How has the rise of China and India as economic powers with global influence affected U.S. economic policy? Explain the U.S. relationship with each country
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that the rise of China and India has both negative and positive effects on the U.S. economy.
2. Describe how China, which has the fastest growing economy and has become the world's largest exporter, depends on the U.S. market to sell exports and continue to grow, while the United States borrows heavily from China, and how this situation has created an unhealthy mutual dependency.
3. Explain that India has become a global leader in information technology and software development as well as one of the world's largest exporters and a major trading partner of the United States, and that its "strategic partnership" with the United States is seen as a counterweight to the growing clout of China.
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What patently shallow and flawed analogy was sometimes made between the Cold War and the Peloponnesian War?
a. that the United States was Athens, a democracy and naval power, while the Soviet Union was Sparta, given that it was a land-locked nation with slave labor camps b. that the United States was Athens, as the world’s largest superpower, while the Soviet Union was Sparta, as a rival for global hegemony c. that the United States was Athens, as a regional and rising hegemon, while South Korean was Corcyra, when asking for assistance after an invasion by Soviet-backed North Korea d. the Soviet Union was Corinth, while Afghanistan was Corcyra, leading the United States to take on the role of Athens and help Corcyra
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
Cosmopolitans suggest that distributive justice matters in international relations, and that if realists focused on this they would be more concerned with global economic interdependence.