International Security – Syrian Migration
Order Description
Paper needs to be 8 pages long. Not including title references or appendices. 12 Font. Double spaced. Focus of the paper needs to be ANALYTICAL – no discussion, no description, no opinions.
Format must be as follow:
Introduction, introduce the topic, formulate thesis.
Literature review, thorough discussion of the literature that supports/contradicts the essay topic. APA bibliographic style for citation to credit the authors is required.
Argument or analysis.
Conclusion.
Bibliography/references.
Appendices.
PAPER MUST FOLLOW STANDARTS OF APA CITATION. Guide can be found here:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
Must include at least 6 scholarly sources.
Essay topic:
Thesis question:
Is immigration a threat to international security and what are the implications it has on security at the national level, the regional level and the international level.
Focus:
Syrian civil war and the mass migration it has produced.
Always relating all topics of discussion to international security.
To discuss:
The Syrian civil war.
Syrian refugee crisis. Different from others. Speed. Scale. Region. International reaction.
Implications. At the three levels. Threat to international security. Radicalization and terrorism. Xenophobia in Europe. Closing down borders. Reasoning behind it.
Especially true in Jordan Turkey and Lebanon.
Moving forward. Solutions. Means for peace. End of conflict. More involvement expected from Arab community. Emigrants not always bad news to new countries. Positives.
DISCUSS FURTHER TOPICS THAT RELATE AS WELL! These are minimum requirements only and feel free to add as you wish. I provided below interesting sources to look at.
Interesting sources to possibly use:
https://www.mei.edu/content/map/syrian-refugee-emergency-implications-state-security-and-international-humanitarian-system
https://www.cas.unt.edu/~idean/RefugeesWar.pdf
https://web.mit.edu/ssp/publications/working_papers/WP-90-2.pdf
https://www.e-ir.info/2013/08/24/is-immigration-a-threat-to-security/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/05679329208449097