Arms Control Treaties – START Treaty

The first five
pages should present your thesis and set up your argument. Summarize your
topic, its background, and the problem your paper seeks to address.

In the second
portion of the paper students must complete a case-study of a contemporary
issue using newspaper sources (for example, trade, federal workers pay, Syria,
immigration, Dodd-Frank alterations, Affordable Care Act implementation,
budgets, omnibus spending, etc). This portion of the paper should analyze
contemporary presidential-congressional relations on that specific issue. How
has the President addressed, or ignored, Congress? In what ways has the
president challenged Congress’s authority? In what ways has Congress pushed
back? What political factors have affected the issue and relationship? Are
members of Congress taking the lead on this issue or is the President?

The topic and
issue do not have to match perfectly. That said, they should relate to one
another. So for example, if you plan on writing about immigration, you should
choose academic sources analyzing U.S. immigration policy emphasizing the roles
Congress and the president have historically played.

The paper is
required include a minimum of three academic
sources (books or articles).

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First Five Pages
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Introduction à Arms Control…the
point of it
–
Background
o Treaties
– authorities
o Arms
Control Treaties
o START,
New START, Extension
–
New START Treaty
o Senate
Position Congressional Concerns
o Concerns
left unaddressed to meet threats (China, tactical, conventional)
o Obama,
Trump and Biden
–
Extension of New START Treaty
o 5
years will elapse
o Focused
efforts to encompass threats
–
THESIS – New START is antiquated and does
little for enforecement — now
is the time to craft and lead effort to flush to make something effective

Last Ten Pages
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2011 new START Treaty
o Executive
evolution
o Senate
evolution
–
Cooperation
–
Items left on the table
o POTUS
ignored
o Senate
said not worth effort (McCain)
–
Senate Challenge POTUS authority
o Levy
reporting requirements
o Ratification
Resolution – document concerns and provide direction à Defnese, China,
tactical
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Political Factors
o Upcoming
elections
o Who
is taking the lead

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