This essay plan should help you to answer a range of foreign policy essay questions that come up. 
 
It offers:
- Main arguments/conclusions you can use (at your discretion). 
- Mary Queen of Scots - why she was a threat and why she was not. 
- Scotland - why they were a threat and why not. 
- Spain - why they were a threat and why not. 
- France - why they were a threat and why not. 
- Ireland - why they are a threat and why not. 
 
All ideas are my own opinions and can be challenged. The essay plan includes analysis points, specific evidence, interim judgements and historiography.