The point is that the number of potential security threats the U.S. confronts is essentially too numerous to count and it is difficult to counter arguments as to which is most important. Four US National Security Strategies are identified which you can read for an idea of what to do, one in 2002 under George W. Bush, 2015 under Barrack Obama, 2017 under Donald Trump, and most recently by Joseph Biden’s National Security Strategy in 2022, Links to an external site.go to http://nssarchive.us/Links to an external site. to access. After reading these, you are being given the opportunity “ in light of present events, what do you consider the most pressing national security threat that currently confronts the United States: terrorism in the aftermath of Afghanistan; climate change; the ongoing war in the Ukraine, or the rise of China as a peer state.” Once you have identified your choice with evidence supporting your selection. What policies should the United States adopt or which changes should occur. remember you must articulate what factors raise this threat above the others . are some threats temporary and passing or are they existential in nature? The presidential security strategies are provided to help guide your analysis as to the nature of the threat but remember each strategy was written at a particular point in time and reflects those concerns. You are to provide at least five references for your analysis (modules can be used if applicable but do not count as a reference) which must be at least 1200 words in length, formatting of references must follow format set out on the course homepage. Submit your assignment through the website. Remember Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference, use of Wikipedia as a source will result in a grade deduction equivalent to 10 percent of the total points for the assignment. A second instance of Wikipedia use in either the course project or other assignments will result in a zero for the assignment or project. Remember all submissions must be MS Word format, number your pages.
Formatting for Assignments, proposals and papers in this course:
Papers should be 10 or 12 point font, double space or 1.5 space between sentences. Students should use end notes (footnotes at the end of the paper or assignment) with references in the following format within the end notes:
Book: author name(s), book title (publisher name, year published), pages cited (required if a quote is used from the reference)
Article journal: author name(s), “article title in quotes,” Journal title complete, volume number of journal (date published including month if available), pages in article, if quote, page required from which quote gotten.
Newspaper/periodical article: author name(s), “article title,” newspaper name (date published), if web based provide complete URL (date website accessed and article read).
Government document or report: author name(s) or committee or group author name, “report title,” name of agency for which report done, if web accessed provide complete URL (provide date website accessed and report read), provide pages quoted or accessed (required if quote used).
Website: author name(s) or organizational home of website, title of website or applicable tab within the website, provide complete URL (provide date website accessed and read). For the Introductory Assignment, you are expected to adhere to this format for reporting on the website you selected.