The research paper must include a clear thesis statement and two to three arguments .
Paper topics may include:
• What is the role of UN Security in resolving international armed conflict?
• What is the role of UN Security Council in prosecuting international war criminals?
• What is the role of the UN in maintaining world order?
• Can the United Nations maintain world order?
• Can the history of international law explain our present world order?
• What is the status of Jerusalem in international law?
• Describe and theorize the role of the Third World in the current world order.
Discuss the contested and complicated history of the Sovereignty doctrine and
its current significance.
• What is the history of statehood and why is it so contested?
• Critically discuss the sources of international law from a “Third World Approaches to International Law” perspective.
