What is a good international issue for a persuasive paper?

[strongbad]

I've had a super hectic week (two exams, large assignment due monday), that is being concluded with a 5 page persuasive paper due tomorrow at midnight. It needs to be on an international issue that ideally has two sides, with one side that I could argue. I'm not very up to date on international issues, and the best thing that I can think of is talking about what Europe can do with it's upcoming financial crisis. Does anybody have any other ideas? I'd love to write about something more interesting, I'm just having trouble finding them on my own.

[applesauce]

IMO, the financial crisis is too complex. Nuclear proliferation? Global warming? Peak oil? Those seem like much more manageable topics to me.

[strongbad]

If I did the financial crisis I would choose a solution and argue why it is a good solution.

But I'd rather write about a topic that isn't so broad. Like it can be an issue that is prevalent in one country, not the whole world. It just can't be about the US. I just want to have something interesting to write about I guess.

[YPrrrr]

Will Libya become more of an ally to the West?
Is there reasonable cause for intervention in Iran?
Should Turkey be allowed to join the EU?
Who should control the resources in the North Pole?

[silvertone]

Should Turkey Be Wiped Off The PLanet? Yes.

[Hiro]

Should Turkey Be Wiped Off The PLanet? Yes.

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[strongbad]

Who should control the resources in the North Pole?

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[Andria]

I would go with "Should there be a Palestinian state?" or "Should Israel's apartheid of be stopped via international pressure?"


Really anything dealing with Palestine and Israel would be good. You also have the whole flotilla incident recently that you can bring in and everything

[snoorkel]

United States intervention against LRA in Uganda, why each 'side' of the debate regarding our foreign policy is valid, compared to historical examples of the united states intervening or not intervening in other genocides/Very Bad Problems.

[Clara Listensprechen]

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Along that same line, the islands already claimed by Japan and S. Korea and others in their vicinity have had their islands invaded and/or seaways bullied by the Chinese navy, and in the issue of Japan vs China (or pick any other given country whose islands have experienced incursions by the Chinese) you could argue peaceful sovereignty.

And there's the role of the Maoists in everything from Nepalese government to Tibet's rule by China and meddling in what's usually thought as a Pakistan vs India issue in Kashmir.

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Oh--from North Pole to the South Pole: Argentina prefers to claim it but it's station of McMurdo has been regarded as more of an international post.  Does Argentina have a case for ownership?

[Clara Listensprechen]

I would go with "Should there be a Palestinian state?" or "Should Israel's apartheid of be stopped via international pressure?"


Really anything dealing with Palestine and Israel would be good. You also have the whole flotilla incident recently that you can bring in and everything

With all the history behind that one, that's as complex as the financial issue.

[Andria]

With all the history behind that one, that's as complex as the financial issue.

It really is complex, but for the sake of argument it wouldn't be too hard to narrow down to a few points you want to hit on and go from there.

[Hippopo]

Should Turkey Be Wiped Off The PLanet? Yes.

I just watched a documentary on Turkey.  It seems like a cool place to visit.  They're just kind of assholes sometimes.

Which leads me to a good paper topic:

The Southeastern Anatolian Project (the GAP project).  You can either side with Turkey for the damming of the Tigris and Euphrates, or you can side with downstream Iraq and Syria who need more water.

Really, though, any international issue would make a good topic.

[silvertone]

I just watched a documentary on Turkey.  It seems like a cool place to visit.  They're just kind of assholes sometimes.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVb5eWsocFs[/youtube]

[Clara Listensprechen]

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It's the home of Santa Claus (before the North Pole) and Santa isn't a nazi. Only neonazis are nazis--not Turks.