Each Essay should be at least 250 words.There were way too many fifty word responses last
time.
Exam # 2 - Potential Essay Question Number One
1) What are some of the most influential and important factors that go into decision making
in international politics in a crisis? Please apply
:Individual decision makers
World leaders - their personalities and the interactions it creates.
Individual Worldview
Political Style
What motivates them as a leader (Ego)
Foreign Policy Socialization and education
Internal state influences-
National Crisis can empower an individual leaders FP influence
Global factors
Inputs, outputs, and feedback
Be able to explain why these mattered in one of the three case studies discussed in class.
1- The assassination of Osama Bin Laden
2- Sadam Huesein’s decision to invade Kuwait
3- Cuban Missile Crisis
You must expand your knowledge beyond what I have told you through your own research and
this must be evident in your response.
Essay # 2
Explain in detail how ONE of the conflicts we discussed ( WWI, WWII. the Cold War ) altered the
world by its impact on the:
1. World Order Change
2. Restructuring of economics
3. Loss of life, resources
4. Change of alliances
5. Emergence of ideology
You must expand your knowledge beyond what I have told you through your own research and
this must be evident in your response.
time.
Exam # 2 - Potential Essay Question Number One
1) What are some of the most influential and important factors that go into decision making
in international politics in a crisis? Please apply
:Individual decision makers
World leaders - their personalities and the interactions it creates.
Individual Worldview
Political Style
What motivates them as a leader (Ego)
Foreign Policy Socialization and education
Internal state influences-
National Crisis can empower an individual leaders FP influence
Global factors
Inputs, outputs, and feedback
Be able to explain why these mattered in one of the three case studies discussed in class.
1- The assassination of Osama Bin Laden
2- Sadam Huesein’s decision to invade Kuwait
3- Cuban Missile Crisis
You must expand your knowledge beyond what I have told you through your own research and
this must be evident in your response.
Essay # 2
Explain in detail how ONE of the conflicts we discussed ( WWI, WWII. the Cold War ) altered the
world by its impact on the:
1. World Order Change
2. Restructuring of economics
3. Loss of life, resources
4. Change of alliances
5. Emergence of ideology
You must expand your knowledge beyond what I have told you through your own research and
this must be evident in your response.
