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Assignment Description:
Please submit your policy brief on a local, state, federal, regional, or global problem or policy issue by uploading your pdf or Word document. Please make sure you follow the guidelines laid out in the Policy Brief guide. For your reference and convenience, you can find it here: Yenigun_Policy BriefGuide.pdfPreview the document
Please be sure to make it clear on your cover page to whom the brief is addressed on behalf of which organization (could be real or fictitious).
The Policy Brief Assignments in your syllabus are described as follows in your syllabus:
1 Policy Brief (18 points total): After covering enough ground on U.S. and California institutions and policy-making processes in comparison with other governments in the world, you will write a 2000 word policy brief. This policy piece will be addressed to local, state, or federal level of the U.S. government. Alternatively, it could be written to be submitted to an inter-governmental organization (IGO) or national/transnational non-governmental organization (NGO). For the policy brief you will pick a policy area on local, state, federal, or international level, e.g., immigration, healthcare, education, foreign policy, or environment, in order to outline and propose a certain policy. More information on this assignment will be provided through the paper guidelines sheet and you can get a better idea of those by looking at the sample policy briefs submitted by your friends during earlier semesters.
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The notion of military primacy is the view that the U.S. has a military that is unmatched in the world. In recent times, the rhetoric between Iran and the U.S. has been invidious. There are concerns that the Iranian further advancement of Uranium is perilous. Notwithstanding the fragile nature of the situation in the Middle East, the recent killing of the Iran General, Qasem Soleimani by President Donald Trump has heightened the risk for conflict.
On August 6th, 2020, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo shared on his Facebook page the concern that China’s relationship with Iran is dangerous since it can lead to Iran securing dangerous weapons, that Iran is the largest sponsor of terrorism, and that this is against the interest the U.S.
Use your understanding of realism, considerations of morality, and the issue of domestic determinants of U.S. foreign policy, and describe how the United States should deal with Iran?
Your initial discussion postings (300-350 words) should demonstrate an understanding and analysis of the assigned readings and videos. It is helpful to reference the assigned material in your response demonstrating connections between your thoughts and the course resources.
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The notion of military primacy is the view that the U.S. has a military that is unmatched in the world. In recent times, the rhetoric between Iran and the U.S. has been invidious. There are concerns that the Iranian further advancement of Uranium is perilous. Notwithstanding the fragile nature of the situation in the Middle East, the recent killing of the Iran General, Qasem Soleimani by President Donald Trump has heightened the risk for conflict.
On August 6th, 2020, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo shared on his Facebook page the concern that China’s relationship with Iran is dangerous since it can lead to Iran securing dangerous weapons, that Iran is the largest sponsor of terrorism, and that this is against the interest the U.S.
Use your understanding of realism, considerations of morality, and the issue of domestic determinants of U.S. foreign policy, and describe how the United States should deal with Iran?
Your initial discussion postings (300-350 words) should demonstrate an understanding and analysis of the assigned readings and videos. It is helpful to reference the assigned material in your response demonstrating connections between your thoughts and the course resources.
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    Chapter12.pdf

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The notion of military primacy is the view that the U.S. has a military that is unmatched in the world. In recent times, the rhetoric between Iran and the U.S. has been invidious. There are concerns that the Iranian further advancement of Uranium is perilous. Notwithstanding the fragile nature of the situation in the Middle East, the recent killing of the Iran General, Qasem Soleimani by President Donald Trump has heightened the risk for conflict.
On August 6th, 2020, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo shared on his Facebook page the concern that China’s relationship with Iran is dangerous since it can lead to Iran securing dangerous weapons, that Iran is the largest sponsor of terrorism, and that this is against the interest the U.S.
Use your understanding of realism, considerations of morality, and the issue of domestic determinants of U.S. foreign policy, and describe how the United States should deal with Iran?
Your initial discussion postings (300-350 words) should demonstrate an understanding and analysis of the assigned readings and videos. It is helpful to reference the assigned material in your response demonstrating connections between your thoughts and the course resources.
