This project is to discuss what you think should be the highest priority (national interest) in the future of American foreign policy.
Step 1: Identify the issue and how the US government is currently addressing it. Then, identify strategies that could be used to improve those efforts.
- Below you will find a preliminary list of issues and methods used to create the foreign policy agenda.
- Your task is to identify and promote a single issue should be the highest priority in American foreign policy and specifically how the nation should go about pursuing that policy.
Step 2: Gather three scholarly research articles that address the issue you selected and offer suggestions for improvement.
- Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (including Wikipedia), Almanacs, or an Atlas are reference materials and should not be listed in any works cited page on the collegiate level.
- Newspaper articles, magazine articles, textbooks and items of the like are considered "supplemental sources" on the collegiate level and are not quality research materials.
- Properly document your sources in your memo and on a works cited page.
Step 3: Prepare a formal policy memo for the President of the United States (POTUS).
- Your paper should quickly explain how the President can take your advice and put it into action. He is a busy man, so keep it short and to the point.
- This document should quickly articulate (in 2-3 paragraphs) the relevance of the issue, your policy position (citing the supporting evidence) and conclude with a suggested course of action.
- The memo is to be 1.5 - 2 full pages in length using
single spacing
(using the formal formatting protocols for a memo). No more and no less is necessary for this activity.