Habermas in Kuwait: The Role of the Diwaniyah in the Political Process
By Khaled Al Baijan (2006)
Omani Economic Development between Exhaustible and Renewable Resources
By Nadia Al Said (2001)
Whether the Domestic Instability in Zimbabwe Prevents the Southern Development Community (SADC) From Developing into a "Security Community"
By Valerie Andriantsiresy Munro (2007)
Will Haiti Change?
By Tagor Ariot (2002)
Wither Power Politics? A study of the United States' Approach to the Caspian Sea Region, 1991-2001
By Bradley Axmith (2003)
Press Coverage of the Second Intifada (September 2000-April 2002): Impressions of Media Bias
By Sylvie Bacquet (2002)
A Refutation of Robert D. Kaplan's Thesis, as Proposed in the 1994 Article "The Coming Anarchy", Using the Argument that his Extrapolations of the Events in West Africa Being an Indicator of the Future State of the World are Erroneous
By Omar Bandar (2005)
Only a Pawn: Kosovo, Humanitarian Intervention and the Expansion of US Hegemony
Human Rights in Iran under the Pahlavi Regime and the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Compatative Analysis
By Dean Behi (2005)
How can anticorruption programs be refocused and redesigned to increase their success, effectiveness and sustainabillity?
By Kristi Benedict (2006)
Surviving in Defiance of Conventional Wisdom: How International Power Politics and Political Culture ensure North Korea's Survival
By Charlotte Bennborn (2008)
The Global Consumer Class (GCC), Information Technology and Sustainable Consumption: In Search of common ground for common good
By Matthew Bentley (2000)
The European Central Bank Influence on the Central and Eastern European Countries National Central Banks
By Robert Bopp (2003)
Maritime Piracy and Armed Robbery in Southeast Asia
By Annemie Breesch (2005)
A Canadian Interest, an American Expectation. The Need of Reformulation of Canadian Defence Policy and of the Formulation of a National Security Policy
By Jon Buchanan (2004)
In Search of Security. Caribbean Small Island States in a Global Era
By S. Burke (2000)
Is Revolution Possible in a Postmodern Era?
Un/divided Island
By Charles Cannada (2007)
The European Union: Its Impact on Sovereignty and National Identity
By Antonio Carvalho (2005)
Tofu Capitalism: Haiti and the Rise of Neoliberal Hegemony
Is the International Relations Theory of Holistic Constructivism the Most Useful Theoretical Tool to Analyze the Direction of United States Foreign Policy in Recent Years, Particularly since the Accession to the Presidency of George W. Bush?
By J. Regina Coar (2008)
Reinforcing the European Common Foreign and Security Policy: Myth or Reality?
An analysis of the French Press Coverage of the Reasons behind the Rejection by French voters of the 29 May 2005 Referendum on the Treaty to Establish the European Union Constitution
By Christy Davis (2006)
A Feminist Analysis of the National Security Strategy of the United States of America, 2006
By Safina Dewshi (2008)
The Sahel: Environmental Degradation and the Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism by 2025
By Edward Farrell (2005)
Assessment of the Assistance by International Humanitarian Agencies to the Kosovar Population During the Crisis of 1999-2000
By Jaime Fields (2004)
Affirmative Action Versus "Pacte Republicain". How the American System Affects the French Concept of Nation
By Clelia Fleury (2003)
Kosovo: Education as the Conflict's Catalyst? A Constructive Perspective
By Maria Fraga (2008)
Economic Sanctions as a Tool of U.S Foreign Policy: A Case Study on the Failure of the Cuban Embargo in the Post-Cold War Period
By Ulfar Gislason (2007)
A Political Risk Analysis of the Geopolitics of IPI and TAPI Pipelines
By James Gootam (2008)
Women and Warfare. Battling against Mutual Exclusion
By Irene Gorelik (2002)
Reflecting on the Failure of the 1998-2002 Peace Process between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia
By Caroline Gosselin (2004)
Did American media coverage in March 2003 conform to Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky's' Propaganda Model in the coverage of the 2nd Iraq War?
