Is the government manufacturing claims about UFO sightings?

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UFO sightings

Is the government manufacturing claims about UFO sightings?

Develop a ten-slide PowerPoint presentation to be delivered to a group of local government managers. Do not develop the actual presentation but summarize what would be the content in each of your potential slides.

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PowerPoint presentation

Deil Wright developed an overlapping model of intergovernmental relations. For this discussion, you were recently hired as a faculty member at IGR University and given release time in its public service center. You are to develop a ten-slide (not including the title page or concluding slide) PowerPoint presentation to be delivered to a group of local government managers. Do not develop the actual presentation but summarize what would be the content in each of your potential slides.

Does the UNSC Veto for P5 members contribute to or undermine international security and stability?

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International security and stability

On February 25, 2022, The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Draft Resolution S/2022/155 called upon the Russian Federation to “…cease its use of force against Ukraine and shall refrain from any further unlawful threat or use of force against any UN member state.” This was vetoed by Russia, as is the right of all P5 members of the UNSC (United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom). In fact, this was one of a long list of vetoes by permanent members, stemming all the way back to the founding of the UN.

Does the UNSC Veto for P5 members contribute to or undermine international security and stability?

Compare the discourse, rhetoric, reality of the Yugoslavia/Bosnia/Serbian war from the book Blood and Vengeance (attached in files) in the early 90’s to the Russia/Ukraine today and can we learn anything from this comparison.

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Yugoslavia conflict and Ukraine

Compare the discourse, rhetoric, reality of the Yugoslavia/Bosnia/Serbian war from the book Blood and Vengeance (attached in files) in the early 90’s to the Russia/Ukraine today and can we learn anything from this comparison.

Explain how Lincoln underlined the importance of natural law for a natural rights theory in his debate with Douglas. What was Douglas’ argument against the Declaration’s natural right philosophy, and what argument did Lincoln fashion to refute it?

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III. Freedom and Determinism.

Popular Sovereignty and the Transmission Theory Explain the origins and meaning of the theory of popular sovereignty. Then, explain the related transmission theory. Briefly state the characteristics of the transmission of authority in a democracy. (You must have five citations from the book. These need not be quotations, but citations, as in, Simon, page #. Citations should be in-text.   (1-1½ pp.)

Natural Law, Natural Right, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates We looked at a few passages from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates because they were so helpful in underlining the bases of American law in (a) natural law and (b) natural right.

Explain how Lincoln underlined the importance of natural law for a natural rights theory in his debate with Douglas.

What was Douglas’ argument against the Declaration’s natural right philosophy, and what argument did Lincoln fashion to refute it?

In what ways are Lincoln’s arguments here a refutation of the legal positivism and historicism that would later become popular. (3 pp.)

Explain the freedom vs. determinism debate as it arose in scientific circles.

  • B. In what way did this debate negatively impact the way the modern world came to understand freedom politically?
  • C. How would a reconsideration of freedom as superdeterminism as explained by Thomas Aquinas help to give us a fuller and more human understanding of freedom as generally understood in democratic societies?

 

Where did the idea of Europe come from, and how does it impact the functioning of European Politics today?

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Checkpoint 1

In a well developed essay, using evidence from readings and class, answer the following question:

Where did the idea of Europe come from, and how does it impact the functioning of European Politics today?

Write a 10-page research paper, with 1-inch margins all around. The research paper will include an abstract, introduction with thesis and argument, literature review, theory and hypotheses, a brief description of data and methods, a quantitative or qualitative analysis, discussion of results, and a conclusion.

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Donald Trump Presidency and Immigration Policies

Students will write a 10-page research paper (at least 3,000 words of double-spaced text, not including bibliography, cover page, or graphs and photos), with 1-inch margins all around. The research paper will include an abstract, introduction with thesis and argument, literature review, theory and hypotheses, a brief description of data and methods, a quantitative or qualitative analysis, discussion of results, and a conclusion. (75% of the grade).

SOURCES TO INCLUDE IN PAPER:
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/four-years-change-immigration-trump
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/issues/immigration/
https://www.fwd.us/news/the-impact-of-trumps-immigration-agenda/
https://www.immigrationresearch.org/system/files/SSRN-id3381885.pdf
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/TrumpatOne_FINAL.pdf

Explain how Lincoln underlined the importance of natural law for a natural rights theory in his debate with Douglas. What was Douglas’ argument against the Declaration’s natural right philosophy, and what argument did Lincoln fashion to refute it?

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III. Freedom and Determinism.

Popular Sovereignty and the Transmission Theory Explain the origins and meaning of the theory of popular sovereignty. Then, explain the related transmission theory. Briefly state the characteristics of the transmission of authority in a democracy. (You must have five citations from the book. These need not be quotations, but citations, as in, Simon, page #. Citations should be in-text.   (1-1½ pp.)

Natural Law, Natural Right, and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates We looked at a few passages from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates because they were so helpful in underlining the bases of American law in (a) natural law and (b) natural right.

Explain how Lincoln underlined the importance of natural law for a natural rights theory in his debate with Douglas.

What was Douglas’ argument against the Declaration’s natural right philosophy, and what argument did Lincoln fashion to refute it?

In what ways are Lincoln’s arguments here a refutation of the legal positivism and historicism that would later become popular. (3 pp.)

Explain the freedom vs. determinism debate as it arose in scientific circles.

  • B. In what way did this debate negatively impact the way the modern world came to understand freedom politically?
  • C. How would a reconsideration of freedom as superdeterminism as explained by Thomas Aquinas help to give us a fuller and more human understanding of freedom as generally understood in democratic societies?

 

Regarding the relationship between order, violence and justice, how might the English School theoretical tradition of world society (revolutionism) explain humanitarian intervention.

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Assessment Task 3

Essay falls under category of International Relations.

Here is the essay question:
Regarding the relationship between order, violence and justice, how might the English School theoretical tradition of world society (revolutionism) explain humanitarian intervention.