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Brief Essays on Different Topics

cies in ethnic-oriented statism. Given such examples as these - and a Realistic approach to international relations - no balance of power can be preserved when every ethnic/national group is considered to have the right to independent statehood.

Glazer, Nathan. "The Universalization of Ethnicity." Reprinted in Introduction to International Politics: Course Reader. Alexander Moens (ed.). Center for Distance Education/Simon Frasier University, 1993, Reading 7.1: 1-13.

Moens, Alexander. "Unit Seven: The Nation, Nation-State, and Nationalism." In Introduction to International Politics: Study Guide. Center for Distance Education/Simon Frasier University Press, 1993, 85-95.

(B) Using the Rational Actor Paradigm as described by Robert K. Merton in Graham T. Allison's article "Model I: The Rational Actor" (Reading 18: 15-17), this brief outline will analyze the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August, 1990 as perceived by the Bush Administration in the United States; the source used for factual information will be TIME Magazine articles, August 1990 - February 1991, both published and first draft, as collected in the CD-ROM source TIME: The First Draft of History - DESERT STORM, The War in the Persian Gulf.

I.Basic Unit of Analysis: Governmental Action as Choice. The national government in this case was the government of the United States as headed by President George Bush, who had primary responsibility for foreign policy decisions. The U.S. Congress, however, held certain powers of approval and funding which directly affected foreign policy decisions.

A.National Actor: According to TIME, George Bush, as a former CIA Director, prided himself on his foreign policy perceptions, and was more interested in that aspect of his office than with domestic U.S. issues. Bush, compared with his "Cold Warrior" predecessor in office, Ronald Reagan, was perceived domestically as something of a "wimp." Consequently, earlier in h...

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