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    Chapter12.pdf

Political Science homework help

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The notion of military primacy is the view that the U.S. has a military that is unmatched in the world. In recent times, the rhetoric between Iran and the U.S. has been invidious. There are concerns that the Iranian further advancement of Uranium is perilous. Notwithstanding the fragile nature of the situation in the Middle East, the recent killing of the Iran General, Qasem Soleimani by President Donald Trump has heightened the risk for conflict.
On August 6th, 2020, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo shared on his Facebook page the concern that China’s relationship with Iran is dangerous since it can lead to Iran securing dangerous weapons, that Iran is the largest sponsor of terrorism, and that this is against the interest the U.S.
Use your understanding of realism, considerations of morality, and the issue of domestic determinants of U.S. foreign policy, and describe how the United States should deal with Iran?
Your initial discussion postings (300-350 words) should demonstrate an understanding and analysis of the assigned readings and videos. It is helpful to reference the assigned material in your response demonstrating connections between your thoughts and the course resources.
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    Chapter12.pdf

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Questions 1–6
Assume a bicameral legislature and a one-dimensional left-right policy space stretching
from 0 to 10. The location of the status quo policy is SQ = 5, the location of the median voter in the lower chamber is LC = 9, and the location of the median voter in the
upper chamber is UC = 7. Assume that both median voters have a single-peaked utility
function and that the support of both chambers is needed to pass a new policy. Assume
that a voter will vote for a new policy over the status quo if she is indifferent between them.
(1) What is the range of policies that the median voter in the lower chamber prefers to the
status quo?
? (a) 5-10.
? (b) 5-9.
? (c) 5-7.
? (d) 7-9.
? (e) 4-10.
(2) What is the range of policies that the median voter in the upper chamber prefers to
the status quo?
? (a) 5-10.
? (b) 5-9.
? (c) 5-7.
? (d) 7-9.
? (e) 4-10.
(3) What is the overlapping range of policies preferred by both chambers to the status
quo?
? (a) 5-10.
? (b) 5-9.
? (c) 5-7.
? (d) 7-9.
? (e) 4-10.
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(4) If the lower chamber is the agenda setter and can make take-it-or-leave-it proposals,
where on the left-right issue dimension will the lower chamber make its policy proposal?
? (a) 5.
? (b) 7.
? (c) 8.
? (d) 9.
? (e) 10.
(5) If the upper chamber is the agenda setter and can make take-it-or-leave-it proposals,
where on the left-right issue dimension will the upper chamber make its policy proposal?
? (a) 5.
? (b) 7.
? (c) 8.
? (d) 9.
? (e) 10.
(6) Now assume that SQ = 8. What is the winset of the status quo?
? (a) The winset is empty.
? (b) 7-8.
? (c) 8-9.
? (d) 7-9.
3
Questions 7–9
Figures 1 and 2 on the next page show a two-dimensional issue space, where both social
spending and defense spending can range from 1 to 5. The status quo (SQ) policy and the
ideal points of veto players A and B are shown. For now there is no agenda setter.
(7) Would you expect defense policy to be more stable in Figure 1 or in Figure 2?
? (a) More stable in Figure 1.
? (b) More stable in Figure 2.
? (c) The same in both figures.
(8) Would you expect the size of a defense policy shift to differ in Figures 1 and 2?
? (a) Bigger in Figure 1.
? (b) Bigger in Figure 2.
? (c) The same in both figures.
(9) Now assume that player A is the agenda setter in both figures. Is player A more
powerful in Figure 1 or in Figure 2?
? (a) More powerful in Figure 1.
? (b) More powerful in Figure 2.
? (c) Equally powerful in both figures.
4
Figure 1:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Social spending
Defense spending
SQ
A
B
Figure 2:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Social spending
Defense spending
SQ
A B
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Questions 10–11
Figure 3 on the next page shows a two-dimensional issue space. The status quo (SQ) policy
and the ideal points of veto players A and B are shown. Potential policy proposals are
denoted by X.
(10) Draw indifference curves for each veto player with respect to the status quo (SQ).
Shade in the winset if there is one. Which of the potential policy proposals (labeled X1-
X5) would win in a pairwise contest against the status quo?
? (a) X1.
? (b) X2.
? (c) X3.
? (d) X4.
? (e) X5.
