or global events during the Cold
War leading up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you
wrote about in Assignment 1.
Insufficiently defined presidential doctrine and summarized the
regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the
formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in
Assignment 1.
Partially defined presidential doctrine and summarized the
regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the
formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in
Assignment 1.
Satisfactorily defined presidential doctrine and summarized the
regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the
formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in
Assignment 1.
Thoroughly defined presidential doctrine and summarized the
regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the
formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in
Assignment 1.
2. Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and
describe the Cold War relationship that existed between the
country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential
doctrine was announced.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or incompletely selected one country you wrote
about in Assignment 1 and described the Cold War relationship
that existed between the country you selected and the U.S.

5. before the presidential doctrine was announced.
Insufficiently selected one country you wrote about in
Assignment 1 and described the Cold War relationship that
existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before
the presidential doctrine was announced.
Partially selected one country you wrote about in Assignment 1
and described the Cold War relationship that existed between
the country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential
doctrine was announced.
Satisfactorily selected one country you wrote about in
Assignment 1 and described the Cold War relationship that
existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before
the presidential doctrine was announced.
Thoroughly selected one country you wrote about in Assignment
1 and described the Cold War relationship that existed between
the country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential
doctrine was announced.
3. Describe the relationship that currently exists between the
U.S. and the country you selected in section (2) above.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely described the relationship that
currently exists between the U.S. and the country you selected
in section (2) above.
Insufficiently described the relationship that currently exists
between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2)
above.
Partially described the relationship that currently exists between
the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2) above.
Satisfactorily described the relationship that currently exists
between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2)
above.
Thoroughly described the relationship that currently exists
between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2)
above.
4. Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on
regional or global affairs since it was announced during the

6. Cold War.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely described the effect that the
presidential doctrine has had on regional or global affairs since
it was announced during the Cold War.
Insufficiently described the effect that the presidential doctrine
has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced
during the Cold War.
Partially described the effect that the presidential doctrine has
had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during
the Cold War.
Satisfactorily described the effect that the presidential doctrine
has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced
during the Cold War.
Thoroughly described the effect that the presidential doctrine
has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced
during the Cold War.
5. Assess whether or not the presidential doctrine you wrote
about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended effect of
altering the behavior of the country you selected in section (2)
above since the doctrine was first announced.
Weight: 20%
Did not submit or incompletely assessed whether or not the
presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine
had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the
country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was
first announced.
Insufficiently assessed whether or not the presidential doctrine
you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended
effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in
section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.
Partially assessed whether or not the presidential doctrine you
wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended
effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in
section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.
Satisfactorily assessed whether or not the presidential doctrine

7. you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended
effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in
section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.
Thoroughly assessed whether or not the presidential doctrine
you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended
effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in
section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.
6. 3 References
Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; all references
poor quality choices.
Does not meet the required number of references; some
references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high
quality choices.
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%
More than 8 errors present
7-8 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present