Instructions For this assignment, you will compose a well-written and thoughtful short-essay of 500-750 words in length (2-3 pages). Select and answer one of the four questions provided. Format & Expectations State your thesis, the answer you want to defend using at least three well-supported reasons embodying logic, reason, and research. Give possible objections to your arguments, answer these objections and restate your conclusion. […]

The Suez Crisis Egypt is a country situated in a strategic location because of a vital waterway that was constructed in the late 19th Century called the Suez Canal. Throughout most of the 19th and 20th Centuries Egypt was a British colonial outpost. The Suez canal was a joint British-French commercial construction project and its significance as a vital international waterway still holds true, as […]

Socialism and communism are pretty similar to one another when it comes to their definition. “Generally, socialism refers to an economic system or political organization in which the means of production and distribution are owned or controlled collectively, often by a centralized government” (Azria, 2013, para. 1). Socialism was brought about in hopes that it would help erase class conflicts and social problems that were […]

The Cold War was a 44-year conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, the two largest superpowers in the world when it began in 1946. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union was in shambles. They had 20-27 million war-related deaths, and Germany occupied several of their republics, not to mention the damage to their economy (Painter, 1999, p. 5). […]

  Instructions: Choose one of the following topics to respond to for your initial post. Indicate your last name and chosen topic in the title of your post. Contribute at least two peer responses to include a response to both: A learner who has posted a contrary view on the topic you selected A learner who has posted on the topic you did not select […]

   Continuing of  literature/information review sources search of your topic to identify the background of the problem and uncover gaps in prior research and/or applied solutions. Your search of scholarly sources and other relevant published works will aid in narrowing the focus and scope of your investigation, providing a foundation for your research that advances the current knowledge on the topic and/or solves a problem […]

Roles of the U.S. Army Chapter Four of your textbook outlines several of the roles that the U.S. military can take. This Assignment focuses on three ways that the U.S. military affects the world: diplomacy, peacekeeping, and humanitarianism. You will conduct some independent and original research into each of these areas. By following the steps below, you will select examples of the U.S. military in […]

The United States military has been and always will be a dominant force on the battlefield and through many different warzones throughout the years since the founding of our great nation. Though the military is a key instrument of war fighting it also plays a key role in the support of peace and the prevention of conflict for the United States and its allies. Through […]

In lieu of the more extensive assignment listed in the rubric, you will be asked to “Pitch a policy” to me. This cannot be a law, regulation, statute or practice that already exists nor, can you simply praise something that an institution does already.  For this assignment, you will submit a 500 word proposal to me, which will propose a new policy (law or regulation) […]

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which the student addresses the following three (3) items using headers to separate each response: Congressional Ethics: Identify one (1) member of Congress who has been charged with ethics violations in the past 2 years (include the date). Briefly discuss the reason for the charges and provide two (2) reasons why you agree or disagree with […]