Why wasn’t the U.S. and its vastly superior intelligence and military able to stop these attacks?

The Cold War ended over a decade before the 21st century began. What was supposed to be a “Brave New World” free of the threat of nuclear conflict and a long period of peace and prosperity has been less than what was expected. Yes, communism as a threat to the world and to the dominance of the United States and capitalism has come to pass, but even though the threat of war from the USSR never materialized (thankfully) a new threat did rise up to challenge the U.S. and the West for control. The rise of radical Islamic groups bent on destroying those they call infidels, especially the United States and Western Europe have caused more than a little death, destruction, and despair to a world hoping those threats had ended.

  •  Why wasn’t the U.S. and its vastly superior intelligence and military able to stop these attacks? How effective are current measures in dealing with attack prevention? Have we really learned from past mistakes
  • What new problems did the Iraqi War cause for the U.S. and its allies around the world? What effects has it had on the U.S. economy?
  • How much more difficult is it to battle an idea or faith, even a violent one, skewed and brutal than to defeat a nation in war like the U.S. and its allies did during World War II? Consider the role technology plays in the dissemination of faith.
  • Compare European imperialism to current globalism. How has each changed society, both in industrialized nations and developing nations? Is the claim that globalism is a form of imperialism valid?
  • Where do we go from here? Who will the best friends and the worst enemies of the United States be in the coming decades? Will we really, finally achieve that peace and prosperity we all hoped would come to pass?

Describe the components of communication, as outlined in this week’s reading. Assess your skills in those areas.

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your personal communication skills. Be honest in your evaluation. This should help you identify your challenges and opportunities for improvement.

Write an evaluation and analysis of your personal communication strengths and weaknesses, as well as how you communicate within organizations. First person is acceptable.

Describe the components of communication, as outlined in this week’s reading. Assess your skills in those areas.

Discuss three components, skills, or areas you would like to improve.

Outline an improvement plan.

Write a paper about a time when you experienced or witnessed intergroup conflict?

Write a paper about a time when you experienced or witnessed intergroup conflict? How did it develop? What was done or could have been done about it? How might you have used one of the interventions described in Chapter 11 to address it? If you haven’t experienced/witnessed intergroup conflict, interview someone who has.

Identify the characteristics and ramifications of the issue(s) and examine them, using the material in the case and the text.

It is helpful to read a case until you are comfortable with the information in it.  Re-readings often are an aid to comprehending facts, possible strategies, or questions that need clarification and were not apparent earlier.  In studying a case, assume you are an outside consultant hired by the firm.  While facts should be accepted as true, statements, judgments, and decisions made by the individuals in a case should be questioned, especially if not supported by facts—or when one individual disagrees with another.

During your reading of the case, you should underline crucial facts, interpret figures and charts, critically review the comments made by individuals, judge the rationality of past and current decisions, and prepare questions whose answers would be useful in addressing the key issue(s).

Identification of the Key Issue(s)

The facts stated in a case often point to the key issue(s) facing an organization, such as new opportunities, a changing environment, a decline in competitive position, or excess inventories.  Identify the characteristics and ramifications of the issue(s) and examine them, using the material in the case and the text.  Sometimes, you must delve deeply because the key issue(s) and their characteristics may not be immediately obvious.

Choose a vulnerable population and describe the ethical issues surrounding this population. What is the role of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) in protecting vulnerable populations?

  1. View Human Subjects Research Training: “Protecting Human Subjects”
  2. PDF titled PHRP. Reflect on History, Codes and Regulations, Respect for Persons, Beneficence and Justice.
  3. Explore the Research Clinic

Choose a vulnerable population and describe the ethical issues surrounding this population.  What is the role of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) in protecting vulnerable populations?  Should the population be considered for research? Why is it important to have diverse populations sampled in research?

National Institute of Health (2008). Protecting Human research participants.  Retrieved from https://learn.americansentinel.edu/pluginfile.php/709455/course/section/110371/PHRP%20%282%29.pdf

How did the early US government justify their genocide and removal of indigenous peoples and the racialized enslavement of Africans?

“Race: Power of an Illusion” Episode 2Instructions: Watch the documentary film on Youtube :

Then answer the following questions in short paragraphs.

1.What was the driving force behind the creation of a “race” system in early US history? Why was it seen as necessary?

2.How did the early US government justify their genocide and removal of indigenous peoples and the racialized enslavement of Africans?

3.How has the understanding of race evolved in US history?

4.The documentary doesn’t make much of a mention of Asians and Asian Americans, but given what we’ve learned about race and racism from the film, how might these apply to the “Asian” race which begins to appear in the US in large number around the mid-19thcentury (specifically the 1840s)?