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1. What are global governance and its varieties, and why do we need global governance? What are international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and how can we distinguish between types of IGOs? What functions do IGOs perform in global governance?

2. In what ways is liberalism one of the most important theoretical approaches to global 

governance? What theoretical approach (realism, critical theories, social constructivism, or the English School) would you consider the most convincing alternative to liberalism in regard to global governance and why? How do theories of organizational interactions contribute to our understanding of global governance? 

3. What arrangements/organizations were significant historical foundations of global governance? In what ways was global governance advanced, or supposed to be advanced, by those arrangements/organizations? Why did the League of Nations fail to prevent World War II? 

4. What are key provisions of the United Nations (UN) Charter? How consistent are these provisions with one another and to what extent can respect for human rights be reconciled with respect for state sovereignty and collective security be reconciled with individual or collective self-defense? Are there any reasons to amend key provisions of the UN Charter, and, if so, how might they be amended? 

5. How do membership and voting as well as responsibilities and functions of the UN General Assembly differ from membership and voting as well as responsibilities and functions of the UN Security Council? How legitimate and effective is the UN Security Council today? What might be acceptable and useful reforms, if any, of the UN Security Council?