What can the study potentially help us better understand?

• Background Literature / Research / Theory• Identify the real-world and/or theoretical context in which the paper is operating.• Research Question• What specific question(s) did the author investigate in the project?• Justification• Why, in your view, is it important to our collective understanding of globalaffairs that we obtain an answer to the question(s) posed? What can the study potentially help us better understand? What “gap” in the relevant literature is the study aiming to fill?• Thesis/Argument• What is the thesis (argument) of the paper?•Research Design1. What was the conceptual framework/model/theory of change? 2. Where did the author obtain their data/information?3. How did the author analyze their data/information?•Results• What were the key results of their analyses?• Conclusions & Future Research1. What is the key contribution(s) of the study to the field of globalaffairs (i.e., its “value added”)? How does it improve our understanding of some issue, phenomenon, or relationship between phenomena? How, specifically, might it assist the efforts of researchers, practitioners and/or policymakers?2. What are some other potential directions for future research on this topic?