For the paper each student will choose a theme or topic similar to BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAME as the variety dealt with in the course.  Such topics or themes could include, but are not limited, to the following examples:  The reasons for or against humanitarian interventions in 20th or 21st century troubled locations such as, but not limited to, Darfur, Cambodia, South Africa (during the apartheid years), Rwanda, Chechnya, the Congo, Guatemala, the U.S. during the Civil Rights era, Kosovo, Tibet, Syria, the Holocaust.  A description of the problem causing outside concern, the issue of obtaining adequate knowledge of the situation, along with an analysis of the reasons (from newspaper or other media sources, or governmental discussions) for or against intervention is to be presented in the paper. Another example is an in-depth critical analysis of the arguments presented by scholars or officials in favor or against the concept of intervention, using one of the various historical instances as the starting point.  All the materials, readings or videos listed above can be used EXCEPT for the required book for the course by Gary Bass! ALL TOPICS AND SOURCES HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE INSTRUCTOR.