Q1. Recognize the conclusions in the arguments cutting the interest rate will have no effect on the stock market this time around as people have been expecting a rate cut all along. This factor has already been reflected in the market.

Q2. Please respond to the following: "The Russian Federation and Breakaway States"

•per the text, with collapse of the Soviet Union, several breakaway states emerged in the region. Explain the potential threats that two of these breakaway states poses to the U.S. Analyze these potential threats, and suggest the key measures that the U.S. can take in order to mitigate the threats in question.

•Analyze the strategic mistakes that the terrorists made when attacking the Moscow Theater in 2002. Assess level of influence that the terrorists' mistakes from the Moscow attack exerted on the terrorists who perpetrated the attack on the Beslan School in 2004. Use examples from each attack to support the response.