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Really guys I don't think going to PSR/PSJR for advice is such a brilliant idea. I know I am not the one who should be lecturing on this considering my indecisiveness, but I've never gone there for advice (I came to Gradcafe). Take it from someone who has already written a proposal - you should only discuss this with your advisor and bounce ideas off of your cohort. If you are entering a US school, then you have TWO years to come up with a proposal, so no need to freak out! Plus, people on PSR/PSJR are just giving you really broad research areas, which does not help you much. Seriously, "global governance," "migration," "corruption," "human security," "nuclear proliferation," etc. are all too broad. A thesis needs to be narrow! You can't go to your advisor and say "I want to write on global governance." LOL. 

Going to graduate school is something that you should ENJOY. It seems as though people are going to graduate school focusing on all of the wrong things. Making your thesis marketable...seriously. Look at the key pieces in IR theory I can assure you they were not the "thing" to talk about when they were published. 

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Um, is this supposed to be a response to something? Not that I don't agree with all your points; I think they're pretty spot on (ESPECIALLY PSJR - that site is so broken). Just wondering if this was meant to be in another thread.

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I think phdhope2013 is referencing this post:

 

http://www.poliscirumors.com/topic/hot-topics-in-ir

 

Yeah, not exactly the most constructive of threads. Also, the OP didn't do himself/herself any favours in the general way they framed that question.

 

''Czech politics and the roots of terrorism'' - this made me giggle, though.

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9 hours ago, Salve said:

I hope that you open another thread for this one

 

10 hours ago, Sartori said:

This is probably worth another thread rather than going here

Preexisting, although kind of dead

 

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