Chapter 16 Web Activities

The web activities presented here are not exhaustive on the topics. They are meant to help you become more information literate and accustom you to reading scholarship and reports. Please ask your professor for assistance if you don’t understand. Learning is a process. We don’t expect you to become an expert in just one semester. Do always cite your sources when completing these activities.

Chapter 16: International Relations and Comparative Politics

Examine a major event in international relations from the last 25 years. This could include any of a number of events of your choosing, such as: military conflict between countries; a major peace treaty; an economic accord or agreement; a process of political integration; an act of terror; etc. Develop two different arguments for why this event occurred, one of which features the domestic politics of at least one country was a major cause and one of which holds that domestic politics was not a major cause. Which of these two arguments is most compelling and why?

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