Statement of Issue: What is the problem this brief is seeking to address?
Summarize the issue, and the main recommendations you are putting forward. Limit this to 150 words or less. This should give the reader the main points reflected in the body of the brief.
How does this issue touch upon your country’s national strategic economic, political, social, cultural interests?
If you are representing the US State Department, for instance, what programs, policy decisions, funding, has been allotted to this issue in the past? What countries and organizations are you already partnering with on this issue? If there is little prior policy action, why was no action taken?
