Essay Homework
A 6to 7 pages research-based essay response to the prompt below, dealing mainly on the search for peace and security, yet encompassing other issues written about and discussed in Modules. The Essay is open-book/open-note/open-research and focuses on the assigned readings, the Discussion Board Forum topics, the presentations, and other research related to the course content.
Essay Theme: The UN as global police force and negotiation facilitator
I. Reasoning with clear ideas and examples in any manner you choose, whether separately or integrated, answer the questionsbellow indicating the limits and possibilities of justification for the UN as a global police force or negotiation facilitator between hostile or potentially hostile states.
II. Include the following related questions:
i. What is the scope of its authority to act as an enforcement institution or negotiation facilitator?
ii. What kinds of international problems does it seek to ameliorate or resolve, and does the seriousness of these problems warrant a global rather than regional or state response?
iii. What are its methods and instruments of containment, enforcement, or persuasion-how does it get peoples and states to comply with its dictates or at least restrain themselves?
iv. What are the chief limits of its ability to act as a legitimate global police authority or negotiation facilitator? Why does Mearsheimer believe that international institutions like the UN offer a ‘false promise' of greater security than the current state system can offer?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.