Fall 2020 Final Exam

 

Fall 2020 Final Exam

Diplomacy 742: National Security Policy

November 30, 2020

 

Please answer one of the following three questions.  Submit your completed final to Dr. Farley by 2:15pm today.

1.  Should the United States embrace a policy of Containment against China?  Outline the positives and negatives of pursuing such a policy, and consider whether the United States is capable of maintaining Containment in the medium and long term.
2. Has the power of the executive over national security overwhelmed the bounds set by the Constitution?  Contemplate the arguments for and against executive supremacy in the national security sphere, and describe reforms that might better delineate responsibilities across the US government.
3. How well does the existing architecture of the national security state enable the United States to use all of its tools for international influence?