Political science

Imagine that you have recently been appointed as a member of the President-Elect Biden’s National Security Council.  You have been assigned to a task force that will be conducting a broad overview of U.S. national security policy for the incoming President.  The leader of your team has given you the following assignment. Write an essay (of 500 to 800 words) that:  identifies the primary national security threat facing the United States; and describes a policy response that the Biden Administration might adopt to limit the potential damages associated with this threat.  Your essay should answer the following questions: What is the primary security threat facing the United States today? How does it threaten or weaken the national security of the United States?  As part of your answer to these questions, you may describe some of the costs that this threat could ultimately impose on the United States. What policy responses should the Biden Administration adopt to limit the damages associated with this threat? What political challenges might the Biden Administration face in implementing your policy recommendations? How might these hurdles to implementation be overcome? Directions To be eligible for full credit on this assignment, you are only expected to draw on information covered in this course. You can also use news stories from reliable news sources (like The New York Times, CNN, or The Wall Street Journal) but this is not required. Note that this does not include online blogs or webpages such as Wikipedia. Please provide citations for content derived from our readings, lecture, and any outside information you use in your essay.  Please use Chicago style citations (author/date) and include a bibliography. More information is provided below in a separate document on citation style posted on the module page along with this assignment. Your essay should include the following components: Provide clear answers to the three sets of prompts listed above.  As part of your answers, be sure to defend your claims with theoretical arguments and empirical evidence presented in class.  More broadly, to earn a strong grade you must demonstrate that you have engaged with course content to write this essay. Be concise: Stay within the 800-word limit. Essays that are over the word limit will not get full credit for this assignment. Organization: your paper should be easy for readers to follow and logically ordered with an introduction, thesis statement, supporting logic, and a conclusion. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A THESIS STATEMENT. Organize your ideas around a thesis statement that appears in your first paragraph.  This assignment is about making choices in how clearly you articulate your argument. DO NOT run away from this choice. There is no right or wrong answer here. You are being graded as to how well you construct and defend an argument. Formatting Guidelines No more than 800 words (excluding citations and the bibliography) • You must cite any outside readings that you reference using Chicago Style citations. Information on how to cite using this format can be found in the citation document posted separately. • Typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, 1-inch margins • Saved as a Word document (.doc, .docx). Other file formats will not be accepted. Take this requirement into account when turning in your essay. Having trouble converting another file type to a .doc or .docx at the last minute is not an acceptable reason for turning the essay in late. Note that even if you are not using Windows, there are free and easily accessible options for creating documents in these file types.

A) Describe the difference between insider and outsider lobbying tactics. B) Why do some interest groups favor insider tactics, while others favor outsider lobbying?  C) Under what circumstances will one be more impactful than the other? D) What does this tell us about pluralism and power in American politics?

How does religion need to change according to Martin Luther King Jr. to support democracy? How does such a revisited understanding of religion improve democracy for King? is his argument persuasive? use the other three authors from model  3 to evaluate his argument? 1. Alexis De Tocqueville2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton 3. Vine Deloria Jr.

President Donald Trump has banned transgendered persons from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces “in any capacity.”  The decision reverses a policy initially approved by the Defense Department under President Barack Obama that allowed transgender individuals to openly serve in the military.  Do you agree with Trump’s action?  Why or why not? Before responding to this question, read the essays and watch the videos posted below. Your post should demonstrate a good understanding of the topic. Be sure to use good English grammar and composition skills. Your response is worth up to 25 points, so be sure to take your time to do this assignment well. Please continue the conversation with your classmates by posting a reply to someone else’s response.  Remember: To receive credit, your post should specifically mention the title, author, or source of at least one of the articles or videos posted below, and respond to at least one of your classmates.   Washington Post, “Military to Begin Enforcing Trump’s Restrictions on Transgendered Troops.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/military-to-begin-enforcing-restrictions-on-trumps-transgender-troops/2019/03/13/cf2a0530-4587-11e9-9726-50f151ab44b9_story.html?utm_term=.1b77d1a91f6b   NPR, “How Trump Administration’s Transgender Troop Ban Is Affecting One Military Family.” https://www.npr.org/2019/04/11/711229419/how-the-trump-administrations-transgender-troop-ban-is-affecting-one-military-fa  (Links to an external site.)   Jack Turco, “I’ve Treated Transgender Troops for Years.  Trump Is Wrong to Ban them from the Military.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/02/donald-trump-transgender-ban-morally-wrong-disrupt-military-column/3291420002/  (Links to an external site.)   CNN, “Trump to reinstate U.S. military ban on transgender persons.”  (Links to an external site.)   David Remnick, “The cruelty and cynicism of Trump’s Transgender Ban.”  (Links to an external site.)   Joseph R. Murray II, “Trump’s transgender ban is unfair but correct.”

