Professor S. Hafezi
POL300

1• _F__According to Wriston, communication/information revolution has expanded the ability of governments to control events within their territory. 2• _T__Slaughter argues that the nation-state is dying because of supranational organizations and communication/information revolution. 3• _T__Wriston maintains that the Information Age has validated the Orwell’s vision of Big brother watching the citizen. 4• _F__Wriston believes that the information revolution has outmoded old oligarchies. 5• _F__According to Wriston, nations can now easily block the flow of information across national borders. 6• _T__The U.S. reliance on information technology, according to Wriston, has made the country vulnerable to attack. 7_T__Slaughter asserts that the information revolution has produced global governance. 8• _T__Slaughter believes that transgovernmentalism has created a more effective and potentially more accountable world order. 9• _T__Slaughter cites partnership between a supranational tribunal and national courts as the most advanced form of judicial cooperation. 10• _T__Slaughter believes that transgovernmentalism provides a powerful alternative to both a new medievalism and a liberal internationalism. 11• _F__According to Slaughter, all the agents of the modern regulatory state are now regularly cooperate with their foreign counterparts. 12• _F__Slaughter maintains that comity of nations has traditionally signified peaceful cooperation among nations. 13• _F__Wriston believes that the U.S. reliance on information technology has drastically increased our protection against rogue states and groups. 14• _T__According to Wriston, in an economy that consists largely of information products, the U.S. government’s power to tax and regulate has increased significantly. 15• _T__Senator Robert Byrd agrees with the U.S. State Department that our missile defenses would defend us against any attack from any source. 16• _T__According to the State Department, the main vulnerability of our missile defense will be attacks from rogue states. 17• _T__The State Department acknowledges that some potential threats, such as accidental or unauthorized launches of ballistic missiles, can successfully be deterred. 18• _F__In defense if the missile defense system, the State Department points out that the U.S. is now confronted with a more risk-averse group of hostile states. 19• _F__Senator Robert Byrd casts doubt on the efficacy and viability of the Bush administration’s missile defense plans, while at the same time supports the deployment of an effective system. 20• _F__The State Department admits that U.S. missile defenses will pose some threats to China’s and Russia’s deterrent forces.