Identify an appropriate study that fits the above criteria,familiarize yourself with the findings or argument,and ultimately summarize that argument in a way that is understandable and compelling for a college-educated reader.

Academic Research Blog Post 2

For this assignment, you are to summarize, and interpret the significance of, an argument or result of a study presented in an academic or scholarly publication (ie. academic book, peer-reviewed journal article, or think-tank report). To do so, you will first need to identify an appropriate study that fits the above criteria,familiarize yourself with the findings or argument,and ultimately summarize that argument in a way that is understandable and compelling for a college-educated reader interested in the subject (but not necessarily for a political science major). Note that this only requires you to read and report on a single study, but most studies will also provide a brief literature review that presents where the research fits within the existing literature and why it is important.

Below are links to two examples to give you an idea of what this would look like. (They are a bit more than I would expect. But aim high!):

A Vox Blog on Polarization and Social Media: (Links to an external site.)

A JSTOR Daily report on a normative argument for Open Borders: (Links to an external site.)

Identify a Hawai’i Human Rights Heroes (Current activists) and prepare a one-pager slide covering brief history,philosophy,and achievements

Hawaii Human Rights Hero

Speak Truth to Power Hawaii Human Rights Hero

Review readings in STTP: https://rfkhumanrights.org/our-programs/speak-truth-to-power/human-rights-defenders

Now Identify a Hawai’i Human Rights Heroes (Current activists)

Research and write a similar article featuring the leader of Hawaii (4 Pages)

Prepare a one-pager slide covering brief history,philosophy,and achievements (1 slide)

Present Hawaii Human Rights Hero to campus and community

How would you define what international theory is,in a single sentence?

Concept note

500-word Concept Note on the subject of “International Theory”.

Don’t be put off by the idea of a Concept Note: it’s simply a mini-essay in which you show your ability to give a coherent introduction to a particular idea.

Imagine that you are chatting with a fellow student who’s studying, say, English Literature; and when you mention that you’re taking this module, she asks you: ‘So what’s international theory then?’ Think of your Concept Note as an organised answer to that question.

In 500 words, what would they need to know in order to get a basic feel for the subject?

Ideally, your Concept Note should contain the following elements:

A brief definition of the subject. How would you define what international theory is,in a single sentence?

Aquick exposition of the kind of questions it tries to answer

A few sentences on how this field has evolved historically (mentioning the main approaches and debates)

A short exploration of the key contestations that have divided the field. For example, Smith shows how writers disagree over the nature and purpose of ‘theory’. And Wight exemplifies the claim that there is something unique about ‘the international’ which makes international theory different from other kinds of social and political analysis – but many other writers dispute this claim!

A oncluding judgment from you about whether all this evolution and debate means there is no stable core to the idea of international theory – or whether there is a common thread of some kind.

Choose an event or a situation in The Lemon Tree that Dalia and Bashir see very differently (for example: the 1948 war).

Two sides of the same coin

Choose an event or a situation in The Lemon Tree that Dalia and Bashir see very differently (for example: the 1948 war). First describe how they see it differently (and provide evidence from the text for your claims).

Then present an argument describing why they might see this event or situation so differently. Once again, provide evidence from all the texts that we used for this course for the claims you make as part of this argument.

(Approximately 5-6 pages in length, Times New Roman, 12 font)

Use the quotes/ examples from the book to strengthen the argument

Use the book as the main source

Discuss how judicial interventions will become the future of international interventions and how it might be more successful than other forms of intervention.

Judicial Intervention as the future of International Interventions

Discuss how judicial interventions will become the future of international interventions and how it might be more successful than other forms of intervention.

Use examples

Afghanistan and Iraq’s unsuccessful intervention via US

Use examples throughout as you write the essay. and compare judicial interventions with other forms of interventions.

IMP! use headings (and subheading if need be)

IMP! Add abstract no more than 150 words

IMP! this needs to be original work as it will go through turnitin.

Is it a crisis of America’s position in the global system or is it a deeper world historical transition in which liberalism and liberal international order are at risk?

The Liberal International Order and its Discontents

The American-led world system is troubled. Some would argue that it is in crisis. But what sort of crisis is it?

Is it a crisis of America’s position in the global system or is it a deeper world historical transition in which liberalism and liberal international order are at risk?

Is the American-led ‘liberal era’ ending, or is it transforming into a new sort of liberal order?