Description:
My role is the Director of National Intelligence. The paper is on the issue of the I China Sea (you will find more information on the website)
So after logging in you should see a “my role sheet” option, In there you will fin< description of the role, issues for consideration, and research leads. Use those
You will find what you need under a tab Role Play, Reading List and you will fin’ everything you need in terms of sources, please cite those.
Use the sources given on the website first!
International Relations
GOV 2367
National Security Council Paper Guidelines
Overview: All IR students must write a paper in conjunction with the first National
Security Council (NSC) Simulation on Drones in Pakistan, due at the beginning of
class, October 11, 2016. You may then choose to write your second paper related to
the second simulation (November 8) or the third simulation (December 6). Everyone
will participate in the in-class simulation for all three topics even though you will only
write papers for two of them.
Guidelines: Each paper will be written from the perspective of your assigned NSC
role. You must advocate to the President of the United States what you believe the
best strategy for the USA is in the given situation, be it Drones in Pakistan,
Humanitarian Intervention in South Sudan, or the chosen 3rd simulation topic (TBD).
You will make an argument based on prior class readings as well as the simulation
materials available online through the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) website
(sent to you via email, forthcoming). You should indicate expertise in your assigned
NSC role and what that NSC member would advocate to the President. While details
of the event/issue are available through the CFR website, it is also imperative that you
incorporate IR theory and other background material into the paper that you have
read in assigned class readings throughout the semester. You are essentially using IR
theory and IR substantive knowledge gained through class readings and discussions,
to help support your position on the given simulation topic.
Therefore, for starters, you will want to acquaint yourself with the position you have
been assigned. If you are the Secretary of State, you should understand what this
position entails and what your role would be most interested in, concerned about, etc.
when advocating a position to the President. Second, you should familiarize yourself
with the international issue at hand via the CFR online materials. Third, you must
think about academic readings from class and how they are related to this particular
simulation topic. The final phase is to write a paper that incorporates all of these steps
into a well-thought position that you wish the President to read before making
his/her final decision on how the USA will act (or not act) in the given situation.
Formatting: Papers must be a minimum of 750 words in length (approximately 3
pages), double spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins, and stapled.
Papers must be submitted via D2L DropBox as well as a hard copy to your professor
by the beginning of class on the due date. Bibliography pages are necessary for any
citations used. Please use the MLA style when citing sources or including a
Bibliography page. The following website provides useful citation information:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/
