What are the historical trends in population growth? What impact does population growth have on resources and international conflict? What policies have states adopted to deal with population growth?
Analyze the success of those polices and whether there other approaches that might be more successful.
What will be an ideal response?
Few effective international agreements have been reached to solve the problem of global warming. Given the severe difficulties associated with managing this problem, what creative international solutions can you think of?
What would be the strengths and weaknesses of your solutions in the short term and in the long term?
What will be an ideal response?
Explain the relationship between the environment and international security. What role does the environment play in this equation? What evidence do we have that there is any relationship at all?
Is it significant enough to warrant the attention of IR scholars and practitioners? Why, or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Two atmospheric problems have become major international issuesglobal warming and depletion of the ozone layer. Explain the causes of these problems and then compare and contrast the international management of each.
What has led to success or failure in managing these problems? What might be done to overcome the failures? In your answer, consider the logic of the tragedy of the commons.
What will be an ideal response?
Compare and contrast environmental negotiations and trade talks. On which principle of international relations does each rely?
What is the difference between trade talks solving a collective-goods problem and solving environmental collective-goods problems?
What will be an ideal response?
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