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BNS 101

M2A1: Reading response/critical analysis: Threats and Challenges to U.S. National Security GECC

 

In academic writing, format is as important as content. The format allows you to organize your findings in a logical sequence while promoting clarity. You are required to know the American Psychological Association (APA) rules since this is the required format for all of your writing assignments.

Additionally, you must use proper citations and references in order to identify borrowed material and avoid plagiarism.

In this module you are required to write a 2-3 page (not including the cover and reference pages) position paper thoroughly discussing the material presented during the week. APA citations are expected, an abstract is not.

The readings and learning activities in this module introduce you to the political system of the United States and the threats and challenges to American national security. For this, and all position paper assignments, it is crucial to base your opinions and arguments on research.

Please visit the Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external site.) website for more information on writing your paper.

Before beginning this assignment, you should review these formal US intelligence community assessments, and supplement with any more current assessments you find in your own research:

US Director of National Intelligence. (2021, April 9). Annual threat assessment of the US intelligence community. Washington, DC:  Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

US Director of US National Intelligence. (2019, January 29). Worldwide threat assessment of the US intelligence community (Links to an external site.).

 

In August 1990, President George H.W. Bush declared that the United States: “must possess forces able to respond to threats in whatever corner of the globe they may occur.”

In a critical analysis of this statement, provide answers to the following questions:

1. What do you consider to be the most important current sources of threat to America's security? Provide relevant examples and analysis for at least 2 external threats to the US to back up your considered views.
2. Are there any limitations to the effective use of military power regarding these challenges? Explain.
3. Using the DIME acronym (Diplomacy, Intelligence, Military, Economic) how might the non-military options within the DIME framework be appropriately directed to these problems? Explain.

Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.”  Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.”  Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”

Turnitin

This course has Turnitin fully integrated into the course dropbox. This means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.    

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically.  You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers.  Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately.  You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report.  Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment.  Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.

Evaluation

This assignment will be graded using the SPS Default Undergraduate Writing Rubric located on the Course Rubrics page within the Start Here section of the course. Please review this rubric prior to beginning your work. Position Papers in total account for 56% of your final course grade.