IMRaD Introduction


Introduction
Politics is the foundation of all of the news stations today, it is what every issue is revolved around. There’s no denying that politics has a major grasp on the world today, but when you think of politics what comes to mind? Is it one of the many issues that our country faces today or is it the major division that is crippling this great nation? Politics are important because it’s what holds this country together and we should all fight to keep it united and strong. And that’s exactly what this paper and research is about, resolving the majority divisions so that we don’t become vulnerable, in the sense of foreign affairs, to other world powers.
Foreign policy is defined as a government’s strategy in dealing with other nations (George et al., 2008). The state of America’s foreign policy has not been the greatest for a while, and that is in direct correlation to the state of America internally, with countless issues and endless arguments with other opinions, mostly due to the separation of Republicans and Democrats (Nichols et al., 2018). Foreign policy shouldn’t be a Democratic vs Republican policy, it should be an American policy (Sasse et al., 2018). Research shows that there are many differing opinions on a single topic, but what would it take to come together as a nation to compromise those different stances and grow as a nation? That is the basis of the research, to find the most prominent issues facing America today so that they can get resolved. But how do we resolve them?
In that question lies a major gap, to determine how to resolve issues so that America can move forward in being the stronghold for nations without contradicting the firm beliefs that built this country. To take a look back 100 years to evaluate the post war policies put in place after WWII is a substantial resolve (Sasse et al., 2018; Graham et al., 2016). Looking back at the roots can help shape what the world is today. In the future this research can potentially result in a more unified America where it sits as one of the most vital and influential powers of the world.

Comments

  1. UnknownNovember 7, 2018 at 6:25 AM

    1. When I read this introduction I saw that this intro is a really good start to your paper. It says "Does it require concrete information on the topic?" and I believe does where it made it easy for me to see what you are going for and what you are doing with this paper.
    2. You used a couple of sources very well but maybe add like another one so readers can get another good idea of what your introduction is about.
    3. Yes
    4. Yes

    One comment I have is in your last paragraph you started off with "In that question..." in my opinion I don't know if you should really start off a sentence like that. It kind of sounds like you need to make it more concise saying "There is a major gap" or something just shorter to condense and make it more clear. But I believe is a really good intro with a few changes.

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  2. UnknownNovember 7, 2018 at 6:33 AM

    My first opinion after reading your introduction was that it is a very good introduction that will set up your paper very well, and it was also written very well. To make it even better, I have 3 suggestions. First, you could fix formatting issues. Make sure that you make the introduction title centered. Also, add your name and page number.
    Next, you could make some sentences more concise. For example, the 4th sentence in the first paragraph is a little long and could be shortened down by taking out some words. Also, the 4th sentence in the second paragraph could be more concise too. Making sentences more concise will be good because it will make it more likely that readers will read all of your introduction and will understand it better.
    My last suggestion is to add research questions. This will allow the readers to have a preview of your research and to look forward to something in your paper. I would recommend putting your research questions in the last paragraph.

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