Research paper

1) It should be a 15-page (approximately, including the bibliography) double-spaced paper in Word format, and the font should be Times New Roman 12. Since the required length of the paper is approximate, papers from 11-12 pages to 17-18 pages are acceptable.

2) Besides an actual title, the paper should be divided in sections (introduction, literature review, etc.) with titles.

3) There is no need to annotate your bibliography at the end. You just need to add a list of references (books, journal articles, newspapers articles, Internet sources, etc.) with a full citation. You can choose the citation format that you like as long as you are consistent.

4) In-text citations should be in parenthesis with authors last name, year of publication, and page number(s): Examples (Waltz 1979, 24) or (Mearsheimer 2001, 50-51). If it is an Internet source or newspaper article, just author and date.

5) If you cite Internet sources (including newspapers articles), please provide the url link in the list of references.

6) Although a few short ones could be useful, please avoid long direct quotes (it is better to paraphrase).