Topic: Can the COVID-19 pandemic lead to deglobalization?

**NOTE you just have to write a chapter and analyse from the perspective of POLITICS

In this class, most of us were born or grown up in the era of globalization. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, severely reduced worldwide economic growth, population mobility, trade, travel, communication, to name a few. The pandemic is resetting the debate on globalization. Has the pandemic accelerated deglobalization? Or has it strengthened the globalization on the contrary? How will globalization look after the pandemic? Where do we go from here?

Part 1
Explain what the U.S.M.C.A. is (United StatesMexicoCanada Agreement), why it was created, and who are its members? Provide an explanation of the advantages/benefits of the agreement, followed by an understanding of the disadvantages/criticism of the agreement. How does Texas specifically benefit from it?  Go into full detail.

Part 2
In 3 sentences or less, come up with an amendment to the Texas Constitution that you would like to see happen. Then explain in a separate paragraph WHY you want to see that happen.

- 2-3 sources
- 3rd person ONLY
- separate paragraph for each question

Health Policy and Politics in the US: Examines contemporary healthcare policies, programs, and politics. Discusses the structure of the healthcare system and its costs, efforts to develop universal health coverage, the spread of managed care, and related topics.

Please only use sources before august 2020!

Watch the presidential debate (attached below as a link )and write a one to two paragraph essay (single spaced) with your observations on the debate in your opinion, who won, what answers resonated the most, what were the best moments and the worst moments of the debate? 


https://youtu.be/bPiofmZGb8o

1. DEBATE QUESTION: Please prepare for the following question:

In the midst of a pandemic, much attention and unprecedented resources have been devoted to vaccines and therapeutics. What is the role of a global intellectual property regime in this work? Does a strictly enforced and harmonized global intellectual property regime HELP or HINDER in the research, development and distribution of new biomedical technologies in the world?

--You dont know in advance which side you will be arguing.

2. READINGS:

A Defense of Intellectual Property (which is listed as Stephen Johnson, Guide to Intellectual Property, pages 1-15 in the syllabus)
T'Hoen Chpts 1 and 2
WTO's Doha Declaration
TRIPS-WHO (noted as "WHO/UNAIDS, 2000. Pharmaceuticals and the WTO/TRIPS Agreement" in the syllabus)
James Love, The Use and Abuse of the Phrase Global Public Good in Pandemic Discourses, https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/2020/07/09/the-use-and-abuse-of-global-public-

Assignment Instructions: Write a 3-5 page essay (not including cover and reference pages) that examines Army historical events involving irregular warfare.  Analyze the various ways in which the environment affected organizational readiness, morale, and Soldier/unit discipline and propose strategies that a SGM/CSM can employ to address these effects.  Utilize doctrinal and historical examples to support your rationale.

Will send all references needed. Narrative form, 8-10 pages total (answer each question separately, 4-5 pages each), double-spaced, typed in 12-point, and Times New Roman font

Operation WATCHTOWER the August 1942 seizure and occupation of Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands was the first major Allied offensive operation in the Pacific Theater in World War II.  Using your understanding of operational art, operational design, and the events surrounding the planning and execution of this operation, answer both of the following questions:

1.    Analyze the Space-Time-Force considerations that influenced the Allied decision to invade the southern Solomons in August 1942.  Next, evaluate the Allied performance in balancing the operational factors.

2.    Analyze the critical factors associated with the planning and execution of Operation WATCHTOWER to determine the Allied operational center of gravity, and identify an

Submissions must be a minimum of 2 pages, in length. This does not include your bibliography or works cited. This should be attached and added on as the last page of your essay. Y ou will only have one attempt to upload and submit your paper. Your bibliography or works cited page, and your paper, must be uploaded as a single file. They cannot be uploaded separately. No e-mailed assignments will be accepted.

Your response should be your own thoughts and analysis. Research and resources should be incorporated with scholarly application. I.e. used as examples or evidence to support your analysis. Citations may be formatted in APA, MLA or Chicago style, as long as they are consistent throughout. You must include in-text (parenthetical) citations, as well as a bibliography.If you have questions about citation formatting, please ask me, or utilize the tool easybib.com. You must provide in-text citations, to show ownership of any information that you include, in your essay, which is ei

Pick one of the many propositions that are on the California ballot this November.  Explain the positives and negatives of the chosen proposition if it were to pass and if it were not to pass.  [Honors students are to do two essays.]

This is to be in essay format -- although the instructor isn't too concerned with the standard 5-paragraph model; get to the point and then conclude, that's enough.  Citation is a must, but the instructor isn't wild about MLA; if you're not an English or Foreign Languages major, you shouldn't be either -- use whatever citation format is the most dominant in your field of study (most Social Sciences uses APA).  Length should be roughly between 750 and 1000 words.  Opinions and personal anecdotes should be kept to the conclusion, if included at all.

Rubric:

An understanding of what the proposition does
Equal treatment of both sides of the issue
Clear and deep analysis of the positive aspects
Clear and de

Part 1:
Discuss the political culture of Texas. If you had to explain it to someone who knew nothing about government, how would you describe it? Do you accept what Professor Elazar has identified as the dominant political culture in Texas? Then, apply TXs political culture to the issues of race relations and government regulation of the economy, what will likely happen to these issues?


Part 2:
Provide an understanding of the relationship between the national and state governments. Explain which powers are held by the national government, which powers are reserved to the states, and those powers shared by both the national and state governments. Be sure to include an understanding of the national supremacy clause contained in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution.


- Answer ALL prompts
- 2-3 sources