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pane00

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You have just been appointed the equivalent of the secretary of defense for (1) a great power, (2) a middle power, or (3) a weak power (select one, and specify which one).
 
  Write a memorandum in which you design a military organization suitable to your state's goals (briefly specify what those are). Explain why you have selected this particular configuration.
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Nuclear deterrence is often presented as a Prisoner's Dilemma game. Why? Describe the logic of nuclear deterrence and demonstrate how it can be analyzed as a PD game on the basis of a real-world example.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Outline the relevant characteristics of each power-size option.
2. Assess how to design a military organization best suited to the chosen state's goals, considering goals as related to such issues as economic and military power, regional politics, balancing of power, diplomatic relations, civil-military relations, etc.
3. Explain why the particular configuration was chosen, using the above goals to assist in doing so.
4. Conclude with a concise and effective conclusion

Answer to Question 2

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Outline nuclear deterrence and the Prisoner's Dilemma game.
2. Assess how nuclear deterrence might be presented as the Prisoner's Dilemma game, perhaps focusing on the Cold War's opposing alliances of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, where each side had the choice to arm or disarm.
3. Explain how the consequences of the following three options demonstrate the complexities of nuclear deterrence as PD game: disarming while one's opponent continues to arm, both sides deciding to arm, or both sides disarming.
4. Utilize real world examples to illuminate explanation and assessment.
5. Conclude with a concise and effective conclusion.





 

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