Respond to the following short essay questions using researched material from outside the course.
Please address the following as they pertain to Intellectual Property:
What is Intellectual Property (IP) and how does counterfeit merchandise impact the U.S. economy?
What safety and health concerns are posed by counterfeit products? What was the specific impact at the height of COVID?
How does IP theft, especially from China, pose an existential threat to national security?
Discuss the action that needs to be taken to ensure that illegal migrants are treated with inclusion and respect around the world as an element of border security? From a security perspective what would you specifically recommend the current administration do to ensure this.
How have the IMO’s Maritime Cyber Security, the SAFE Port Act, the Small Vessel Security Strategy, and the Marine Transportation Security Act impacted port security? This essay should be presented in the form of a compare and contrast format.
Compare the similarities and differences of the external borders of European Union (EU) with that of the U.S./Mexico border & the U.S./Canada border. Which of these (similarities/differences) have had the most positive or negative impact on border security? Has the commission of a new EU Board and Coast Guard Agency be a blue print for the United States?
Technical Requirements:
Your answers should be at a minimum of 8 pages, at least 2 pages per question (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit). Use APA headings for each question, instead of numbering them.
Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content. However, a minimum of 8 scholarly sources are required.
Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
Students will follow the APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
Use scholarly or other relevant sources.
Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources.
Based on the assigned readings, your responses are to be in your own words with minimal quotes. Instead, paraphrases in proper APA.
*****AFRICANA STUDIES
The topic is: What is Globalization? What are the impacts of Globalization on Africa of the Modern World? (Note the roles of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, IMF.) This is a double spaced 3-4 paged research paper. Please use the APA format. 25 points.
Each student will write a 3-4 paged, excluding references, research paper on
THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON “AFRICA OF THE MODERN WORLD”: THE ROLES OF THE WORLD BANK & THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF).
Students are encouraged to integrate real-life examples, information from the videos and other sources, besides the textbook, in this paper. Please use the APA format for writing a paper.
Due Date: Jul 15
Shillington Chapters 30, 31, & 32 (I will personally provide the PDF textbook to the writer as I am not able to add it to thefiles tab)
Write research paper on future cashless society. Double space, 12 point Times Roman font with 1 inch margins. Must include at least reputable 3 references.
Student will prepare a 3000 word (minimum) paper that takes a position on a contemporary international relations topic (Climate Change is the topic) arguing both a main thesis and defending that thesis against counterarguments. Students will utilize all the readings and tools developed in this course and the Discussion Boards, as well as outside research, to defend their thesis.
Thesis: The Earth is going through a climate crisis that is largely the result of human activity, and it is imperative that we take action to prevent further damage. The effects of climate change are already being felt by communities around the world, and unless we take steps to mitigate and adapt to this rapidly changing reality, the consequences will be catastrophic. Climate change is not only an environmental issue, but also a social justice issue, as those who have contributed the least to the problem are often the most vulnerable to its impacts. We must act now to protect our planet and its people. I will argue that if no action is taken to mitigate or adapt to climate change, it is likely that we will see increasingly severe and irreversible effects over time.
Should summarize this week’s materials and offer personal reflections on the topic. Make sure your summary includes all of the readings and videos.
Must be 1000 words at a minimum
Must be submitted as a PDF document (Not a Microsoft Word Document)
Lecture videos
Considering the reasons for the creation of the UN after WWII, does it seem driven by
political necessity or political utility? In plainer English, do states need the UN more than
the UN needs the states? Or do states both large and small find the UN a useful tool for
improving their relative power and legitimacy vis-à-vis other states and global
institutions? Is there some position in-between?
Identify at least 3 reasons that states might defend the intrinsic legitimacy of the UN as a
governing authority. In reverse, identify at least 3 reasons that states might criticize its
legitimacy and authority. In short, make an argument for the limits and possibilities of the
UN as a legitimate governing authority in a world of sovereign states.
Using biblical and extra-biblical sources (The Bible, commentaries, teachings, other
writings, etc.) to inform your own reasoning, comment on the compatibility of a
Christian Worldview with the idea of World Government. [Attention: The Instructor does
not view the question as rhetorical, nor the answer self-evident. So, reason carefully.] For
example, if the logic of collective action under the Articles of Confederation—the logic
of state sovereignty—failed to secure American liberties as well as the ‘more perfect
union’, the new Constitution established by the Framers in 1787 to replace it, effectively
requiring states to cede sovereignty to a larger collective authority, why would the same
logic of collective action not justify the UN as a ‘more perfect union’ to replace an
anarchic system of sovereign states putting the world at risk in a nuclear age?
