HISTORY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

 

 

1.  After watching the video on the Suez Crisis, what are your thoughts?  Specifically, how important do you think that this crisis was?  Is there a legacy from it?  Was the U.S. justified in convincing the British to leave?  There are those who state that Eisenhower regretted not backing up Britain.  If you had been President, what would you have done?

2.  The Arab Spring was a hopeful time where it seemed that oppressive regimes were being overthrown for more democratic institutions.  The promise has not been fulfilled.  Since 2011, when Egypt, Libya, Tunisia all had regime change, there has been a backlash in Egypt (the army took over), civil war in Syria, on-going conflict in Yemen with Saudi Arabian involvement, and the rise of ISIS/ISIL in Syria and Iraq.  What do you see as the biggest issue in the Middle East and why?  How does this issue affect the world currently and what do you think are the issues that will carry over to other parts of the world or the future?  How important is this issue? How do you propose the world/U.N./NATO/U.S. (choose one) should approach this issue?

3. Countries such as Egypt and Pakistan gets a varied amount of aid from the U.S.  Per a deal from 2009, Pakistan should get about 1.5 billion per year (which they apparently just got this year), but many years they have gotten less.  It has become fashionable to criticize spending on foreign aid, so my challenge to you is to justify either spending money on aid or not spending the money.  HOWEVER, regardless of which option you choose, you must weigh the spending versus what you are accomplishing.  This is a critical thinking exercise and you only get full credit if you actually can justify your answer.  Be sure to consider the following — the cost to the U.S. (how much is it in terms of our spending relative to our GDP and our budget? Hint:  Find out how much the U.S. spends on foreign aid relative to our budget or GDP); What does the U.S. get out of giving money?  What does the U.S. EXPECT to get out of spending money?  Is it a good deal? — In other words, do we get our money’s worth?  You must consider these types of critical thinking questions and refer to them in your answer.

Section II — Answer one of the following questions

2.  What do you think is the biggest challenge that the U.S. faces in the next 20 to 50 years?  How about the rest of the world?  What is the biggest challenge for the world as a whole?

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