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craiczarry · **on:** Sep 10, 2018

What are three key events of the twentieth century that have shaped international relations today? Describe the events you choose and explain each of your choices.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How would you use the different levels of analysis to explain the causes of the 9/11 terrorist attacks? How useful is the approach of categorizing a typically very complex world in terms of simplified levels of analysis?

What will be an ideal response?

mfedorka · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Outline what it is that makes a key event a key event.
2. Explain why particular chosen events were significant, not just in general, or nationally, but crucial in shaping international relations. Such events might include 9/11, the fall of Communism/the Soviet Union, World War II, World War I, The Great Depression, etc. In turn, this shaping might include the creation of new alliances, new security or trade regimes, the moving of borders, and so on.
3. By way of explaining each choice of key event, perhaps compare and contrast these events, emphasizing the particular ways in which each event shaped international relations uniquely.
4. Provide a succinct summary and conclusion.

Answer to Question 2

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Describe the various levels of analysis.
2. Explain how each applicable level of analysis might be applied to the context
and events of 9/11 and the whys behind 9/11. For instance, as the individual level of analysis concerns the perceptions, choices, and actions of individual human beings, one might argue that had John Kerry been elected rather than George W. Bush, or had Bill Clinton focused more strongly on issues of terrorism, that 9/11 might have never occurred.
3. Evaluate how effective, or not, the application of levels of analysis is, and perhaps how different contexts allow for more or less effective application.
4. Discuss the level of analysis that is most effective in analysis of the causes of 9/11.
5. Offer a concise summary and effective conclusion.