·        comply with standard formatting rules (1-inch margins, 12 point font, double-spaced text)

·        cite readings appropriately, e.g., (p. 65 Friedman 1999)

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·        state the name of your Cordier Fellow

1) Are the most important explanations for foreign policy behavior found inside of states or outside of them? Explain with reference to the post-September 11th behavior of any two states of your choice.

2) Discuss which (hypothetical) world would be more peaceful: one in which all states had nuclear weapons or one in which no state had nuclear weapons.  What might be the challenges in achieving the condition you consider more desirable?

3) Fareed Zakaria considers liberal autocracies as less dangerous to both their neighbors and their own citizens than illiberal democracies.  Do you agree with this assessment or not?  Be sure to define your terms, address counterarguments, and provide empirical examples to support your argument.

4) If John Locke were alive today, what would he have to say about the challenges to liberalism implicit in the events of September 11th?  Is the liberal tradition well equipped to face these kinds of challenges? Why or why not?

5) Realist and liberal policy-makers are debating the appropriate response to the events of September 11th. Imagine that you are staff to one of these policy-makers. What kinds of policy responses do you advocate, and why?  How does your policy option reflect the assumptions of your theoretical perspective?