Monday, October 21, 2019

Student Assessment of Unit Goals


UNANSWERED DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Continue to read chapter entitled "The Roads to Rivalry" (my copy pages 169-193). Why is the U.S. betting on India? How does U.S./Iran relations complicate that relationship with India? Is the U.S. at risk of an American isolationism that is against US national interests?  How may the multiple perspectives of I.R. (lens) help us understand this first chapter better?

On the chapter entitled The Roads to the Future, (my copy pages 195-214). (Stop at "A case in point comes with Pakistan). How have nearly all major countries in Asia developed "blueprints" for the future, while the United States and EU have not? How may the multiple perspectives of I.R. (lens) help us understand this first chapter better?

On the chapter entitled The Roads to the Future (my copy pages pages 214-234). (Stop at "The rapid development of new technologies.") What happens when the "blueprints" where "interests do not overlap?" In other words, what happens when "increasing connections, greater cooperation and widening collaboration" are beset by "rivalry, competition and tensions?" What do you think about his question, is it "right [for the U.K. to leave the E.U.] at a time of such profound geopolitical and economic fragility?"

On the chapter The Roads to the Future (my copy pages 235-253). And how does technological innovation further complicate the picture? Using the lens of I.R., what could be possible responses of the U.S. to the coming future described in this chapter look like?  How shall we rebuild our State Department?

QUESTIONS TO DEEPEN 
On the chapter entitled "The Roads to the East" (my copy pages 17-44).  What have the last 25 years transformed the world's subsystems?

On the chapter entitled "The Roads to Beijing" (my copy pages 118-148).  Why do many remain "unconvinced" and some even grow "anxious" regarding the Initative?  How do tensions between China and the United States complicate matters for each and other countries?

Read chapter entitled "The Roads to Rivalry" (my copy pages 149-169). How has the rivalry between the United States and China developed? How has it accelerated with the policies of this administration? 



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