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.
IMO, the financial crisis is too complex. Nuclear proliferation? Global warming? Peak oil? Those seem like much more manageable topics to me.
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.
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?
Should Turkey Be Wiped Off The PLanet? Yes.
Quote from: silvertone on November 10, 2011, 01:03:44 PM
Should Turkey Be Wiped Off The PLanet? Yes.
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Quote from: NPR on November 10, 2011, 12:18:38 PM
Who should control the resources in the North Pole?
i like this
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
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.
Quote from: MF Doom on November 10, 2011, 02:00:43 PM
i like this
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?
Quote from: Echo on November 10, 2011, 02:04:31 PM
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.
Quote from: Clara Listensprechen on November 10, 2011, 03:29:29 PM
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.
Quote from: silvertone on November 10, 2011, 01:03:44 PM
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.
Quote from: Hippopo on November 10, 2011, 06:40:53 PM
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]
Quote from: silvertone on November 10, 2011, 06:43:48 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com[/youtube]
It's the home of Santa Claus (before the North Pole) and Santa isn't a nazi. Only neonazis are nazis--not Turks.
Legalize industrial hemp. DUUUHHHH
insurance the and problem with medicalized psychiatry
Quote from: Houdini on November 10, 2011, 09:27:26 PM
Legalize industrial hemp. DUUUHHHH
Too many people wrote our last persuasive paper on legalizing weed so we aren't allowed to do anything cannabis related lols
Quote from: NPR on November 10, 2011, 12:18:38 PM
Should Turkey be allowed to join the EU?
I'm going to write about this actually. I'll be doing research for the next couple hours to decide my claim. Just for the sake of differing opinions, does anybody have a strong stance on this issue that they could state and provide backing?
yes, TR should be disallowed from joining because
- turkey is not in europe
- new world order
- turkey is terrorists.
pretty clear cut case inmo.
[spoiler]You could make a legitimate argument that the EU has already hugely over-extended itself, which is more or less the cause of the current 'crisis', so it currently makes no sense to add another massive liability to the mix. I'm sure there are many political reasons for admitting Turkey, but the finance aspect is obviously one of the most important.[/spoiler]
4th reason: turkey shouldn't even exist
Why would you want to write a paper on such a boring topic? confuseddood;
Yuck.
[spoiler]I like Turkey, but I have no steadfast opinion on the EU issue...[/spoiler]
Quote from: vziard on November 11, 2011, 03:20:35 PM
- turkey is not in europe
They are mostly in europe, especially given the density of their population in the overlapping part. But yeah I am going to write about it.
Quote from: MF Doom on November 11, 2011, 07:13:33 PM
They are mostly in europe, especially given the density of their population in the overlapping part. But yeah I am going to write about it.
lol, wut?
Isn't Thrace the only part geographically in Europe? The rest is in Asia, man.
"Turkey is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe." (from the official wikipedia)
... so both but its landmass is continuous to the east and very severely cut off from europe on the west, so I'd say asia, middle-east, anatolia is probably best
Turkey is what I eat for Lunch
Adding Turkey would also be a major issue as far as illegal immigration because the free movement of the EU would allow much easier access from the Middle East. Furthermore they also have a huge issue with Cyprus and Greece, existing EU countries due to their military action in Cyprus.
There is more but I've got to go drink, bye girl;
Quote from: vziard on November 11, 2011, 07:46:12 PM
"Turkey is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe." (from the official wikipedia)
... so both but its landmass is continuous to the east and very severely cut off from europe on the west, so I'd say asia, middle-east, anatolia is probably best
The Anatolian peninsula is still on the Asian continent though. Turkey is very much considered the middle-east... (Well, at least for me.)
In terms of the way the country functions and is heading, I could see why it would gain admission into the EU. As long as it benefits both the Union and Turkey, why not?
That's what I think.
Still, this topic is so boring compared to the vast amount of international issues going on at the moment.
Quote from: NPR on November 11, 2011, 07:57:31 PM
Adding Turkey would also be a major issue as far as illegal immigration because the free movement of the EU would allow much easier access from the Middle East. Furthermore they also have a huge issue with Cyprus and Greece, existing EU countries due to their military action in Cyprus.
There is more but I've got to go drink, bye girl;
I've never looked into illegal immigration over seas, but what's preventing immigrants from crossing over now that would be gone if Turkey joined the union? confuseddood;
Wow I just pumped out a solid paper in 5 page essay in 5 hours. That was intense. I learned so much about Turkey in such a short period of time.
1 point for college
Quote from: vziard on November 12, 2011, 12:41:51 AM
1 point for college
lol
in my defense i had two exams yesterday and spent the majority of my week studying for those. i'm doing really well in the class that this paper was for so it was kind of an after thought
informational papers can always be afterthoughts
Quote from: Hippopo on November 11, 2011, 08:07:36 PM
I've never looked into illegal immigration over seas, but what's preventing immigrants from crossing over now that would be gone if Turkey joined the union? confuseddood;
Gone? confuseddood;
It would be easier for illegal immigration since once you are in an EU country you don't need to have a passport to travel between nations and so if Turkey's security is lax it could be used as an entry point to more affluent EU nations such as Germany, France, etc.
Quote from: NPR on November 12, 2011, 09:38:41 AM
Gone? confuseddood;
confuseddood;
If you're going to say that allowing Turkey into the EU would increase illegal immigration, I can only assume that certain safeguards which are used today will be
gone as soon as Turkey joins. What else would cause the change?
Quote from: NPR on November 12, 2011, 09:38:41 AM
It would be easier for illegal immigration since once you are in an EU country you don't need to have a passport to travel between nations and so if Turkey's security is lax it could be used as an entry point to more affluent EU nations such as Germany, France, etc.
Okay.
But wouldn't entrance into the EU help the Turkish economy and possibly decrease the number immigrants?
Quote from: vziard on November 12, 2011, 01:59:35 AM
informational papers can always be afterthoughts
technically it was
persuasivealthough my paper was extremely fact heavy