North-South Relations

 1. drawing upon Genest (chapter 7) and the lecture more specifically, what is the bureaucratic politics model and how does it differ from the rational actor model? 2.Briefly, reading in Genest Essence of Decision (Model III: Bureaucratic Politics, page 474-482) and watching the lecture, what exactly is this bureaucratic type of decision making in foreign policy according to Graham Allison? How does it affect policy results? 3. According to the lecture, how is the bureaucratic politics model applicable to the Iraq War. Make sure to stress the role of General Shinseki, troop levels, the Department of Defense, and Ahmed Chalabi. 4. Going back to Ripley’s chapter on “North-South Relations,” how is the South rising? How does this redefine North-South relations and pose challenges to U.S. foreign policy? 5. What’s going on in the video on Bolivian Water Wars and how is the World Bank related? https://asu.instructure.com/courses/16270/files/2815951/download?wrap=1 https://asu.instructure.com/courses/16270/files/2815952/download?wrap=1 https://archive.org/details/TheFogOfWarElevenLessonsFromTheLifeOfRobertS.Mcnamara