2.9: Assignments
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- 292365
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Directions:
Choose two of the following assignments two demonstrate your foundational knowledge of theories and institutions influencing global issues.
- UNSC Veto Simulation: Choose a current global crisis (e.g., the conflict in Gaza or Ukraine). Write a 2,500-word brief on how the Veto Power of the P5 has enabled or hindered a resolution. Compare the official justifications with the concept of Organized Hypocrisy.
- The Sovereignty Audit: Choose a major international treaty, such as the Paris Agreement or UNCLOS. Identify which P5 nations have not ratified it and analyze how their Sovereignty Firewall impacts the treaty's global efficacy.
- The IMF/World Bank Audit: Analyze the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) requirements for a specific nation (e.g., Argentina, Ghana, or Sri Lanka). How did Conditionality and "Austerity" impact their social software, specifically health and education budgets?
- The NGO Boomerang Strategy: Research a human rights issue where local activists are blocked. Design a 5-step digital "Boomerang" strategy: identify the international NGOs to "Throw" to and the state actors likely to provide the most effective "Return".
- WHO Reform Proposal: Draft a policy brief to change the WHO Funding Model. Propose a mechanism to de-link core functions from private donor influence to ensure independent global health regulation.
- WTO Dispute Simulation: You are a lawyer for a developing nation. Defend a law that bans a product made via "Environmental Degradation." Argue against the National Treatment rule using the concept of Planetary Boundaries.
- Design a reform proposal for a global governance issue of their choice, such as climate governance, digital regulation, or migration policy. The project must balance feasibility with innovation, demonstrating how the proposed changes would improve fairness, accountability, and effectiveness.
- Students assume the roles of key global actors (UN Security Council members, NGOs, corporations, and affected states) in a simulated international crisis. Each participant must defend their position, negotiate outcomes, and attempt to reach a resolution.
- The final submission includes a reflective analysis examining how power, negotiation, and institutional constraints shaped the outcome, with explicit reference to course concepts such as sovereignty, legitimacy, and inequality
- Supply Chain Ethics Audit Students trace the global supply chain of a common product (e.g., smartphone, fast fashion item, or food product), analyzing the roles of different actors and identifying points where ethical concerns arise. The assignment culminates in a policy brief proposing realistic interventions to improve equity and sustainability within the system.
- Institutional Power Analysis: Students select a global institution (e.g., IMF, WTO, UN) and critically evaluate its structure, decision-making processes, and impact on global inequality. The analysis must incorporate theoretical frameworks from the course and assess both strengths and limitations.
- Choose one transnational problem. Design a governance mechanism specifying membership, decision rule, financing, monitoring, enforcement, public transparency, and participation by affected communities. Defend the design against two objections and explain one problem the institution cannot solve. Length: 1,200-1,500 words