Strengths and weaknesses of both a parliamentary and presidential system

1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of both a parliamentary and presidential system?
2. Choose a conflict from around the world. Try and analyze it using the Three Levels of Analysis as outlined in Chapter 10. Start at the individual level, progress through the state level, and then finally the international level.
3. Explain John Mearsheimer’s main arguments in his article on e-Campus, “China’s Unpeaceful Rise.” Try and assess its strengths and weaknesses.

Kevin L. Dooley and Joseph N. Patten, (2020) Why Politics Matters: An Introduction to Political Science, Third Edition, (Boston: Cengage).

China’s Unpeaceful Rise by John J. Mearsheimer