position paper
Formal stance document
A position paper is a document stating an organization's or individual's official stance on an issue.
Common in politics, diplomacy, and academic settings, it presents arguments supporting a particular viewpoint: The committee released a position paper on climate policy.
Position papers aim to persuade or establish a basis for negotiation.
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- working draftPreliminary version under revision
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- negotiating tableForum for reaching agreement
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
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- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- public affairspolitics, election, campaign, polling, poll
- journal publishingresearch article, editor in chief, review article, managing editor, case study
- opinion piecesop-ed, op-eds, opinion piece, editorial column, editorials
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