Assignment:
Before beginning work on this assignment,
• Read Addressing a Humanitarian Crisis in a Collapsed Region (pp. 10 through 24) in Meeting Security Challenges in a Disordered World
• Read Security Studies/International Relations Paradigm
Using the case study from Meeting Security Challenges in a Disordered World, the assigned articles, and at least two additional credible sources, complete the assignment:
• Describe the major state actors in the case study.
• Describe the major nonstate actors in the case study.
• Identify statements in the case study reflecting each of the three theoretical paradigms:
o What is one example of a statement that reflects realist principles?
o What is one example of a statement that reflects liberal principles?
o What is one example of a statement that reflects constructivist principles?
• Discuss examples of security categories from the case study:
o What is one security threat?
o What is one security challenge?
o What is one security vulnerability?
o What is one security risk?
• Identify one possible choice to mitigate one of the security domains (economic, technological, sociopolitical, or environmental security) from the case study.
The Analyzing Security Challenges paper
• Must be at least three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined.
Readings:
Meeting Security Challenges in a Disordered World
By Rebecca K. C. Hersman