- To be written by you
- To not be published elsewhere
- To be on a topic within the field of International Relations, Politics, Security, Defense, Conflicts, Crisis and Geopolitics
- To include a short description of the author (e.g. occupation, education)
- To have an appropriate title
- To have at least 10 well-referenced resources
- To have a bibliography
- To be between 5 and 15 pages, and not less than 3,000 words
- To be in word doc/docx