The Major Analytical Essay –Case/Issue Study
The essay is designed to test the students’ critical, analytical and research skills. The essay will require substantial reading . Using only Academic and official documents and online sources.
There are eight essay questions for you to choose from. You must choose only ONE. The essay is worth 80% of your overall grade. The essay should be 2500 words maximum. You are expected to do your own research for this essay rather than rely on the course materials. You must refer to specific International Organisations in your essays.
Please see the online essay tips sheet for guidance, as well as the unit guide for information on referencing and how grades are determined. The essay must be submitted in the
Essay Questions:
1. International Organisations are merely conduits for power politics. Debate with reference to one or two particular areas (development, trade, security, etc).
2. Are IOs effective? Consider a few examples and discuss.
3. Current debates frame IO change as determined by either the organisation‟s culture OR the IO‟s material relationship with its member states. Which account best explains IO change?
4. Are IOs autonomous actors in international relations? Provide evidence from two cases to back your claims.
5. Can global environmental issues be solved by international organizations? Consider at least one specific global environmental issue (climate change, biodiversity loss, overfishing, deforestation, etc).
6. Are regional organisations a better alternative than universal organizations in furthering states‟ interests?
7. What are the moral and material limits of humanitarian intervention by IO and NGOs?
8. Is cooperation in security as fraught as realists claim? Provide evidence of the operations of one international organization in your answer.
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