SECTION A: Write an essay in response to this question.1.Why does war/conflict arise in the international system? Explain what you mean by war/conflict and you may deal with both/either interstate and/orintrastate. You should give THREE ways in which conflict arises with specific examples. Finally, argue which ONE of these three is or has been most important for international politics.SECTION B: Write an essay in response to ONE of these two questions.1
1.Construct your own study in the area of international politics of an outcome ofinterest (note: it can be one that we have examined before or a new one). Indoing so, choose at least ONE article or piece of literature that we have readduring our class of relevance to this research proposal. Which states will youstudy? What methods (quantitative, qualitative, experiment, survey, etc)?Which theory/theories are most relevant? What potential data would youneed? Finally, what challenges do you anticipate in your study of the relationsbetween (not necessarily within) countries? [remember this is JUST aproposal of a study NOT the actual research]OR2.Choose THREE major contemporary issues or ‘outcomes’ (other than war)from the second half of the semester (terrorism, international law, IPE, humanrights/humanitarian intervention, the environment, rise of China, etc). Explainthese in the context of the study of international politics—which ONE is mostimportant today AND which international politics/relations theory has the bestexplanation for how to deal with that issue (or why it might be unsolvable)?
