One way to approach this is to write about your proposed course of study, major or future career. For example, if you are a business major you can examine how international trade rules affect a certain branch of business; if you are a pre-med major you can examine international conflict over drugs derived from Third World plants or the actions of the influential non-governmental organization “Doctors without Borders.
1.) Do not write a history paper.
2.) Do not write a foreign policy paper.