Choose any country you are curious about and
elaborate how the following statement is true in your chosen country:

~ People get rich when there is chaos, but
ultimately the biggest profiteering creates a push for peace.

Explain the break-even point where peace is
more profitable than chaos and SUCCINCTLY elaborate how this process is seen in
your chosen country. (You may choose a country you have read about in your
readings, or you can choose outside of the readings.)

Imagine this as a briefing paper to the
intelligence community agency you work for. You are expected to highlight the
key aspects and important processes as efficiently and clearly as possible and
show how these aspects and processes tie into the major points and conclusions
you are making. No one has the time to read huge volumes or wade through you
waxing poetic. Be clear, concise, to the point, but still thorough and
in-depth.

Format and Style Notes on Papers:

1. All papers must be typed,
   double-spaced, with 1-inch margins on all sides IN WORD.
2. Not more than 4 pages total.
3. Double-space your entire paper,
   with no exceptions.
4. 12-point, New Times Roman font.
5. Save document with the following
   title (LASTNAME BRIEFING PAPER 1).
6. Indent paragraphs one tab (1/2
   inch).
7. Right justify your pages.
8. Do not use slang, vulgar language,
   or clichés.

Criteria for Grading:
Transference, Critical thinking skills, and thoughtful development of your
briefing papers are the primary criteria for determining grades.

1. Transference means applying ideas and concepts from the course readings to a
new context. The more major ideas from the readings that you transfer to the
new context, and the more apt use you make of them, the better.

2. Critical Thinking Skills means offering your own critical thinking opinions
on the specific ideas in those readings. Giving reasons transforms them from
“mere opinions” to “critical thinking opinions.” The focus of
your comments on the ideas of the readings should be critical thinking, NOT
summary.

4. Thoughtful development means not only that you offer reason and support for
your opinions, but also that you explore the topic thoroughly and completely,
within the specified length guidelines for the assignment. I prize breadth and
depth of development but I also prize precision and succinctness. Avoid
rambling excursions into tangential issues. In essence, what I’m looking for
in your written work is solid critical thinking opinions on as many specific
major ideas from the assigned readings as possible.Finally, when developing your written work,
do not write it as one long paragraph. Instead, break it into paragraphs that
examine one specific idea (or at most two ideas) from a reading at a time.