Memo to Foreign Affairs:Students will be required to write a letter from a non American perspective, you may write as an Ambassador or Assistant Minister to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The memo should identify a diplomatic problem and propose a strategy for dealing with it (China).
- The letter must: • Describe the problem and its relevance to the home country’s interests; • Propose a diplomatic strategy for resolution or management; • Identify assets, constraints and potential trade-offs. Choose an issue that allows you to be specific. Be complete yet succinct: clarity, grammar and spelling count. You are encouraged to discuss your paper with me over the course of the semester. You can THINK: What are the roots of the conflict? How do politics impact the issue? The economy? The culture? · What diplomatic solutions were proposed? · What attitudes were effective or not effective in negotiating a diplomatic solution? · What did you learn about the topic? · What did you learn about the interactions of people in this simulation? · How did diplomatic skills play a role in this simulation? · Why is this topic important to consider? · What do you think the U.S. role should be in this issue? · What is the best possible outcome? · What is the most likely outcome? · How could you use diplomatic skills in your everyday life?
