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Under the umbrella of the general topic of international policy, a subtopic is selected each semester. In the past, these have included fresh water issues between nations and border conflict issues. These subtopics are selected per their applicability to each IS regional and issue emphasis. Therefore, papers on freshwater issues written for the 2001 senior seminar considered economic issues (shipping rights, hydroelectric production, irrigation claims), resource and development issues (pollution, poison, fishing claims), and international relations issues (border claims, militarization). The format for white papers differs from organization to organization, but all share certain commonalities: a clear statement of the problem under consideration, a review of potential solutions, and advocacy of a particular solution to that problem. For the purposes of the IS Capstone Course, we require the following format:
The following white paper by Arrah La Bolle received the Outstanding Research Paper Award in the Martin School for 2008: Examples of Professional White Papers:
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Martin School of International Studies University of Idaho - College of Letters Arts and Social Sciences P.O. Box 443177 Moscow, ID. 83844-3177 Phone: (208) 885-6527 Fax: (208) 885-9464 Email: is@uidaho.edu |
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