Independent Research Paper:  Students will be expected to complete a 12-15 page paper on one of two things:  A specific conflict and its humanitarian challenges. A humanitarian organization and its influences on global conflict(s) These papers should draw on a number of sources (min 10 secondary sources), including primary documents to provide a critical analysis of the subject.  A key aspect of the paper should be its ability to relate the particular subject under study to larger structures/ideas/factors in the history of conflict and confliction prevention/amelioration in the modern period.