POLICY MEMORANDUM ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
The Policy Memorandum Assignment’s purpose is to teach you how to conduct significant research on a topic, synthesize, organize, review, and make informed policy recommendations on a specific topic. You can select a topic within the realm of American Foreign policy. The Policy Memorandum Assignment should be well-researched, focused, organized, and approached in the same way as an academic research paper.
You are to write a policy memorandum of 13 pages double spaced directed at high-level U.S. foreign policymakers. For this assignment, the policy memorandum should focus on US/Chinese diplomacy and efforts to resolve maritime disputes and why the United States should support preventing China’s maritime disputes from escalating into military conflict. The Policy Memorandum Assignment must include the following sections:
1. An overview of the issue, including the rationale for why it deserves the United States’ attention.
2. An overview of the existing policies and policy discussions, along with an assessment of their pros and cons.
3. A recommended policy.
4. A rationale for why this is the best policy.
5. Concrete steps to pursue this option.
The Policy Memorandum Assignment should be concise and should use facts to clearly and persuasively explain why the proposed policy is the best option.
So, in your Policy Memorandum Assignment you need an overview of the issue (including rationale), overview of existing policies (pros and cons), recommended policy, rationale for why this is the best policy and concrete steps to pursue this option. At least 15 scholarly sources must be used and cited.