By Jennifer Grant (2008)
Political Mobilization of the Feminized Middle Class within a Globalized Market: A Case Study of Morocco
The Origins and Evolution of Microfinance in Mexico: From a Culture of Credit to a Culture of Savings
By Kathleen Hewitt Villegas (2008)
Glass Slipper or Glass Ceiling? The Impact of Economic Liberalization and European Integration of the Position of Women in the Transition Economy of Romania and its implications for the Promotion of Gender Equality
By Jona Huffer (2008)
The Perception of Security: The Barcelona Process
By Yasmeen R. Hussain (2006)
Common Security and Foreign Policy of the EU: Comparative Analysis of French and EU fp towards US
By Zatashah Idris (2007)
Modernist Feminists versus Traditional Feminists: Preservation of Cultural and Religious Identity through Protests against Women's Rights in Morocco
By Lalla Kenza Idrissi (2008)
How did an exclusive Americo-Liberian nationalism lead to and sustain the Liberian Civil War of 1985-2003?
By Toushi Itoka (2009)
Comparative Analysis of the National Aeronautics and Spece Agency and the European Space Agency in the Areas of Decision Making Effectiniveness and Efficiency
By Dean Jackson (2005)
UNIFIL and the Failure of Collective Security: A Case Study of Mearsheimer's "False Promise of International Institutions"
New World Order: A Play on Words, but a Real Impressions of Power Alliances
By Gwenetta Johnson (2007)
Carbon Tax or Cap-and-Trade: Lessons for Canadian Policymakers in Emissions Reduction from Europe and the United States
By Christian Karastojanov (2000)
Iraqi Kurdistan
By Karina Kloos (2006)
The Relation between Microfinance, the Empowerment of Women and the Alleviation of Poverty
By Mairi Lee (2007)
English Language as a Political Tool in Non-Anglophone Countries
By Rachel Levine (2007)
The Inability of Peacekeeping to address the Rwandan-Congolese Security Dilemma
By Eric Miller (2009)
Comparative Analysis of the High School Textbooks in Use in California and Quebec Concerning Their Coverage of the Second World War
By Amanda Nagele Roix (2008)
The False Image of Nicolae Ceausescu in the U.S.: New York Times and State Department Parallelism
By Raluca Negru (2003)
Towards a Peaceful Settlement of the Spratly Islands Dispute
By Danilo Padilla (1999)
Ethanol Policies in the United States: Contribution or Distraction to Innovating Energy Technology
By Sarah E. Pedersen (2008)
Is daily newspapers' coverage of Angela Merkel in Germany, France, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) gender-biased?
By Christiane A. Peuker (2008)
Just and Unjust Wars: Iraq
By Zhanna Radkovska (2009)
Social Movements and the Internet: How Have Movements for Change been Changed by the Rise of the Internet?
By Matthew Reichel (2007)
Water Scarcity as a Factor for Conflict in the Middle East?: A Case Study of the Relationship between Lebanon, Syria and Israel
By Roaida Rizkallah (2007)
Genetically Modified Crops: A Survey Research on Public Opinion
By Ricardo Rodamilans (2003)
Developing Models for Developing Nations: Costa Rica and Brazil's Fight Against Bio-piracy
By Laura Root (2004)
Maria Mies's Capitalist Patriarchy: Case Study of Poor Women in Uganda
By Nina Sajic (2006)
The Disappointments of Democratization and Neoliberal Development in Guatemala
By Rebecca Sampson (2005)
An Analysis of Controversial Events in French History, as Presented in French Collège-Lycée Textbooks
By Kathryn Sanders (2006)
The Re-Emergence of an Ancient Regional Rivalry: A Comparative Case-Study of Turkish-Iranian Relations as Modern Nation-States
By Jopi Schluep (2005)
Does the International Community Have a Legal Responsability to Protect? An Analysis of Norms Regarding Humanitarian Intervention in Africa since 1990
By Alan Seelinger (2009)
Poland's Economic Transformation and Integration into the European: A Study in Leverage
By Monica Sledjeski (2006)
Nuclear Deterrent Economic Sanctions: The Role of Direct Diplomacy in the US-Iran Case Study
By Laura-Lee Smith (2009)
The Effects of the Resource Curse on Sub-Saharan Africa: A case Study of Curruption in Nigeria
By Gabrielle Spiers (2007)
The Liberty of the Press in France: Legal, Judicial and Economic Obstacles to a Free Press