? (f) None of them is located within the winset.
(11) If Figure 3 remained the same except that B were no longer a veto player — that is,
if A could choose policy independently — where would policy end up?
? (a) X1.
? (b) X2.
? (c) X3.
? (d) X4.
? (e) X5.
? (f) A.
? (g) B.
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Figure 3:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2
3
4
5
Two veto players A and B
Issue 1
Issue 2
SQ
A
B
X1
X2 X3
X4
X5
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Question 12
Figure 4 on the next page shows a two-dimensional issue space. The status quo (SQ) policy
and the ideal points of veto players A, B, and C are shown. Potential policy proposals are
denoted by X.
(12) Draw indifference curves for each veto player with respect to the status quo (SQ).
Shade in the winset if there is one. Which of the potential policy proposals (labeled X1-
X5) would win in a pairwise contest against the status quo?
? (a) X1.
? (b) X2.
? (c) X3.
? (d) X4.
? (e) X5.
? (f) None of them is located within the winset.
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Figure 4:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2
3
4
5
Three veto players A, B, and C
Issue 1
Issue 2
SQ
A
B
C
X1
X2 X3
X4
X5
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Questions 1–6
Assume a bicameral legislature and a one-dimensional left-right policy space stretching
from 0 to 10. The location of the status quo policy is SQ = 5, the location of the median voter in the lower chamber is LC = 9, and the location of the median voter in the
upper chamber is UC = 7. Assume that both median voters have a single-peaked utility
function and that the support of both chambers is needed to pass a new policy. Assume
that a voter will vote for a new policy over the status quo if she is indifferent between them.
(1) What is the range of policies that the median voter in the lower chamber prefers to the
status quo?
? (a) 5-10.
? (b) 5-9.
? (c) 5-7.
? (d) 7-9.
? (e) 4-10.
(2) What is the range of policies that the median voter in the upper chamber prefers to
the status quo?
? (a) 5-10.
? (b) 5-9.
? (c) 5-7.
? (d) 7-9.
? (e) 4-10.
(3) What is the overlapping range of policies preferred by both chambers to the status
quo?
? (a) 5-10.
? (b) 5-9.
? (c) 5-7.
? (d) 7-9.
? (e) 4-10.
2
(4) If the lower chamber is the agenda setter and can make take-it-or-leave-it proposals,
where on the left-right issue dimension will the lower chamber make its policy proposal?
? (a) 5.
? (b) 7.
? (c) 8.
? (d) 9.
? (e) 10.
(5) If the upper chamber is the agenda setter and can make take-it-or-leave-it proposals,
where on the left-right issue dimension will the upper chamber make its policy proposal?
? (a) 5.
? (b) 7.
? (c) 8.
? (d) 9.
? (e) 10.
(6) Now assume that SQ = 8. What is the winset of the status quo?
? (a) The winset is empty.
? (b) 7-8.
? (c) 8-9.
? (d) 7-9.
3
Questions 7–9
Figures 1 and 2 on the next page show a two-dimensional issue space, where both social
spending and defense spending can range from 1 to 5. The status quo (SQ) policy and the
ideal points of veto players A and B are shown. For now there is no agenda setter.
(7) Would you expect defense policy to be more stable in Figure 1 or in Figure 2?
? (a) More stable in Figure 1.
? (b) More stable in Figure 2.
? (c) The same in both figures.
(8) Would you expect the size of a defense policy shift to differ in Figures 1 and 2?
? (a) Bigger in Figure 1.
? (b) Bigger in Figure 2.
? (c) The same in both figures.
(9) Now assume that player A is the agenda setter in both figures. Is player A more
powerful in Figure 1 or in Figure 2?
? (a) More powerful in Figure 1.
? (b) More powerful in Figure 2.
? (c) Equally powerful in both figures.
4
Figure 1:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Social spending
Defense spending
SQ
A
B
Figure 2:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Social spending
Defense spending
SQ
A B
5
Questions 10–11
Figure 3 on the next page shows a two-dimensional issue space. The status quo (SQ) policy
and the ideal points of veto players A and B are shown. Potential policy proposals are
denoted by X.
(10) Draw indifference curves for each veto player with respect to the status quo (SQ).
