Special foreign Policy Adviser to the President on the Syrian Crisis

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Essay Question:
You are a foreign policy expert who works in a Washington, D.C. think tank focused on world politics and foreign policy.
After the 2016 election you would like to be appointed to the new White House staff as “Special Foreign Policy Adviser to the
President on the Syrian Crisis.” To be selected to this position, you have decided to write an essay explaining the best two
or three options the U.S. can take on the Syrian Crisis from two different theoretical frameworks.*You will send your essay
to the two 2016 presidential candidates who you believe will win their party’s nomination and compete in the 2016 general
election.

Your essay must meet the following content requirements:

1. Each set of options must be presented from both the RealistandLiberal (influenced by Constructivism) theoretical
perspectives;

2. The arguments supporting both Realist and Liberal options you present must be based on the concepts and theories you
have learned this semester on the following topics:
 the theoretical frameworks;
 the history of the great powers from 1900 to the present;
 the global south and global north;
 foreign policy decision making;
 conflict;
 international organizations (IGOs & NGOs), law and human rights

*Note: Were you to actually write such an essay, you would edit it to fit the views and overall political ideology of each
candidatebefore sending it.

Paper Essay Instructions.
Write this paper using APA style and a minimum of 2000 words. If you use Calibri font and double spacing, 2000 words is equal
to 6.9 double-spaced pages (seehttp://wordstopages.com). Type your name, PS 130 08, the essay title and the word length on
the title page of your essay paper. Remember to use a running header with your name and page #. Double space your essay. You
may use short (30 words or fewer) quotations in your essay, but quotations do not count toward the 2000 word length. In-text
citations do not count toward the 2000 word length. A Grading Rubric for this paper assignment is listed at the bottom of
this document. APA formatting.