By Ranjani Srinivasan (1996)
Turkey's European Union Candidacy: An Analysis of Turkey's Fullfillment of the Copenhagen Criteria
By Marina Stavrakas (2006)
The Cold War and the "War on Terror": Relgion as a Tool to Procure Public Support for Warfare
By Janicke Stramer (2005)
"States have no friends, they only have interests: " A Comparative Analysis on Taiwan's Diplomacy and How China's Peaceful Development Will Affect Taiwan's Struggle for International Recognition
By Nancy Su (2007)
The Rise of Islamic Militancy: Confronting the Radical Spiritual Schools of South-Central Asia
By Brad Svenningson (2005)
The Failure of Integration: A Comparative of European Immigration Integration Models
By Sumiko Tanaka (2007)
Osama Bin Laden's Reasons for Attacking the US: A Content Analysis of Three U.S. Newspapers in the Period of September 18-25, 2001 Compared with the Content of Sama Bin Laden's Declarations and Interviews
By Robert Tautges (2005)
The Origins of World War I and World War II: A Comparative Study
By Latieule Trung (2000)
Does the Structure of Central Banks Influence the Effectiveness of their Interventions in the Foreign Exchange Market
By Vojislav Valcic (2001)
Tailoring "Education for All" to Sub-Saharan Africa: Implementation of Essential Criteria to Optimize Educational Development
By Lauren Ventimiglia (2007)
Privatization in India: A Case for Gradualism in India's National Economy and Its Impacts on Corporate Development
By Prasanna Vernenkar (2004)
The Limits of American Soft Power
By Bradford Vick (2007)
Dangerous Polarity: The New International Order's Rise in Nuclear Proliferation
By James Wagamon (2006)
The Development of Civil Society in China and its Influence on Environmental Issues in China
By Audrey Wang (2009)
The Common European Health Policy for Tobacco Control
By Lihan Wei (2006)
Russian Organized Crime: The New Threat
By Peter Wolczik (2000)
Will more nuclear weapons really be better? The Reliability of the Theory of Nuclear Deterrence Testing Kenneth Waltz's Views on Proliferation
By Jennifer M. Wright (2009)
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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.
Standing Her Ground: Legal Constraints on Women Who have been Victims of Violence , Janae E. Thomas
Struggling Against the Odds: Social Movements in Pakistan During Authoritarian Regimes , Sajjad Hussain
The Domestic Reality of Foreign Policy: The 1994 Clinton Administration Response to the Crises in Rwanda and Haiti , Camara Kemanini Silver
American Military Service and Identity: From the Militia to the All-Volunteer Force , Andrew C. Sparks
Decolonizing Human Trafficking: A Case Study of Human Trafficking in Edo State Nigeria , Oyinkansola Adepitan
Borges, el Escritor Italiano: Precursores Italianos en/desde Borges , Sara Boscagli
A Dangerous New Era: Analyzing the Impact of Cyber Technology on International Conflict , Kenneth Brown
Networks in the Norm Life Cycle and the Diffusion of Environmental Norms , James E. Fry
Power, Property Rights, and Political Development: A property rights theory of political development and its application to the study of development in Honduras and Costa Rica , Ricardo R. Noé
Bodily Harm: An Analysis of the Phenomenological and Linguistic Aspects of Harm and Trauma , Grant Samuel Peeler
Mystic Medicine: Afro-Jamaican Religio-Cultural Epistemology and the Decolonization of Health , Jake Wumkes
The Humanitarian Gaze and the Spectatorial Nature of Sympathy , Michelle Assaad
The Progressive Transformation of Medellín- Colombia: A Successful Case of Women's Political Agency , María Auxiliadora González-Malabet
Restoring International Justice: Exposing the Limitations of Retributive Justice and Proposing a Restorative Dimension , Nazek Jawad
Human Rights, Emotion, and Critical Realism: Proposing an Emotional Ontology of International Human Rights , Ben Luongo
When Faced with a Democracy: political socialization of first-generation ethnic Russian immigrants in Central and South Florida , Marina Seraphine Mendez
Structure of Turkey-USA Bilateral Relations and Analysis of Factors Affecting Bilateral Relations , Hanifi Ozkarakaya
Soviet Nationality Policy: Impact on Ethnic Conflict in Abkhazia and South Ossetia , Nevzat Torun
