Instructions:
Write a  5 10 pages, double-spaced, essay using the textbook and the two articles essays written by John Gray and Richard K. Betts to answer the questions/prompts listed below. In order to get full credit for your work the literature listed here above MUST be read and used in your essay. Please note that points WILL NOT BE AWARED FOR MERE EFFORT.  The student will be graded on the accuracy of her/his answers.
i) Show proper usage of the literature. Make sure you work the content of the literature in your answers; give specific examples.
ii) You must cite. You must use cite any text taken from the literature.
iii) Spell-check and Proofread. These are two important steps in guaranteeing typographic quality and the structural integrity of your work. Aside the electronic spell-check function of your word processor, printing and proofreading your work (with a red pen at hand) guarantees quality (syntax etc.).
iv) Fonts and margins. Use font-size 12 with standard margins.
v) Make sure to include your full name, date of submission, and assignment title.

Question/Prompt:
Your task is: 1) to read Ch. 12 and the two articles, and 2) answer the following questions/prompt – this is an essay and not a short-answers exam:
1.    Assess the powerful impact of non-state actors (piracy, terrorism, and technology and privatization) have on the global system of states.
2.    Looking more attentively at terrorism, what is John Gray’s argument regarding the West’s war on terrorism. Can the war be won?
3.    Finally, looking at Richard K. Betts’ reviews, when (e.g., post Cold War, post 9/11, or 21st century?) does Fukuyama, Huntington, and Mearsheimer’s visions rang truest?