“The Evolution of the CIA’s Influence in US Foreign Policy: A Comparative Analysis of the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations (2001-2021)”

Students must produce an argumentative essay with a word limit of 2,000 words
(excluding bibliography).
You must answer one essay question from the list below, presenting and developing
a main argument and at the same time engaging with existing academic scholarship about US intelligence and foreign policy. You must engage with at least five secondary sources (scholarly books/book chapters/journal articles) uploaded as either required or recommended reading. Failure to engage with secondary sources on LM will result in a two-mark penalty per missing source up to 10 marks. You are encouraged to supplement these sources with your own independent research of other English-language academic sources and to engage with primary source evidence (such as government policy papers and intelligence memoranda, speeches, memoirs etc.).
How and why did the Agency’s role and importance within US foreign policy change under Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump (2001-21)? 

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