The Influence of The Armenian Diaspora on The American Foreign Policy , Fatih Aydogan
Discourse, Affinity and Attraction: A Case Study of Iran's Soft Power Strategy in Afghanistan , Hiva Feizi
Becoming Legitimate: How PMSCs are Seeking Legitimacy in the International System , Sommer Mitchell
De Mestizas a Indígenas: Reindigenization as a Political Strategy in Ecuador , Pamela X. Pareja
Star Power, Pandemics, and Politics: The Role of Cultural Elites in Global Health Security , Holly Lynne Swayne
Strategic Negligence: Why the United States Failed to Provide Military Support to the Syrian Resistance in 2011-2014 , Konrad J. Trautman
The Viability of Democratic Governance in De Facto States: A Comparative Case Study of Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria Rojava , Chelsea Vogel
Cyber Deterrence against Cyberwar between the United States and China: A Power Transition Theory Perspective , Yavuz Akdag
The Role of Elites in the Formation of National Identities: The Case of Montenegro , Muhammed F. Erdem
Measuring Trust in Post-Communist States: Making the Case for Particularized Trust. , Nicole M. Ford
Hidden: A Case Study on Human Trafficking in Costa Rica , Timothy Adam Golob
Latino Subgroups Political Participation in American Politics: The Other Latinos’ Electoral Behavior , Angelica Maria Leon Velez
Re-ethnicization of Second Generation Non-Muslim Asian Indians in the U.S. , Radha Moorthy
Structural Racism: Racists without Racism in Liberal Institutions within Colorblind States , Alexis Nicole Mootoo
Venezuela, from Charisma to Mimicry: The Rise and Fall of a Televised Political Drama , Rebecca Blackwell
Containment: A Failed American Foreign Policy and How the Truman Doctrine Led to the Rise in Islamic Extremism in the Muslim World , Christopher Jonathan Gerber
The Role of Religion in Mitigating Cancer Disparities Among Black Americans , Samar Hennawi
Where is the Survivor’s Voice? An Examination of the Individual and Structural Challenges to the Reintegration of Immigrant Human Trafficking Survivors , Michelle Cristina Angelo Dantas Rocha
Changes and Challenges in Diplomacy: An Evaluation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Dominican Republic , Yudelka Santana
How Presidents Can Become "Hip" by Using High Definition Metaphors Strategic Communication of Leadership in a Digital Age , Mirela Camelia Stimus
At the Intersection of Human Agency and Technology: Genetically Modified Organisms , James Libengood
The Triumvirate of Intersectionality: a Case Study on the Mobilization of Domésticas in Brazil , Kristen Lei Nash
Strategic Missile Defense: Russian and U.S. Policies and Their Effects on Future Weapons Proliferation , Diana Marie Nesbitt
Staring Down the Mukhabarat: Rhizomatic Social Movements and the Egyptian and Syrian Arab Spring , Stephen Michael Strenges
The Effect of Neoliberalism on Capabilities: Evaluating the Case of Mexico , James Paul Walker
Human Trafficking from Southern Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala: Why These Victims are Trafficked into Modern Day Florida , Timothy Adam Golob
The Effects of U.S. Middle East Foreign Policy on American Muslims: A Case Study of Muslims in Tampa Bay , Mark G. Grzegorzewski
Does Revolution Breed Radicalism? An Analysis of the Stalled Revolution in Syria and the Radical Forces Since Unleashed , Ryan King Little
The United States Prison System: A Comparative Analysis , Rachel O'connor
Fair Trade in Transition: Evolution, Popular Discourse, and the Case of the CADO Cooperative in Cotopaxi, Ecuador , Robyn Michelle Odegard
Challenging the Democratic Peace Theory - The Role of US-China Relationship , Toni Ann Pazienza
Continuation in US Foreign Policy: An Offensive Realist Perspective , Bledar Prifti
The Syrian Civil War: Four Concentric Forces of Tensions , Majid Rafizadeh
Key Ingredients in the Rule of Law Recipe: The Role of Judicial Independence in the Effective Establishment of the Rule of Law , Lauren A. Shumate
Leges, Plebiscita, et Rogationes: Democratization and Legislative Action, 494 - 88 BC , Eric Wolters
An Analysis of State Building: The Relationship between Pashtun 'Para-State' Institutions and Political Instability in Afghanistan , Rebecca Young Greven
