Bring Blue/Greenbooks
Exam Date- Tuesday, December 12, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (note time change from syllabus)
NOTE: One of these four essay questions will be randomly chosen for the final exam. The essay will be worth 40 points.
1.) Why did Congress pass the War Powers resolution in 1973? What are its key provisions? How have Presidents Nixon through Trump viewed this legislation? Have they complied with its requirements? Do you think the War Powers resolution is a legitimate extension of the powers of Congress or an infringement on presidential prerogatives (be sure to justify your position and use recent examples)?
2.) Discuss the basic elements of the bureaucratic politics model. How does a president's management style suppress or aggravate bureaucratic politics? How does the "Chinese Satellite Scandal" demonstrate the impact of bureaucratic politics on the Clinton administration's foreign policy?
3.) Define partisanship and bipartisanship. Are the years from the 1940s to the 1960s best characterized as an era of partisanship or bipartisanship in foreign policy? Why? Were the eight years of the Obama administration marked by partisanship or bipartisanship in foreign policy? Why? Should we expect partisan divisions over foreign policy to continue into the future? Why or why not?
4.) Why does Haass believe we need a new foreign policy "order"? How should we re-conceptualize "sovereignty" given recent global events? What are the elements of his "World Order 2.0"? Do you agree with Haass' overall vision for US foreign policy? Why or why not?
NOTE: 15 of the following terms will appear on the final exam, you will then be asked to provide answers for 10 of the 15 terms. (4 points each)
Bricker Amendment
Case-Zablocki Act
Boland Amendments
Earmarking of Funds
Jackson-Vanik Amendment
Notifications
Robert Corker
Legislative Veto
"where you stand depends on where you sit"
National Performance Review ----------eliminated by class
Rex Tillerson
Ambassador
USAID
Clientelism ----------eliminated by class
H.R. McMaster
USTR
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
James Mattis
National Security Agency
DNI
NSC-DC ----------eliminated by class
DHS
Partisanship
Bipartisanship
Foreign Lobbies ----------eliminated by class
Think Tanks
AIPAC
Heritage Foundation
Military Industrial Complex
CNN Effect
Liberal Media Bias
Elite/Mass Differences
Internationalists
Hardliners
Isolationists
Accommodationists
Public Mood
Anticipatory Constraints
Sovereignty
World Order 1.0 ----------eliminated by class
World Order 2.0
NOTE: There will also be 8 multiple choice and 2 true/false questions worth 2 points each.