| Allen L. Springer | American Foreign Policy- Final- 1997 | |||||||||||||||
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| Introduction There are 170 points on the exam, so budget your time accordingly. Be sure to put your name on every exam booklet used. Please write legibly! Part I- Identify fully eight of the following. Include the date (if relevant) and context in which we have encountered each in the course. (5 points each) 1) Nixon Doctrine 2) "imperial overstretch" 3) National Security Act of 1947 4) Vietnam syndrome 5) Shultz/Weinberger debate 6) Carter Doctrine 7) Partnership for Peace 8) Monroe Doctrine 9) "Zionism as a Form of Racism" 10) Truman Doctrine 11) "concentric circle" approach to foreign policy Part II- Answer five of the following (10 points each) A) Describe the most important developments in the Middle East since the course began. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best), evaluate the appropriateness of the U.S. policy response(s). B) Compare the arguments of Boutros Boutros-Ghali in "Global Leadership after the Cold War" and Jesse Helms in "Fixing the UN." Describe clearly how each would likely evaluate the "lessons" of the 1992-93 operation in Somalia. C) Analyze the debate concerning U.S. policy toward East Asia between Joseph Nye ("The Case for Deep Engagement") and Chalmers Johnson and E.B. Keehn ("The Pentagon's Ossified Strategy"). Whose argument seems stronger given events of the past few months. Be precise. D) Compare the views of Richard Holbrooke ("America, a European Power") and Charles Kupchan ("Reviving the West") on the appropriate direction of U.S. policy toward Europe. To what developments of the past few months would Kupchan turn to try to support his argument? Be precise. E) Outline Duncan Clarke's argument in "Why State Can't Lead." Explain the extent to which you feel the experience thus far of President Clinton's second-term national security team either justifies or refutes that critique. F) Joseph O'Grady ("Clinton's Irish Surprise") and Yossi Shain ("Multicultural Foreign Policy") have distinctly different views of the impact of interest groups on U.S. foreign policy. Compare their perspectives and indicate with whom you most agree and why. G) Describe the concerns about NATO expansion raised by Ronald Asmus and F. Stephen Larrabee ("NATO and the Have-Nots"). Explain what has happened in the last 48 hours concerning this issue and analyze their likely response. Part III (40 points) You have been chosen to chair a panel discussion which has as its theme, "United States Defense Policy in a World of Domestic Constraints, Not Foreign Enemies." You must select four panelists from the following list. The possibilities are: Richard Kohn, "The Crisis in Military-Civilian Relations" Lawrence Korb, "Overstuffed Armed Forces" William Kristol and Robert Kagan, " Toward a Neo-Reaganite Foreign Policy (1 panelist) Edward Luttwak, "A Post-Heroic Military Policy" Charles Maynes, "Bottom-Up Foreign Policy" William Perry, "Preventive Defense" As panel chair, introduce the topic to the audience. Then offer what you think would be the comments of each of the panelists who should try to link their points both to the panel theme and to the arguments of the panelists who precede them. End the discussion with remarks that reflect your own feelings on the subject. PART IV (40 points) "Leadership!?!" ---Professor X Respond in a thoughtful and coherent essay which integrates materials from the entire course. Build your argument using specific examples and make effective reference to at least four authors encountered in the course (other than those you used in Part III). |
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Allen L. Springer- aspringe@polar.bowdoin.edu Department of Government and Legal Studies Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 04011-8498 Tel: 207-729-8502 Fax:- 207-725-3168 |
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