Essay

Essay

The state in a post 11/9 and 9/11 world”

Write a 5 – 10 pages, double-spaced, essay using the textbook and the two articles essays written by John Gray and Richard K. Betts to answer the questions/prompts listed below

Question/Prompt:

Your task is: 1) to read Ch. 12 and the two articles, and 2) answer the following questions/prompt 

1. Assess the powerful impact of non-state actors (piracy, terrorism, and technology and privatization) have on the global system of states.

2. Looking more attentively at terrorism, what is John Gray's argument regarding the West's war on terrorism. Can the war be won?

3. Finally, looking at Richard K. Betts' reviews, when (e.g., post-Cold War, post 9/11, or 21st century?) does Fukuyama, Huntington, and Mearsheimer's visions rang truest?