PLS 152 Global Issues

Suggested Term Paper Topics

Terrorism

• Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda
• East Africa Bombing
• USS Cole Attack
• Abu Nidal and Black June
• Suicide Bombers
• Terrorism in Iraq
• Terrorism in Southeast Asia
• Terrorism and Human Rights

Human Rights

• Rwanda Genocide
• Pol Pot and Cambodia genocide
• Pinochet and Chilean Human Rights
• The Argentine Military and the Problem of Disappearances
• Indonesia and East Timor
• Human Rights violations in China, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, or other countries
• International Criminal Court
• US Detainees at Guantanamo
• Abu Gharib Prisoners
• Saddam Hussein’s Human Rights Problems

Global Ecological Problems

• Kyoto Treaty and Global Warming
• Biodiversity
• International Whaling Problems
• Johannesburg Conference and Sustainable Development
• Tragedy of the Commons
• Oceans and Overfishing

Population Problems

• World Population and Development
• International Population Control Programs in various countries
• Role and Status of Women and Population Control
• HIV Aids and Africa
• Population Control Program of China/India/Indonesia/ Mexico or other countries
• SARS and China

Global Energy Problems

• US Energy Policy and OPEC
• US Energy Policy
• China and Global Energy Supply
• Bush Energy Policy and ANWAR

Nuclear Arms

• National Missile Defense
• Nuclear Proliferation
• Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction
• India and Pakistan- Is Nuclear War Possible?
• North Korea Nuclear Weapons Program
• Iran and Nuclear Proliferation