The final research essay comprises a Congressional report examining the threat posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and an evaluation of the counterintelligence (CI) analysis utilized to derive conclusions within the report.
This assignment aims to assess students’ assimilation of course topics and enhance their research and critical thinking skills. It requires a research analysis paper spanning approximately five to seven double-spaced pages (excluding certain pages like the title page, abstract, table of contents, bibliography, or endnotes). The research should primarily stem from self-led exploration of scholarly articles, supplemented by course-required readings.
The focus is on reviewing the Cox Committee investigation report, encompassing inputs from the Intelligence Community (IC) and Congressional Research Service (CRS), regarding the PRC’s threat. This report serves as an exemplary CI analysis product. The assignment mandates analyzing the report’s descriiptive, explanatory, and predictive analytical methodologies employed by the Cox Committee, IC, and CRS to formulate conclusions on the PRC’s intelligence threat. Supporting examples from the Cox Report should be used to describe these methodologies. Additionally, the assignment necessitates discussing the policy and operational decisions resulting from this counterintelligence analysis of the PRC’s threat.
Objective: This assignment, in accordance with undergraduate academic endeavors, provides an opportunity to evaluate assimilation of course topics, and sharpen and evaluate students’ research & critical thinking skills. The assignment is driven & tested by a combination of course materials and external self-led research (depending upon essay[s] selected); analyzed and presented in essay(s) form.
Type: This assignment consists of a research analysis paper approximately five to seven pages in length, double-spaced (This page count does not include a title page, abstract (optional), table of contents (optional), bibliography page(s), or Endnotes page(s) (if used)). The source material should result primarily from self-led external research of scholarly articles. In addition, the course required reading materials may be used. The paper should have 5 to 7 pages of content which are the written results of your research efforts.
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The final research essay for this course is to review the results of the Cox Committee investigation by Congress into the threat posed by the PRC. This report was prepared by the House of Representatives with input from the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Congressional Research Service (CRS). It represents an outstanding counterintelligence analysis product. The complete report is posted under the Resources in the “Cox Report – US National Society and Mil-Commercial Concerns with PRC – 1999” folder. (As a backup, the Govt Printing Office link for this report is
Your assignment starts with a review of the Cox Report to explore and compare the descriiptive, explanatory, and predictive analytical methods utilized within the Cox Committee’s report on the PRC’s threat. How do these methods differ in their approach, and how do they contribute to formulating comprehensive conclusions? Analyze specific examples from the Cox Report to illustrate the application of each analytical methodology. Your assignment is to describe the various analytical methods used. Your descriiption of the methods used should be supported by examples from the Cox Report. Finally, your assignment must include a discussion of the policy and operational decisions made as a result of this counterintelligence analysis of the PRC’s threat.
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