Another title

'The necessary basis for a functioning democracy in a developed economy is a well-informed electorate.' Discuss this idea in relation to recent concerns about fake news, disinformation and security.

(I am, of course, paraphrasing Thomas Jefferson who said “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”)

Sources for the 2016 and 2017 preselezione English texts

Sources for the 2016 preselezione texts

https://www.eureporter.co/

https://www.eureporter.co/frontpage/2016/02/12/refugeecrisis-nato-launches-sea-mission-against-migrant-traffickers/

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R0478

Sources for the 2017 preselezione texts

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/british-suicide-bomber-jamal-al-harith-isis-ministers-security-ben-wallace-handed-1m-taxpayer-a7595501.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/world/asia/china-tibet-buddhists-larung-gar.html?mtrref=www.google.it&gwh=006C4E3B6BA7C9F46B1C90EA9C93DB2D&gwt=pay

Possible titles for an essay

1) Can the European Union provide the international community with leadership?

2) Is there a role in international relations for the EU as an effective mediator?

Russian Poverty

Updates

New Russian weapons?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/europe/russia-putin-speech.html

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/putin-boasts-russian-nuclear-weapons-53433951

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43239331

https://thinkprogress.org/putin-claims-russia-new-weapons-90fe9231c4ec/

Trump refuses to impose sanctions in response to election interference

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/30/the-trump-administrations-weird-explanation-for-withholding-russia-sanctions/?utm_term=.065b03970359

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rich-russians-still-waiting-to-exhale/2018/01/29/7df459ca-052a-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?utm_term=.9cdf8daff230

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/world/europe/kremlin-russia-trump-list.html