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political scientists’ theories related to U.S foreign policy

Using 3 – 5 sentences to describe the following political scientists’ theories related to U.S foreign policy:
1. James M. Lindsay
2. John Ruggie
3. Samuel P. Huntington
4. Lawrence M. Mead
5. Jeffrey W. Legro
6. Fareed Zakaria
7. William Wohlforth
8. Jeffry Frieden
9. Graham T. Allison
10. Kenneth Waltz
11. Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth
12. Bernie Sanders
13. Fredrik Logevall
14. Warren K. Leffler
15. John Ikenberry
16. Robert Jervis
17. John Mearsheimer from University of Chicago and Stephen Walt from Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
18. Michael Mandelbaum
19. Amy Zegart
20. John Lewis Gaddis

Short Essays – Using 6 – 8 sentences to answer each question:
1. What were some of the competing themes for American foreign policy in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War? Which (if any) won out?
2. When did the Cold War end? Defend your answer relative to potential alternative answers.
3. Does the Vietnam War represent a profound failure of the foreign policy making process? Or did the system work?
4. What was the Bush Doctrine, and did it represent a fundamental change from the traditions of American foreign policy?

Long Essays – Using at least 2 paragraphs to answer each question:
1. Did the outcome of the 2012 presidential election matter for the future of American foreign policy? Why or why not? Discuss in reference to your instructor’s comments on campaigns (yes, it matters. Do a comparison between Obama and Romney’s foreign policy) and elections as well as two other major theories of the above 20 political scientists.
2. Is U.S. foreign policy fundamentally different today than it was during the Cold War? Answer with reference to three major theories of foreign policy of the above 20 political scientists, with at least one theory that would suggest it is different and one that would not. Which is the most persuasive? Why?

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