This document provides instructions for a research paper on the topic of intractable conflicts. Students are asked to use the example of global warming as an intractable conflict, describing it in detail using the five components of intractable conflicts identified by author Peter Coleman. The paper must be 8-10 pages and cite at least five scholarly sources, including works by Coleman on intractable conflicts and paradigms. It should explain how global warming can be viewed as an intractable conflict and how such conflicts might be addressed, using Coleman's guidelines. The document provides possible scholarly resources on intractable conflicts and instructs students to follow APA style guidelines.