1) Are there more significant similarities or significant differences between the foreign policies of Barack Obama and George W. Bush? What has caused these differences and similarities? Be sure to discuss both important similarities and important differences. Are they more different or the same?
– Baker, Peter. 2015. “Congress’s Role in Iran Nuclear Deal Shows Limits of Obama’s Power”, New York Times, April 15.
– Burke, John. 2005. “The Contemporary Presidency: Condoleezza Rice as NSC Advisor: A Case Study of the Honest Broker Role”,Presidential Studies Quarterly 35(3): 554–75.( Attached)
2) How do technical considerations like the Revolution in Military Affairs, Defense Budgeting, and Intelligence Reform shape American Foreign policy? How do these factors affect presidential decision-making? Make sure to consider how these concepts affect both the policy options and information available to the president.Give examples how they matter
– Greenwald, Glenn. 2013. “NSA Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Verizon Customers Daily”, The Guardian, 5 June.
– Mazzetti, Mark. 2014. “CIA Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels”, New York Times, October 14.
– Cook, James L. 2013. “2012 Defense Strategy Review & FY 2013 Defense Budget Request: Strategy & Fiscal Constraints”, Orbis 57(1): 41–58. (Attached)
– Easterbrook, Gregg. 2015. “Our Navy is Big Enough”, New York Times, March 9.
– Lepore, Jill. 2013. “The Force: How Much Military is Enough?”, The New Yorker, 28 January.
– Boot, Max. 2005. “The Struggle to Transform the Military”, Foreign Affairs 84(2): 103–18 (Attached)
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