Human Security
The Final Examination Questions are posted under week 12 as well. Please ensure that your answers are brief, substantive and your sources are cited at the end of the document. There is no word limit for this assignment. It is required: a cover page with your name and the Final Examination title, Times-New Roman, 12 point-font, block justify your paper. For citations, please use the Chicago Manual Style.
Final Examination
1. Explain how the neo-Kantian and neo-Hobbesian theories are best as analytical partners, blending their views together to create a more encompassing perspective.
2. Some argue that the United States can at times be trapped by its own assumptions regarding international security. Take the following terrorism assumptions below and explain where there could be flaws in their basic logical foundations:
a. Assumption 1: Terrorism represents an existential threat to security and requires a military response.
b. Assumption 2: This is a contemporary battle between good and evil.
c. Assumption 3: The United States needs to remake the Middle East in its own image.
3. What are some of the chief aspects/challenges for the Department of Defense as it tries to develop strategy for fighting the ‘long war.’
4. Examine the following doctrines and elaborate what you see as the evolution of American global positioning over the past 60 years:
a. The Truman Doctrine
b. The Kennedy Doctrine
c. The Nixon Doctrine
d. The Reagan Doctrine
e. The Clinton Doctrine
f. The Bush Doctrine