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Assignment Instructions:Please answer the question below with an essay answer. Should be 4 pages total (not including title page and bibliography),typed double-spaced in Times New Roman, 12-pont font. Remember to us theChicago Style Manual for all citations and bibliography. A minimum offive (5) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

Thisassignment will provide the foundation for your final research paper.As a result, it is highly recommended that additional sources for futurereference are included in the bibliography in addition to the minimumfive required for this assignment.

Select a foreignnation-state (not the United States) and describe a threat to thatnation. The threat can be any of those discussed in this course(conventional threats, non-state actors, terrorism, insurgency, emergingthreats, cyber, etc). Briefly provide a background of the threat, whatit is, how the nation perceives the threat and how your chosennation-state has responded to the threat.

Theopportunities are endless here since there are many nations and, ofcourse, each has numerous, often shared threats. This paper is designedfor you to begin your research and introduce your chosen case-study thatyou will then provide much more extensive detail about in your finalpaper. Furthermore, your final paper will include your analyticalopinion (thesis) regarding this case-study and be written in the form ofa typical threat assessment. Be sure to select a case study that youcan research deeper than a 4-page paper.