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Facts
Details
-Statistics related -Background
to topic
information
coming from
-Relevant dates / expert sources
events in the
history of the
-Existing
issue
precedent
relating to the
legislation
Examples
-Names of key
people / laws
involved in the
issue
-Cases
demonstrating
the impacts you
discuss in your
speech
Periodicals
-The Economist
-The Financial Times
- Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Policy
- Nation Specific
Newspapers (Le
Monde, Der Spiegel,
Daily Yomiyuri, etc)
Think Tanks
- Cato Institute
-American Institute for
Economic Research
-American Institute on
Politics and Society
-Brookings Institution
-Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace
-Center for Economic
and Policy Research
-Foreign Policy
Research Institute, etc
Other Sources
- Historical and
Economics related
Non-Fiction “New
Releases”
- University Research
Studies on the Issue
- Existing laws,
statutes, and court
cases able to
demonstrate precedent