Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy

Exam Time is: Wednesday, June 11, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in 129 Mackenzie Hall.  

Essay: You will be asked to write on one of the following three questions (you will be able to choose from two on the exam): 

1. Is Rosemary Foot's optimism about the trajectory for human rights in

China misplaced?     

Since 9-11, there has been much discussion of a trade-off of liberty for

security in the United States. Consider the likely long-term impact of this

discussion on the international human rights movement in answering the

following two questions.

2. If you are willing to concede liberties for greater security, which

criteria would you use to establish new national policies?

3. Can new technology help resolve the tension between liberty and security?

For the examination, you will answer five of six terms taken from the list below. The best answers include definitions, examples, an explanation of why it is important, and counter-arguments or opposing points of view.

Asian communitarianism

UNHCR

Country reports

Discursive enmeshment

USA, norm entrepreneur

Mixed-motive migration

Non-state agents of persecution

Temporary protection

Haitian Refugee Fairness Act

Deng Xiaoping

Echelon

“Stress and duress” techniques

Guantánamo

Enemy combatants

Expatriation

Prophylactic policing

Torture Software

The “five nevers”

John Kamm

Safe Countries of Origin / Safe Third Country

Terrorist organization

Professor Xu Zhiyong

Terrorist Information Awareness Program

Europe’s role in the globalization of technologies for political control  

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