•  What are the characteristics of globalizing issues?

•  What characteristics make AIDS a particularly difficult globalizing issue?

•  How do the concepts of collective goods and sustainability help us think about environmental issues?

•  What environmental issues may lead to international conflict?

•  What are the different generations of human rights?

•  How can international human rights standards be enforced?

•  How have the contending theories of international relations been modified or changed to accommodate globalizing issues?