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Memorandum on US policy on Zimbabwe

TO: President Donald Trump FROM: Matt Fitzgerald DATE: April 29, 2018 SUBJECT: Memorandum on US policy on Zimbabwe Introduction                Robert Mugabe has resigned after 40 years of rule over Zimbabwe. At 93 years old, “he was the world oldest head of state.” [1] During his 40-year rule, he worked to stomp out all opposition and violated the rights of many Zimbabweans. His regime was a kleptocracy thinly veiled with his decolonization rhetoric. Although Magube has resigned, much of his corrupted legacy still remains. There is still a disparity in wealth. Of the top ten wealthiest people in Zimbabwe, nine had ties with Mugabe. [2] Zimbabwe’s economy is still in recovery form Mugabe’s rule since he lacked an understanding of economics at the time. the primary education system of Zimbabwe, left largely untouched by Mugabe, is one of the best in Africa, and it is rich in natural resources like coal, platinum, copper, nickel, gold, iron ore, and lumber. [3] there is pot
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Memorandum on US policy on the Paris Agreement

TO: President Donald Trump FROM: Matt Fitzgerald DATE: April 29, 2018 SUBJECT: Memorandum on US policy on the Paris Agreement Introduction Climate change has been increasingly affecting Earth ever since the industrial revolution. Earth has been becoming warmer every month. Sea levels have been rising, and coastlines have been disappearing. Something needs to be done so that the effects of climate change do not become permanent. There have been many failed global attempts to decrease our carbon emissions, and many countries including the three largest polluters, the U.S., China, and India are reluctant to do so. Only one attempt looks promising to help start the trend towards using green energy. The Paris Accords might not be perfect, but it is a good start to the world using green energy. Option 1 Pulling out of the Accords will be a reckless long-term decision. The U.S. needs to be the leader of the free world. The U.S. is the largest polluter in terms of population. W
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Memorandum on U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Paris Climate Agreement

TO: President Donald Trump CC: Mark Shirk FROM: Foreign Analyst Trang Nguyen DATE: April 2nd, 2018 SUBJECT: Foreign Policy Regarding the Paris Climate Agreement Introduction In 2017, the Trump administration submitted a formal written notification of its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement to the United Nations. The Paris Agreement is a globally agreed upon framework to take steps to deal with changing the climate. The agreement requires countries to put forward pledges to aid in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, prevent the earth from heating more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, and encourage the flow of technology and financing. The U.S. also pledged 3 billion dollars to give to developing countries to aid them in reducing their emissions. This does not only benefit the U.S. but also encourages other countries to do things that are in the long-term interest of the U.S. economy and security interests. Therefore, I believe it is in the U.S. national inte
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Memorandum on United States Foreign Policy on the Paris Climate Agreement

Memorandum Memorandum on United States Foreign Policy on the Paris Climate Agreement To: President Donald Trump CC: Professor Shirk From: Foreign Policy Analyst, Victoria Hassan Date: May 1, 2017 Subject: The Paris Climate Agreement             Currently, daily global carbon dioxide emissions have reached an all time high at 411.14 part per million (ppm). Sea levels are rising due to land ice melting as a result of the rising temperatures and the over change in global climate. Ocean acidification is also occurring due to these rising temperatures, putting fishing industries at risk, which is a major industry within the United States. It has been calculated that the United States is responsible for producing approximately one-fifth of overall carbon emissions. Issue:             There has been much debate over whether or not the Paris Climate Agreement and its guidelines are ‘fair’ or reasonable for the United States, causing the current a
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Memorandum Towards Paris Climate Agreement

Memorandum on U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Paris Climate Agreement TO: President Trump CC: Mark Shirk FROM: Foreign Analyst Rachael Feldhausen DATE: April 27th, 2018 SUBJECT: Foreign Policy Regarding Paris Climate Agreement Scientists have predicted that within the next century the core temperature of the earth will increase by more than 2 degrees celsius given the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution. If this temper change occurs, the globe will see drastic changes and effects. These changes include a sea level rise of over a foot and a half which would ruin coastal cities and towns, less fresh water, the destruction of 99% of the coral reefs which would ruin the ecosystem of roughly 9 million different species, and more. As the globe continued to warm, the worse these effects will become, more people’s lives will be destroyed, and trillions of dollars will be spent. In 2015, 195 countries, including the U.S., met to discuss an
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U.S Foreign Policy towards Middle East

After World War II, the overriding concern of American foreign policy was finding a new way to check Soviet expansion and influence throughout the world. The Middle East, specifically, was a vulnerable target for the U.S. and Soviet Union after British and French colonialism. That said, US foreign policy towards the Middle East was not completely linear during the past century. Instead, it can be divided into two periods — during the Cold War and after the Cold War. During the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy was mostly a reaction to Soviet strength, position, and action. [1] After the Cold War, the Middle East — being considered as part of the Third World, was to be “exploited” for the needs of the industrial societies and to “fulfill its major function as a source of raw materials and a market.”[2] In other words, peace and oil have been the main focus of US foreign policy in the Middle East after the Cold War.  During the Cold War, the Soviet goal was to achieve strategic parity w
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