Hi everyone! I was looking at the SFS essay prompt, and I wasn’t sure what angle I should try to push. Should I pick a more obscure topic that has little relation to myself (almost like
a research paper), or should I pick a more well-known topic that I can find a way to link back to myself (e.g. Syrian refugee crisis)? Thanks in advance!
I wrote mine with an academic paper-type style, as did several of my SFS friends, but there really isn’t a wrong or right way of approaching it. The essay is a way for you to show that you’re knowledgeable about global issues and can speak intelligently about something IR-related, so approach it however you think would best convey that.