Instructions for M3 assignment
For the Project Step 1 assignment, please submit brief topic description for your research project, i.e. the Memo to the President. It should be several paragraphs long containing the following:

Short overview of the subject
Explain the research question you would like to address
Outline your argument, i.e your policy recommendation

Topic Samples

The mass killings of Rohingya people in Myanmar 
The Islamic State/ISIS and the killings of Yazidis
Genocide prevention and education
The politics of memorials commemorating genocide
China and its mistreatment of minorities, such as the Uyghurs in Western China.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict