1 .		For more information on foreign policy, go to: www.cfr.org. Go to http://www.cfr.org/about/mission.php. What is the mission of the Council on Foreign Relations? What are its four main goals? Click on this link: http://foreignaffairs.org/browse/. Pick one of the areas that interests you and click on it. Read one of the reports that interests you. What did the report study? What were its findings?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
2 .		For more information on the United Nations, go to: www.un.org/english. Click on "about the UN." When and why was the United Nations established? What are the purposes of the UN? How does the UN differ from NATO? What are some of the main accomplishments of the United Nations? What is the difference between the General Assembly and the Security Council? Click on "human rights." What is the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights"? What rights does it contain? What rights does it omit? Is the human rights situation in the world generally improving or getting worse? Explain your answer. Click on "peace and security." What are some of the methods used by the UN to try to secure world peace? What are some of the conflicts that has recently threatened that peace?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
3 .		For more information about NATO, go to: www.nato.int. Click on "welcome." When and why was NATO organized? What are the purposes of NATO? Who are its members? How does NATO obtain new members? What is the "partnership for peace"? What current challenges does NATO face?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
4 .		For more information on the State Department, go to: www.state.gov. What does the State Department do? What is its mission? What organizations help it carry out its mission? Go to: http://www.state.gov/interntl. What are some of the hot issues that the State Department is currently involved in? Which one do you think is most important? Click on that one and summarize the controversies involved. Go to: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn. Select a country from this list that is unknown to you. Examine this country. Where is it located? What would be the United States’ interest in this country? Has the State Department issued any warnings or concerns about this country?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
5 .		For more information on the Defense Department, go to: www.defenselink.mil. Go to: http://www.defenselink.mil/osd/topleaders.html. Who is the Secretary of Defense? What is the role of the Deputy Secretary of Defense? Who is he? Go to: http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac. Select one of the Unified Combatant Commands. What is a Unified Combatant Command? What is the mission of the command that you selected? How does it relate to the Department of Defense and the other branches of the armed forces? Examine the defense-related news listed at the top of the page. Is there anything that on this list that was unknown to you? What were you already aware of? What does this tell you about how the media covers defense issues?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
6 .		For more information on the National Security Council, go to: http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/index.html. What is the mission of the NSC? When and why was it created? Who belongs to the NSC? What does it do? What is its relationship with the president of the United States?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
7 .		For more information on the international economy, go to: www.oecdwash.org. Click on "about ." What is the OECD? What does the OECD do? What is its mission? Who belongs to OECD? Go to this address: http://www.oecd.org/statistics. Read one of these reports and summarize its results.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.