For this assignment, respond to one of the following options: Option 1: Find a recent article (less than one month old) from a reputable news source concerning a Free and Fair Trade issue between at least two countries. Summarize the article. What is the issue? Explain why this issue is important to the global community. Evaluate the source. What is your opinion? Option 2: Find a recent article (less than one month old) from a reputable news source concerning a proposed budgetary change. Summarize the article. What is the issue? Explain who is affected most from the change? Evaluate the source. What is your opinion? Writing Requirements (APA format). Refer to the APA manual. Length: 3 full pages (not including the title or references page) 1-inch margins Double-Spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Title and Reference page required APA cite article with link Scan copy of article required

Civic Engagement Project: After reviewing the Political Participation Powerpoint develop a civic engagement plan of action around an issue of concern to you: In your plan of action, please include the following: Identify an Issue of importance to you. The issue can be an international, national or local issue. Below is a short list of examples of issues. You are not limited to this list.   §  Child Soldiers §  Domestic violence §  Homelessness §  Lead paint in NYCHA §  Parental involvement in schools §  Safety Conditions in the Subway system §  Extreme Poverty §  Access to quality after-school programming §  Gun Violence §  Black Male unemployment §  Sex trafficking §  Women’s Reproductive Rights §  Immigration reform §  Police Community Relations Provide some background information about the issue you have chosen. Explain, why this issue is important. Provide statistics and other data to demonstrate why this issue is significant. Why is this issue important to you?  In what ways could you as a citizen impact on this issue? Are these potential actions passive of active forms of political participation? What agencies would you engage with in order to have some impact on this issue? The agencies can be government agencies, non-governmental agencies, faith-based organizations or international organizations. For each organization, please indicate why this agency would be important to engage with and what role they play. Provide links to these organizations’ websites and/or mission statements. How would you encourage others to join you in your cause? Design a sample of a poster, brochure, meme, vine, op-ed piece, speech or any other material you might use to recruit people to your cause

This assignment provides you with the opportunity to engage in research on an issue of public concern. It can be an issue of ongoing political debate or an issue that has not yet gained the attention of policy makers.    A policy analysis defines the problem or issue at hand, describes its background and provides a balanced assessment of options that policy makers could pursue to resolve the problem. The posting should conclude with a recommended course of action for policy makers. Introduce the problem you have researched and analyzed. Whether the issue is universal health care, improved educational achievement or campaign-finance reform, you should identify a specific issue or policy and articulate why it is important. Establish a set of criteria for resolving the problem in question. For example, an increase in the number of people covered by health insurance represents a criterion for resolving the issue of the uninsured. Improved scores on standardized academic assessments and higher graduation rates from high schools would be criteria for improved achievement in education. Place the issue or policy in historical context by describing how the problem arose and outlining previous efforts, if any, to address the problem. To detail the issue and any prior policy responses, you can use a range of sources, including books, articles from scholarly journals, previous policy analyses, government reports, legislative materials and news articles. Summarize the results of prior policy efforts and identify the major stakeholders. These are the individuals and groups likely to affect or be affected by new government policies taken in response to the issue under discussion.

After watching the video of Thomas Patterson discussing bias in the media, post your reaction to Patterson’s views.  Do you agree or disagree with Patterson?  Why?  Do not focus on your views of Donald Trump but on your views of Patterson’s ideas.  This is not to be a discussion of political issues or of Donald Trump, but a discussion of Patterson’s views.  As with all your discussion posts, you’ll need to write in complete sentences, and your post should be between 230-300 words

You may use Word or a Web 2.0 tool (such as Weebly, PowerPoint, Prezi, or Wikispaces) for this activity.  Develop a recruiting campaign for the Marines next 20 years in the future: -Demonstrably represent the history of this military branch -Demonstrably represent the unique culture of the branch -Appropriately represent the culture of the level of service (Officer) you’ve selected Specify explicit reason(s) for joining You may incorporate 1-2 recruiting/advertising “products” used currently or previously by the military (images, videos, logo, etc.) into your campaign (that is, stuff produced professionally by others) You may include as many images as you’d like but must also use sufficient text to adequately address the requirements of the activity.

No sources needed just need like 4 paragraphs. 1. Comparing the internal organization of congress and president 2. Contrasting the internal organization of congress and president 3. Comparing the external organization of congress and president 4. Contrasting the external organization of congress and president