You are one of a group of five members of the National Security Council (NSC) which advises the president about security developments on an international level, and it is your job to decide whether American interests are involved and/or threatened as situations arise around the world. In this case, you are to write a minimum five-page paper assessing the economic, military and humanitarian conditions in the developing world that have been affected by the near total collapse of the Venezuelan polity. Include in your research the articles in the case profile (which you do not have to cite if you use), and see the Student Guide for the specific facts about this case.
Your Assignment
You will be one of five members of the National Security Council (NSC) who advises the president about security developments on a global level, and it is your job to decide whether American interests are involved and/or threatened as situations arise around the world. In this case, regardless of the role you choose, you are to write a three-page paper assessing the economic, military and humanitarian situations in Venezuela. Your paper will be numbered and divided into three sections in which you decide:
(1)If any national interests of the U.S. are involved, then what are they? If no interests are involved, then why not?
(2) Does the U.S. have a responsibility to protect (R2P) the people of Venezuela or intervene in any way?
(3) If action is called for, then what policy options are available to the U.S.? (See the following section). If no action is recommended, why not?
Bear in mind that this is a theoretical case study only and the current Maduro government in Venezuela is still in power. What we are examining is here are the actions the U. S. MIGHT take IF his government fell and he fled the country.
Thus, your study will take the following form:
Page 1: Introduction
Pages 2-4: Covering the three sections listed directly above. Each of these sections must be numbered (1), (2) and (3) so that I can tell where one section ends and the following one begins.
Page 5: Conclusion________________________________________
1. Use at least seven quality academic sources in this assignment, excludingWikipedia, blogs, dictionaries, encyclopedias that do not qualify as academic material. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion.
2. When referencing the selected resources, please use the following format:
• Webtext Format:
Name of the author. Name of title. Retrieved from website URL.
Example: Soomo. UnderstandingDevelopment [Webtext]. Retrieved from http://www.webtexts.com/courses/9218-cathey.
• Lecture Format:
Name of the Author. Name of the lecture [lecture type]. Retrieved from lecture URL.
Example: Strayer University. (2013). Understanding Development [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from (URL Web address).
• Internet Resources:
Author’s Name. (Date of publication). Title of the resource. Retrieved from website URL.
Example: Wuestewald, Eric. (2014). Portraits of People Living on a Dollar a Day. Retrieved from (URL Web address).
3. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Contain no abstract and be at least five pages of written text in length, excluding tables photographs and graphs. Anything short of five pages will be heavily penalized. DO NOT INCLUDE AN ABSTRACT.
• Be typed, double spaced (with no extra spacing between paragraphs), using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA guidelines. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
4. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Analyzing how funding in the form of aid, investment, and loans moves from industrialized nations to the developing world to alleviate the problems caused by gross governmental mismanagement.
• Using technology and information resources to research issues in sociology of Venezuela as a developing country.
• Writing clearly and concisely about the sociology of Venezuela using proper writing mechanics.
The grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, the logic and organization of case study, and your language and writing skills. You are strongly advised to work from an outline.