Assignment 1: On March 20, 2003, the United States of America invaded a sovereig

Assignment 1: On March 20, 2003, the United States of America invaded a sovereign country, Iraq, on grounds that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and served as a threat to the United States.
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded a sovereign country, Ukraine, under the pretext that Russia did not want Ukraine to become a NATO member.
Was any of these invasions justified.
Your discussion should not be less than 1000 words, (2 pages single-spaced or 4 pages, double-spaced
** Please do extensive research of these invasions, the motivations of the leaders of each country and the global response to these invasions. Did any or all of these countries violate international law? If so, which law (s)?
What impact, political, economic, socio-cultural did the invasion have in the invaded countries neighbors? How did the invasion impact the world?
Should the leaders of these countries that invaded other sovereign states be held accountable?
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Assignment 2: GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE SUMMARY
Read the article and write a summary of two pages, double-spaced, (1000 words). You should explain the key elements in the article, what knowledge you gained from reading the piece, what you liked/disliked about the article. Everything should be in your own words
Link: Minx in Pei (2006). “The Dark Side of China’s Rise”. In: Foreign Policy 153, pp. 32-40