Current Event

Prompt: Pick a contemporary international problem related to water security. Pick an article that focuses on water security in a particular place in the world. Summarize the article in one section. Then, write an analysis in a different section. What do you think about this problem? What are the political, economic, and/or social consequences of this water security problem? What do you think should be done about this water security problem?

News analysis guidelines

  • Pick news/events/problems that are current (a few months old to up to a year old). OR, if the international problem is years old, there must be a current development
  • 2+ states involved or state and non-state actor(s) are involved.
  • 100-150 words long. First, summarize (brief summary) and then move on to the analysis. Please see the for more details.
  • Either copy and paste your work or upload a Word or PDF file. No pages file, please.