You are a lobbyist for an issue that you find important. For example,  you would like to see the banning of smoking in federal buildings (Note:  This policy has already been enacted.) You are going to make an  informational pamphlet to highlight your points to prominent members of  Congress. Research members of Congress that you will target in your  lobbying. Explain why these members are […]

You will write a minimum 9-page research-based paper in current APA format that focuses on a recent, relevant criminal justice issue in the area of police, courts, or corrections. Topic examples include cyberterrorism, sex trafficking, terrorism, and intelligence. The paper must propose a solution to the assigned issue and include how this solution fits into the worldview as well as train criminal justice leaders to […]

Research Paper Proposal (1-2 pp.) – Due 11/16 The paper proposal should help you frame your thinking about why you chose a topic and how you plan to write a longer paper about it while also making an original argument. You will need to convince me that whatever subject you choose can support a full-length research paper.  With this in mind, I expect you to […]

Socialism and Communism are similar because they both oppose Capitalism. Socialism and Communism address the people’s needs and Capitalism is about money and profit. Shubert & Goldstein (2012) write that Karl Marx believed that the working class (or bourgeoisie) were attempting to “overthrow the aristocracy” which would lead to revolutions. Socialism developed from there, and according to Cam & Kayaoglu (2015), Socialism represents the changing […]

 The objective of this assignment is to take what we have learned throughout the semester and try to understand the role that ethnic politics has played in defining what it is to be “American”. The readings and assignments leading up to this assignment should be excellent preparation for you to write a thoughtful essay for this assignment. Answer the question in the context of concepts […]

The year is 1956. The Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union is a reality. The world stands on the brink of nuclear annihilation as two international crises converge on the stage of history. You learned about the first of these crises, the Suez Crisis, last week. Recall that France, Great Britain, and Israel invaded the Canal Zone in a bid to retake […]

In the movie, Shelter in Place, there is a lot of information about the refineries and how much pollution and pollutants they are putting into the air that is affecting the communities around them. It raises the question, when comes to the severance checks, if it’s worth the health risk to the children to stay in place and cause future complications as they grow and […]

 Identify a non-state actor/organization of interest to you. It should fit within one of the course units (e.g. religious group, city, IO, NGO, terrorist org) The thesis of the paper should be how that actor impacts international politics. What forms of power does it exercise? What makes it relevant? How does it interact with other structures of global governance? Make an argument using course material! […]

The Holocaust was the most tragic event that took place during World War II. Millions of Jewish people were brutally murdered by Hitler’s Nazi regime. Life for the Jews in the ghettos was hard as there was a lot of overcrowding. That’s where they were sent before being shipped to concentration camps, according to Shubert & Goldstein (2012). In the concentration camps, they were starved, […]

In Week Two, we discussed military education in antiquity and its similarities and differences from that of the present day. In the article Leadership by Socratic Model (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., ancient thought is once again addressed, this time in an analysis of the Socratic Method as it applies to military leadership. In one sentence, summarize the Socratic Method. Do you […]