This paper is designed for you to use your critical thinking skills evaluating a potential future international relations environment, discuss/describe how national interests can be threatened or challenged, and determine how states can utilize instruments of national power to respond to these threats and challenges in this plausible future scenario. Utilize the “Alternative World†scenario that you discussed in the Week One Discussion, “Future Worlds,†and analyze/evaluate this scenario in your paper.
Make sure you do not just restate your discussion post from Week One. If you do choose to use your discussion post, make sure to treat yourself as the author and use the following format:
• Student, J. (2013). Fusion [Discussion Post]. Department of Political Science, Ashford University, Clinton, IA.
To cite a specific quote from your discussion post, you would use the following in-text citation format:
• (Author- Last Name, year, paragraph #). If Jane Student were to take a direct quote from that same discussion post, the citations would look like this: (Student, 2013, para. 2).
As a reminder, the future scenarios from Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds are:
a. Stalled Engines: A scenario in which the U.S. and Europe turn inward and globalization stalls.
b. Fusion: A world in which the U.S. and China cooperate, leading to worldwide cooperation on global challenges.
c. Gini-Out-of-the-Bottle: A world in which economic inequalities dominate.
d. Nonstate World: A scenario in which nonstate actors take the lead in solving global challenges.
The United States’ government traditionally uses the National Security Strategy (NSS) to elucidate the core national security interests and objectives of our nation. Identify and briefly discuss two or three critical national interests illuminated in the 2010 NSS that would be threatened or challenged in the “alternative world†you selected. Next, briefly explain what tools (i.e., political, social/cultural, geographic/economic) and military elements of power, international organizations, NGO-, or others, you would use to respond to these potential future threats or challenges. Finally, prioritize the threats and challenges and recommend which threat or challenge should be addressed first, second, and, if needed, third and the rationale behind your recommended priorities.
When writing your paper, make sure to consider what you learned in the simulation, You Are a Strategic Analyst. Make sure when writing your recommendations, to reflect upon the lessons you learned while working your way through this simulation.
Your paper should be organized into four sections:
a. Introduction.
b. Threats of challenges to US interests (2-3).
c. US responses to identified threats or challenges.
d. Recommended priorities.
The paper must be three to four pages in length and formatted according to APA style. You must include at least three scholarly sources, which may include your course text and the Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds report. Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.
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