Great work today in our Team Analysis challenge. You guys clearly know your theories! To further demonstrate your analytical prowess, here's another challenge for you--a blog post analyzing Russian aggression in Ukraine from different theoretical perspectives.
For this assignment, you must do the following:
–NATO Owes Putin a Big Thank You
If the links don't work, you can find copies on Google Drive under Course Readings.
Having identified their core arguments, which correspond to the realist, liberal, and constructivist paradigms, write an argumentative blog post that uses their arguments and evidence to answer the following Essential Questions:
For this assignment, you must do the following:
- Read, annotate, and identify the main arguments in three Foreign Policy Magazine articles
–Putin’s Nuclear Option
–NATO Owes Putin a Big Thank You
If the links don't work, you can find copies on Google Drive under Course Readings.
Having identified their core arguments, which correspond to the realist, liberal, and constructivist paradigms, write an argumentative blog post that uses their arguments and evidence to answer the following Essential Questions:
- How do realists, liberals, and social constructivists agree and disagree about how the United States/NATO should respond to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine? (hard)
- What perspectives (realism, liberalism, or constructivism) do the different authors use to explain the Russia-Ukraine conflict? Does each use a single perspective, or a combination? What is your evidence from the readings to support your analysis? (easier) AND
- Do you believe a policy of containment or appeasement is a better approach vis-a-vis Russia?
- This blog post must be published before class on Tuesday. You must read and comment on the posts of two other students by next Friday.