Shade in the winset if there is one. Which of the potential policy proposals (labeled X1-
X5) would win in a pairwise contest against the status quo?
? (a) X1.
? (b) X2.
? (c) X3.
? (d) X4.
? (e) X5.
? (f) None of them is located within the winset.
(11) If Figure 3 remained the same except that B were no longer a veto player — that is,
if A could choose policy independently — where would policy end up?
? (a) X1.
? (b) X2.
? (c) X3.
? (d) X4.
? (e) X5.
? (f) A.
? (g) B.
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Figure 3:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2
3
4
5
Two veto players A and B
Issue 1
Issue 2
SQ
A
B
X1
X2 X3
X4
X5
7
Question 12
Figure 4 on the next page shows a two-dimensional issue space. The status quo (SQ) policy
and the ideal points of veto players A, B, and C are shown. Potential policy proposals are
denoted by X.
(12) Draw indifference curves for each veto player with respect to the status quo (SQ).
Shade in the winset if there is one. Which of the potential policy proposals (labeled X1-
X5) would win in a pairwise contest against the status quo?
? (a) X1.
? (b) X2.
? (c) X3.
? (d) X4.
? (e) X5.
? (f) None of them is located within the winset.
8
Figure 4:
1 2 3 4 5
1 2
3
4
5
Three veto players A, B, and C
Issue 1
Issue 2
SQ
A
B
C
X1
X2 X3
X4
X5
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Please choose one of the following questions and react to it briefly in the discussion boards.
When you submit answer, please begin by pasting the question you are responding to in the text field. Then write your answer below.
Discussion question options:
Federal justices serve on the bench “during good Behaviour,” typically meaning until they resign, retire, or pass away. Some have proposed a number of modifications to this, including rotating 18-year terms, staggered such that vacancies are uniform across time. Do you believe justices should have rotating, fixed terms? Why or why not?
Federal justices are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, so voters have no direct say in who is selected. However, many state courts (like Texas) use competitive elections to select judges, while other states (like California) hold retention elections where the governor first appoints a justice and voters then decide in the next election if they want that individual to continue on. Which selection method do you think is superior? Should justices be elected or appointed? How might these mechanisms change their decisions?
The power of “special interests” in DC is often decried by many. Do you believe that interest groups have too much power in the United States? Why or why not? If you believe they have too much power, how could this be addressed?
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Reviewing the concepts of ethnic conflict and totalitarianism:
Often students are confused on what constitutes an ethnic conflict. Before you select a topic for this assignment, be sure to review the information below to gain a better understanding of what constitutes Totalitarianism and ethnic conflict.
Totalitarianism and ethnic conflict are not the same as violent act committed by a police officer that was officially deemed as being racially motivated. Ethnic conflict is when government has discriminatory policies in place. Slavery and segregation were examples of ethnic conflict. Many students confuse recent events of violence or shooting by police officers on individuals as examples of ethnic conflict. However, not all of those actions were acts of racially motivated violence.  In addition, they were committed by individuals in the execution of their job, which are subject to review and oversight (administrative and legal), and if deemed excessive and/or racially motivated, will be sanctioned and prosecuted because they would go against standing policies and laws that do not allow excessive force in the execution of police duties or racially motivated violence against others (by police or any other person). In the 1960s and earlier, we had state governments requiring African Americans to be segregated. This was an example of ethnic conflict. We do not have government policy in this country today promoting the harassment or killing of people because of their race.
If a person kills another person, it is a legal issue. If the killing took place because of the race of the person, it is also a hate crime. It is not designated as ethnic conflict. Topics centered on racial inequity such as Black Lives Matter, while important and viable topics in the context of race relations and social justice, are not the same as ethnic conflict in Totalitarian regimes and so are not appropriate topics for this assignment.
Instructions
Write a paper on a current event article that discusses restrictions on freedoms by a totalitarian state or an article on ethnic conflict within a nation. Summarize the article and explain why this issue is important to the global community. What outside influences might help change this issue? How? Is the article neutral? Why or why not?
Be sure to include a scanned copy of the article in your submission in addition to citations. Articles may not be more than one month old.
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