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Why do liberals support a ‘minimal state’?

Discuss how each of the factors in presidential decision making shape and limit a president’s ability to make policy choices.

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Discuss how each of the factors in presidential decision making shape and limit a president’s ability to make policy choices.

To what extent does the existence of vast oil and natural gas reserves of the region drive the policies of outside powers towards the countries of the region?

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Complete the readings assigned for the course module ‘Oil (see syllabus). Make sure you do the additional readings on iCollege.

2. Read the Instructions for online discussions in folder ‘Instructions for online discussions.

3. Make a detailed initial response to the following prompts

“To what extent does the existence of vast oil and natural gas reserves of the region drive the policies of outside powers towards the countries of the region? Do you agree with Zalloum’s analysis? Why? or Why not?”

How much funding would the American Rescue Plan offer to states? What is the justification for this funding?

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One major debate in Congress over the current American Rescue Plan is whether and how the federal government should fund states and local governments struggling with budgets as a result of the pandemic.

1. How much funding would the American Rescue Plan offer to states? What is the justification for this funding?

2. How could states use this funding? What conditions would be attached to this federal funding? What model of federal-state relations does each proposal embody?

3. What are the strongest arguments presented in favor of the state and local funding under the American Rescue Plan? What are the strongest arguments presented in opposition?

4. In your view, does this proposal (or aspects of different proposals) most effectively address current problems? How—if at all—should the funding to state and local governments be revised as the American Rescue Plan progresses through Congress?

Discuss the nature of dictatorshipsand draw a clear argument from Beatriz Magaloni

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Discuss the nature of dictatorships  and draw a clear argument from (Beatriz Magaloni Introduction, pages 1-30)

Discuss the nature of dictatorships

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Discuss the nature of dictatorships  and how Mexico compares and draw a clear argument from Beatriz Magaloni Introduction, pages 1-30

Was Saddam Hussein’s recklessness as a leader, and the authoritarian government that empowered him best fit to to explain the catastrophic choice?

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Foreign policy outcome case study and analysis . Foreign policy question: Iraq’s decision to invade Kuwait in 1990, triggering the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91

apply IR realism, and see if there’s a good argument to be made that it was reasonable for Saddam Hussein to think invading Kuwait was good for Iraq’s national interests.”

Some arguments to consider:

1-Was Saddam Hussein’s recklessness as a leader, and the authoritarian government that empowered him best fit to to explain the catastrophic choice?

2-Was the fact that the US decided to intervene, which wasn’t really obvious at the time impacted the choice?

3- was it arrogance from Saddam’s side or was it a political manipulation from the IS side that impacted the decision ?

you may find that others have already been there, and attempted to apply FP theories to explain what was chosen. If so, then your main jobs will be to effectively summarize what’s been done, add on what you can with new research, and critically evaluate the different theoretical arguments to pick the one you think is best supported by the information that’s out there. Or you may find that you’re the first person to try to apply FP theories to your case. If that’s the case, then your job will be to make the connections between theories (realism) and what happened in the case.

1. Introduction (about 400 words): statement of, and explanation of, the research question; quick summary of the debate (see below); explanation of why you chose the case(s) you’re going to look at, and what kinds of things you have to have to find out about the case; brief discussion of why it’s interesting and/or important
2. Lit review (about 500 words): overview of theory research others have done about your research question; explanation of the main debate you want to get into, with explanations of the rival theories, their expectations about what you should see in the case, and how you might know if each one is “working” as an explanation for the outcome (e.g., “if I find X, then that’ll support theory A, but undermine theory B; if I find Y, that’ll support theory B, and undermine theory A…”)
3. Body (about 800 words): historical narrative about the cases, with emphasis on the specific aspects that are most relevant to the rival theories’ expectations; if you’re doing more than one case, you’ll have to do mini-narratives for each case; if you’re doing a statistical test, obviously you’ll do this entirely differently…
4. Conclusions (about 300 words): summary of what you found out about the case; summary of what your findings say about the usefulness of the rival theories; comment on the underlying theoretical debates, going back to the initial research question and related theory debates; comment on real-world implications or importance

Citation in text and reference page has to be done using APA citation styles.

write a 5 page paper detailing the plan of government for the designated society from your book.

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Read Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, paying particular attention to cultural and political arrangements. You will then write a 5 page paper detailing the plan of government for the designated society from your book. This should detail both the formal and informal aspects of government, paying particular attention to the way that culture has influenced the creation of this government.