What is the National Security Council System?

This assignment is a 5 questions, 2 pages or 500 words for each question maximum for a final total of 10 pages to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. The exclusive use of required texts and readings from this course is mandatory.

Please present your work as a Word document, remembering to double-space and put your name and a title on the paper.
Important: Number the questions on your paper and write a topic/thesis sentence that indicates the question you are answering. You do not need to rewrite the question as long as the numbers correspond. Papers presented with no indication of the questions’ being answered will be returned.

1. What is the National Security Council System?
2. How has the National Security Council System evolved?
3. How has the president managed this system (NCS) historically?
4. How has the CIA evolved over time?
5. How has it (CIA) and the rest of the intelligence community functioned as a source and a tool of foreign policy?

References:
Rosati and Scott: (Attachments).
Video: Joseph Nye 2010 Soft Power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=796LfXwzIUk
Video: China and Cyberattack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7qNZRWWiAM
Video: US Trade Policy and China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc2T3wPkcOI
Video: Goodbye Euro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfnqWOGiDpk
Video: US Embargo on Cuba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4NqzGVeRBo