Foreign interferences with US elections with a focus on Russia and the muller report

This is the final paper for my class. The topic is about Foreign interference in US elections with a focus on Russia in 2016 and the muller report. The first section should be a set up of the background and situation and the essay should go on to weigh different solutions laid out in the other sources and to find out which one is the best one.

The way the essay is supposed to be structured is described in the rubric for the final essay. In short, you have to use the sources in the bibliography that I sent. It’s pretty straight forward from there. Its broken up into 1 book (muller report), 2 academic articles, 4 memos from a think tank, and 10 op eds and all of these need to be at least touched upon. The muller report has to be the main focus with and the other sources should support a solution to that. If you need to, you can change some or find new ones.

The professor is pretty vague in what he wants, he didn’t give us a structure or theme before hand, just to pick a topic, and then discuss it. Whatever direction you take is fine as along as it describes the situation and then weighs different solutions and which one you find most appealing. For example, economic sanctions on Russia, war on Russia, etc and weigh the options and the differences.

Rubric for the final essay

A essay

1. Clear main idea and strong logically developed supporting arguments

Factual correctness.

(2 pages (introductory paragraph ½ of page + background on the problem from a book and academic articles, 6 pages – current policy discussions from memos and op-eds, last page – what solution/approach you find most appealing and why). Keep paragraphs short. 1 page – 2 paragraphs. Each paragraph should have clear topic sentence. 9 pages of text without bibliography.

2. Substantive engagement with literature (1 book, 2 academic articles, 4 memos from think tanks (center for strategic and international security, council on foreign affairs, hudson institute, center for new American security, etc), 10 op-eds from media. Do not include titles of books and articles in the text.
3. Precise adherence to these formalities: essay should be typed, double-spaced, in 12 point type, (use Time New Roman), 1 inch margins on all sides, and must conform to the professional standards of grammar, punctuation, and citation format (use RefWorks3, Chicago style).

B essay

• 1 or -2 criteria

C essay

Poor job on 3 criteria

Christopher Figueroa

International Relations

Final Paper Bibliography

Topic: Foreign interference is US elections (Specifically Russia)

Bibliography

1 Book

Mueller, Robert S. Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election: Submitted Pursuant to 28 C.F.R. §600.8(c). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, 2019.

2 Academic articles

Ohlin, Jens David. “Did Russian Cyber-Interference in the 2016 Election Violate International Law?,” 2017. https://doi.org/10.31228/osf.io/3vuzf.

Velde, Jacqueline Van De. “The Law of Cyber Interference in Elections.” SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3043828.

4 memos from think tanks

“Russia Ramps up Global Elections Interference: Lessons for the United States.” Russia Ramps up Global Elections Interference: Lessons for the United States | Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 3, 2020. https://www.csis.org/blogs/technology -policy-blog/russia-ramps-global-elections-interference-lessons-united-states.

Parello-​Plesner, Jonas. “The Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Interference Operations: How the U.S. and Other Democracies Should Respond.” by Jonas Parello-​Plesner. Accessed November 9, 2020. https://www.hudson.org/research/14409-the-chinese-communist-party-s-foreign-interference-operations-how-the-u-s-and-other-democracies-should-respond.

“Intelligence Officials Are Now Warning about Election Interference in Real Time.” Center for a New American Security (en-US). Accessed November 9, 2020. https://www.cnas.org/publications/commentary/intelligence-officials-are-now-warning-about-election-interference-in-real-time.

“When Election Interference Fails.” Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign Relations. Accessed November 9, 2020. https://www.cfr.org/blog/when-election-interference-fails.

10 op-eds

“What Russian Election Interference Might Look like in 2020.” University of Chicago News. Accessed November 9, 2020. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/what-russian-election-interference-might-look-2020.

Hartig, Hannah. “75% Of Americans Say It’s Likely That Russia or Other Governments Will Try to Influence 2020 Election.” Pew Research Center. Pew Research Center, August 27, 2020. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/75-of-americans-say-its-likely-that-russia-or-other-governments-will-try-to-influence-2020-election/.

POSARD, MARKEN. “Op-Ed: How You Can Fight Russia’s Plans to Troll Americans during Campaign 2020.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2020. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-14/campaign-2020-presidential-election-russians.

Zwack, Opinion by Peter. “Opinion: How Russia’s Election Meddling Could Backfire on Putin.” CNN. Cable News Network, September 11, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/opinions/russia-vladimir-putin-election-meddling-zwack/index.html.

Walker, Shaun, and Julian Borger. “’Already Broken’: US Election Unlikely to Change Relations with Russia.” The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, October 28, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/28/already-broken-us-election-unlikely-to-change-relations-with-russia.

O’Brien, Robert C. “Opinion | Trump Takes Election Interference Seriously.” The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, September 20, 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-takes-election-interference-seriously-11600607080.

Kim, Lucian. “Trump Vs. Biden: How Russia Sees The U.S. Election.” NPR. NPR, October 14, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/10/14/923380941/trump-vs-biden-how-russia-sees-the-u-s-election.

Miller, Justin. “U.S. Intelligence Accuses Iran and Russia of Interfering in 2020 Election.” Intelligencer. Intelligencer, October 22, 2020. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/u-s-intel-accuses-iran-and-russia-of-election-interference.html.

Harshaw, Tobin. “Election Meddling Is a 100-Year Russian Tradition.” BloombergQuint. Bloomberg Quint, October 26, 2020. https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/putin-s-election-meddling-is-long-russian-tradition.

Miller, Maggie. “FBI Chief Says Russia Is Trying to Interfere in Election to Undermine Biden.” TheHill. The Hill, September 17, 2020. https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/516912-fbi-director-wray-warns-russia-is-interfering-in-election-to-undermine.