Please review:  Required and recommended readings and videos for Module 1 and also find your own so ...

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Please review:  Required and recommended readings and videos for Module 1 and also find your own sources that discuss the US commitment to human rights, democracy and preventing Genocide and mass atrocities.  Respond to only one of the following prompts:  What is the role of human rights in American foreign policy and diplomacy? Why is it important to promote human rights internationally? Do you think the US and other Western powers promote these rights to an appropriate level? Why or why not?  Human rights were originally written to apply in all contexts equally and to apply a higher standard for all individual governments. However, this can challenge state sovereignty. What is the relationship between state sovereignty and human rights? Ultimately, which is more important? How can states best navigate the potential disagreements between sovereignty and human rights?  *Discussions are worth 60 % of your final grade.  Discussions will serve as writing practice for your other major assignments.  Your writing should be direct and succinct. Your statements or points of view should be supported by evidence from the required and recommended readings.