GUIDELINES FOR THE FINAL PAPER

All students must complete a research paper at the end of the semester to fulfill the requirements of the class.

The paper should be at least 10 pages long and there should be proper referencing throughout the paper. Academic Sources should be used. Do not use “Wikipedia” and other sources that are not academic in nature. Proper margins and a title page are required along with an extensive bibliography. The website has a site for you to go on to get sources and find information about your topic. Do not cut and paste from websites and when you use a website make sure that it is a credible website (such as the World Bank’s website-this is a great site for research on development and poverty and so on…) Do not just give me a website as a source,,,I need to see an author, date, volume # and so on….

Papers should contain descriptive information but quality works should contain good analysis and critical thinking. A good way to insure that you do this is to begin your paper in your introduction as posing your research topic as a question…Then you can devote the rest of your paper in terms of trying to answer the question that you posed or at least try to present what other big thinkers in the field are saying about the issue at hand.

HERE IS A SMALL LIST OF SOME POSSIBLE TOPICS. STUDENTS CAN DEVELOP THEIR OWN TOPICS BUT ALL CHOICES MUST BE CLEARED WITH THE PROFESSOR.

Military technology

Al Qaeda and internet

Taliban and Afghanistan

Pakistan and Islamic extremism

Military budget

U.S. Hegemony

Living with a strong Russia

Nuclear technology transfer

North Korea

Iran and the NPT

The United Nations and peacekeeping troops

Israel and Palestinian issues

Hamas

Hezbollah

Chinese Military issues

Japanese rearmament

The future of the NATO alliance

Darfur

Iraq : Civil War ?

Iraq: Democracy ?

Muslims in Europe

The Social Security Problem

The outsourcing issue

Women in politics

Global warming or any environmental issue

Energy policy

The flat tax proposal

The United Nations vs. The United States or UN reform measures

European Union

Poverty in Africa

President Chavez of Venezuela vs. The United States

U.S. Foreign Policy and the spread of democracy

The Rise of India and/or China

The US deficit

The US trade deficit

Poverty in America

Affirmative action in America