THREE-MINUTE STATEMENT
Making a short presentation may be even more challenging than making a term presentation: you have to present a compelling case within three minutes!

Useful tips

Preparing:
1. Think over the chosen topic and come up with an idea you feel strongly about.
2. Formulate a claim and make up a list of reasons why you are right in defending this claim.
3. Find convincing, up-to-date evidence to support your case.
4. Rehearse out loud keeping track of the time.

Presenting:
1. Start with an introductory phrase:
I’m going to talk about…; In my statement I will deal with…
2. Make a clear thesis statement (claim).
3. Produce 2–3 arguments (reasons), which you develop and support with examples.
4. Conclude with a sum-up relevant to your thesis statement:
So, all of the above shows that …
It appears reasonable to conclude that…
So we can conclude beyond reasonable doubt

AUTUMN TERM

MAKE A 3-MIN STATEMENT ON:

1. the contribution of the British Empire to the world

2. the likelihood of disintegration of the UK

3. the North-South divide in England

4. the need for an English parliament

5. any controversial aspect of British democracy

6. the role of the Commonwealth

7. UK — Commonwealth relations

8. bilateral relations within the Commonwealth

9. prospects of the Commonwealth

10. relations between former colonies and former colonial powers

11. legacy of the British Empire

12. Does the Commonwealth matter?

13. Brexit and the Commonwealth

14. What keeps the UK together?

15. the American Empire

16. American identity / American patriotism

17. the American creed / the American dream

18. the core values of the country you study in comparison with American values

19. the correlation between American values and US foreign policy

20. the prospects of Western democracy

21. US foreign policy after the Cold War (or after 9/11)

22. US global role

23. US — China rivalry

24. US — EU relations

25. US — Russia relations

26. division in American society

27. the US as a modern empire

28. US foreign policy

29. transatlantic partnership

30. the most plausible scenario for the future of Europe over the next decade

31. the EU’s challenges and opportunities

32. EU: contradictions between the core and the periphery

33. EU-UK relations

34. EU-Russia relations

35. EU-China relations

36. European strategic autonomy

37. the EU’s enlargement agenda

38. regionalism in international relations

39. ASEAN as a model of regional integration

40. relations between the countries within ASEAN

41. ASEAN-Russia strategic partnership

42. Sino-ASEAN relations

43. ASEAN-US relations

44. BRICS: challenges and opportunities

45. the challenges of regional integration

46. the role of ASEAN

47. the future of the european project

48. EU’s current challenges

SPRING TERM

MAKE A 3-MIN STATEMENT ON:

1. the International community and climate change-induced conflict

2. the (in)effectiveness of international human rights institutions

3. the socio-political effects of population policies

4. the prospects of international human rights development

5. the correlation between population size and political clout

6. human rights and religion 

7. the implications of gender imbalance for national security

8. consequences of humanitarian intervention

9. the implications of the current demographic trends in Russia for its foreign policy

10. double standards in human rights policy

11. the causes of ramifications of migration processes in a region of your choice

12. the failure of the R2P doctrine

13. illegal immigration and ways to deal with it 

14. human rights as a political tool in international relations

15. migration issues in the Russian Federation

16. national immigration policies

17. international human rights and national interests

18. migration and human rights

19. demographic time bomb in Europe

20. controversies of the human rights concept

21. the ramifications of a youth bulge in developing countries

22. the role of NGOs in upholding human rights

23. migration across borders: political ramifications

24. international human rights protection

25. implications of the current demographic trends

26.human rights in the context of international relations

27. Russia’s demographic crisis

28. HR and diplomacy

29. migration as a global issue

30. dealing with a humanitarian crisis

31. the correlation between climate change and conflict 

32. universality of HR

33. sanctions in HR protection

34. regional application of HR norms 

35. global application of HR norms 

36.push and pull factors of migration

37. the controversies of freedom of speech

38. the Covid-19 pandemic

39. the human rights record of a country in your region of studies

40. the dangers of neo-Malthusianism