SEC/450 Global Security Issues / University of Phoenix / All Assignments Only

Individual

Article Analysis Paper

Locate a recent professional (peer reviewed) journal article, based on the text readings and definitions, concerning globalization resistance, challenges and dimensions to globalization and security, or global social and political unrest.  

Note. Newspaper articles or articles from popular magazines such as Time or Newsweek are not acceptable sources.

Prepare a 1400 word paper that analyzes the issues raised in the article.  Cover and end references not included in word count.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines, 6^th edition.

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Internal Conflict Paper

Write a 1,400-word paper addressing the causes of internal conflict in a nation or regional area of your choice.  Cover and end references not included in word count.

Include the diversity of the causes, with regard to any religious, cultural, racial, gender, political, or economic issues that contribute to instability.

Analyze the role of the UN as a peacekeeper associated with your selected conflict.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines 6th edition.

Six references per paper are requested

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Humanitarian Aid as a Strategic Response Paper

Identify a specific large-scale natural disaster—tsunami, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, and so forth—affecting a large geographic area and human population.

Write a 1,400-word paper [cover and end references not included for word count] that:

·         Analyzes the effects in terms of risk factors for humanitarian dimensions of affected nations and peoples

·         Analyzes the value of multination economic cooperation in strategic response through humanitarian aid and the like as a means of mitigating the risk factors above

·         Examines the impact on international security, politics, and global trade

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines 6th edition.

Six references per paper are requested

Individual

Population/

Environmental Impact Paper

Research a recent article from a recognized professional journal or government publication regarding environmental issues associated with global security.

Write a 1,400-word paper discussing the effects of excessive population/under-population, depletion of natural resources, or environmental impacts.

·         Consider how neighboring countries are affected, as well as emergent issues like new arctic shipping routes, or the international interest in Africa’s natural resources.

·         Analyze the impact of global environmental policy associated with these issues.

Use specific countries as examples.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines in 6th edition.

Six references per paper are requested

Learning Team

Policy Brief and Presentation

Identify a nation and use a problem or issue selected from the Transnational Problems area of the nation’s fact pages from The World Fact Book located at: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
(if the link won’t work – google CIA Factbook).

Choose a policy maker you want to advise. The policy makers in this scenario are to be briefed on an issue or problem associated with a specific nation that your team selects from The World Fact Book.  Remember that this is not a history assignment, focus should be on the current issue, and the current policy (proposed) solution.

Note. A policy brief is a report given to a policy maker, such as the U.S. State Department, an agency of the United Nations, the chief executive officer of a multinational corporation, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, or the head of an NGO.

Prepare a 8- to 10-slide presentation and a 2000-word policy brief. Be sure to use a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed journal article references as research for your presentation and brief.

Include the following in the brief and presentation:

·         A description of the problem

·         Facts and assumptions about the problem

·         Discussion and several options for solving it

·         Which solution you think is best and why 

·         An explanation of how the advantages of the solution outweigh the potential liabilities

·         Be sure to address technology implications and/or considerations

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Final Exam

Read final exam instructions provided to you at the start of your last week of class.

Write and submit your final exam to your assignments section.

Your final exam will be reflective, require some current events research, and will be 2 pages of essay.