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What is the basic argument made by the author(s) and what are its strengths?
What are the weaknesses of the argument?
Are the author(s) arguments convincing or not?
Are there critical differences between these authors' arguments and those of others we have read?
What is the focal level of analysis?
What are the key concepts?
What are the underlying (implicit or explicit) assumptions made by the author(s)?
What is the main causal mechanism / explanation?
If they are inconsistent, could the difference be resolved, theoretically or empirically?
What would be the ideal (albeit unrealistic) way to test this theory?
[For empirical papers]: is the evidence convincing? Is the research design appropriate?
Are there alternate explanations or lines of reasoning the authors omit?