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The U.S. Role in a Changing World

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Introduction: Global Issues and U.S. Policy

What are the most important international challenges for the United States?
What are international relations and why do they matter?

Part I: A Changing World

What is genocide?
What is the role of the International Monetary Fund?
What was the Cold War?
How has the U.S. role in international relations changed since World War II?

Part II: Globalization

How has globalization affected inequality in the United States and around the world?
Do some countries benefit more from trade than others?
What is deterrence?
How does climate change affect our daily lives?
Why is inequality an economic problem?
What is preventing greater international action on climate change?
What is climate justice?
What role have young people played in climate activism?
Why is climate change a public health problem?
What is public health?
Why is international collaboration on public health important?
What are the short- and long-term lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic?
What is the history of information technology privacy laws?
How does U.S. privacy protection law differ from many other countries?
Why can corporations in the United States share their customers’ personal data?
What was the Holocaust?
How does U.S. policy influence human rights around the world?
What is the U.S. track record on human rights?

Part III: The Post 9-11 Wars

What is the Authorization for the Use of Military Force?
What motivated the Bush administration to invade Iraq?
How did the Syrian Civil War begin?
How has the Syrian Civil War sparked a refugee crisis?
How are the Iraq and Afghanistan wars different from previous wars?
What is the War on Terror?
What have been the human costs of the War on Terror?
What have been the economic costs of the War on Terror?
How has the War on Terror affected global public opinion of the United States?
What are some dos and don’ts for studying the Middle East?

Part IV: Four Security Concerns

How does the United States attempt to influence other countries?
How do security tensions in Asia affect the United States’ relationship with China?
What is the relationship between the U.S. and Chinese economies?
Why do some states have nuclear weapons and others do not?
Why does the United States want to prevent nuclear proliferation?
What is the rationale for the United States and Russia having thousands of nuclear weapons?
What are some major sources of tension between Russia and the United States?
Why do you use the term “new Cold War” to describe current U.S.-Russia relations?
What major historical events have shaped relations between Iran and the United States?
What is the status of Iran’s nuclear program?
What is the status of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program?
What is Boko Haram?
What is cyberwarfare?
What are the potential effects of cyberwarfare?
How can the international community cooperate to prevent cyberwar?

Lesson: What Now? U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War

What was the Cold War?

Lesson: The Constitution and the War on Terror

What is the War on Terror?
What is the Authorization for the Use of Military Force?

Lesson: Thinking About International Relations

What are international relations and why do they matter?
What are the most important international challenges for the United States?
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