PRESIDENTIAL DECISION IN AFGHANISTAN
SUMMARY PAPER (Already completed but needs to be corrected to follow Presidential Paper Completion) (ATTACHED)
The paper may be written in a memo/outline style, though full sentences and paragraphs should be used as appropriate. An abbreviated (sample) outline is available on Blackboard.
• Blank Outline
o Country
o Brief history with US
o Decision #1 (including President and date)
? Government and non-government actors involved in decision-making process (Include heads of major players such as State, Defense, Treasury, CIA, NSA, etc. as appropriate)
? Disagreements within the policy-making community prior to a decision/opponents to the plan
? What alternatives were provided to the president besides the option he eventually selected?
? What action was actually taken? (Provide details)
? How did the decision affect US/Country relations?
o Decision #2 (including President and date)
? Government and non-government actors involved in decision-making process (Include heads of major players such as State, Defense, Treasury, CIA, NSA, etc. as appropriate)
? Disagreements within the policy-making community prior to a decision/opponents to the plan
? What alternatives were provided to the president besides the option he eventually selected?
? What action was actually taken? (Provide details)
? How did the decision affect US/Country relations?
PRESIDENTIAL FINAL PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
20% FP Presidential decision final paper– Paper should be 10-15 pages, double-spaced, and cover two major events between the United States (due to a presidential decision) and the selected country as well as the current relationship and an assessment of possible future interactions.
• The final paper represents a detailed expansion of the summary memo and should be written in essay form.
• Students are expected to adhere to the following outline, using headings to break the essay into different sections.
• The discussion of US actors involved in the policy decision process is the most critical part of the essay and is worth the largest share of the points. Failure to include a thorough examination of the process by which the decision was made may lead students to lose a large quantity of points.
I. Introduction (~1 paragraph)
II. History of US-country relations [up to the first event] (~2 pages)
III. Major Decision #1 (3-4 pages)
A. Context – what was occurring around that time that makes this interaction important
B. US actors involved in foreign policy decision and policy alternatives presented to the president (include any controversy or infighting within the government)
• This is the most critical section of the paper for each event. Be specific and include the names of the actors (not just their titles) and what policy option they advocated. Be sure to present all the options that were in front of the president before he made his decision. The goal is to investigate the process by which presidential decisions are made.
C. What did the president ultimately decide to do and what happened as a result of the decision?
• Include a discussion of why the president chose the action he did. Was it because he trusted some advisors more than others? What made the discarded options unacceptable?
D. How this decision affected the relationship between the US and the country
IV. Major Decision #2 (3-4 pages)
A. Context – what was occurring around that time that makes this interaction important. If this event followed from the first event covered in the paper, include a brief discussion that explains the connection
• Also touch on the history of interaction between the first and second event
B. US actors involved in foreign policy decision and policy alternatives presented to the president (include any controversy or infighting within the government)
• This is the most critical section of the paper for each event. Be specific and include the names of the actors (not just their titles) and what policy option they advocated. Be sure to present all the options that were in front of the president before he made his decision. The goal is to investigate the process by which presidential decisions are made.
C. What did the president ultimately decide to do and what happened as a result of the decision?
• Include a discussion of why the president chose the action he did. Was it because he trusted some advisors more than others? What made the discarded options unacceptable?
D. How this decision affected the relationship between the US and the country
V. Current state of US-country relations (1 page)
• Include a brief summary of the history of interactions between the end of the second event and the present
VI. Assessment of future US-country interactions (1 page)
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