Why did the Reagan administration cut funding for oil conservation in the 1980s? How did this decision impact today’s conservation efforts?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should identify how the Reagan administration opted to cut funding for oil conservation in the 1980s following a decline in fuel prices. Answers should also identify how skepticism over the need for conservation, driven by this decline as well as more recent phenomena such as fracking, have led many to believe that conservation is unnecessary.
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What was the consequence of the separatist Ibo attempting to break away from Nigeria with their new state of Biafra in the late 1960s?
A) The Nigerian government defeated the Ibo, but only with assistance from a number of European nations. B) The Nigerian government allowed the Ibo to secede without any violence. C) The Ibo were defeated in a lengthy, costly war. D) The Ibo were victorious in a relatively brief war.
The approach that views the nation-state as only one, among many participants in foreign policy, and where values are predominant in shaping foreign policy is
a. the realist approach. b. the idealist approach. c. the rational actor approach. d. the bureaucratic politics approach. e. the values and beliefs approach.