Accessibility's Influence on Population Location near Light Rail in the Denver Region , Christophe Michael Zuppa
A Comparative Study: How Educational and Healthcare Preparedness Affected Marketization of the Chinese and Indian Economies , Cindy Arjoon
Accidental Detention: A Threat to the Legitimacy of Venezuelan Democracy , Mabel Gabriela Durán-Sánchez
European Union Institutions, Democratic Discourse, and the Color Revolutions , Lizette G. Howard
The End of Anarchy: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the States System , Gregory Edward Johnson
Trends in the Contracting out of Local Government Services , Cristiane Carvalho Keetch
Framing Colombian Women's Beliefs, Values and Attitude Towards Sex and Sexual High-Risk Behaviors , Rosa Ore
Impacts of U.S. Foreign Policy and Intervention on Guatemala: Mid-20th Century , Patricia M. Plantamura
Maximizing Citizenship with Minimal Representation: An Analysis of Afro-Argentine Civil Society Organizing Strategies , Prisca Suarez
From Zaire to the DRC: A Case Study of State Failure , Adam Zachariah Trautman
Guanxi, Networks and Economic Development: The Impact of Cultural Connections , Patricia Anne Weeks
Comparative Political Corruption in the United States: The Florida Perspective , Andrew Jonathon Wilson
Modernization From Above: Social Mobilization, Political Institutionalization and Instability: A Case Study of Iran (1953-1979) , Jeffrey Robert Cobb
The Relationship between the Social Construction of Race and the Black/White Test Score Gap in , Toriano M. Dempsey
The Causes and Effects of Get Tough: A Look at How Tough-on-Crime Policies Rose to the Agenda and an Examination of Their Effects on Prison Populations and Crime , Cheyenne Morales Harty
Hegemonic Rivalry in the Maghreb: Algeria and Morocco in the Western Sahara Conflict , Michael D. Jacobs
The Politics of Pentecostalism; Does it Help or Hinder Democratic Consolidation in Brazil? , Amber S. Johansen
Women's Political Representation in Europe: An Analysis of Structural and Attitudinal Factors , Jenna Elaine Mcculloch
Examining the Relationship between Participatory Democracy and Nonwhite Domestic Workers in Porto Alegre, Brazil: Issues of Race, Class and Privilege , Alexis Nicole Mootoo
The Indigenous Movement and the Struggle for Political Representation in Bolivia , Angelica T. Nieves
MAS and the Indigenous People of Bolivia , Maral Shoaei
Cyberwar and International Law: An English School Perspective , Anthony F. Sinopoli
The Homegrown Jihad: A Comparative Study of Youth Radicalization in the United States and Europe , William Wolfberg
The State and the Legalization of Dual Citizenship/Dual Nationality: A Case Study of Mexico and the Philippines , Pamela Kim Anderson
The Integration of African Muslim Minority: A Critique of French Philosophy and Policy , Amber Nichole Dillender
Elections and Tensions and Constitutions! Oh, My! A Process-Oriented Analysis of Bolivian Democratization from 1993 to 2009 , Laurel Kristin Dwyer
Cuban Medical Internationalism: A Case for International Solidarity in Foreign Policy Decision Making , Eric James Fiske
The Threat to Democracy in Brazil's Public Sphere , Daniel Nettuno
Prospects for Political Reform in China , Jody Lee Tomlin
The Positive- and Negative-Right Conceptions of Freedom of Speech and the Specter of Reimposing the Broadcast Fairness Doctrine ... or Something Like It , Adam Fowler
The Christian Zionist Lobby and U.S.-Israel Policy , Mark G. Grzegorzewski
An Analysis of U.S. Policies Targeting the Iranian Nuclear Program , Bryan T. Hamilton
Religion and Resistance: The Role of Islamic Doctrine in Hamas and Hezbollah , Matthew Lawson
Prospects for Nuclear Non-Proliferation: An Actor-Oriented Case Study of Iran’s Future , James Martin Lockwood
Impact of Globalization on Socio-Economic and Political Development of the Central Asian Countries , Karina Orozalieva
Mubarak’s Machine: The Durability of the Authoritarian Regime in Egypt , Andrea M. Perkins
International Society Cosmopolitan Politics and World Society , Kimberly Weaver
From China to Cuba: Guerilla Warfare as a Mechanism for Mobilizing Resources , Jorge Barrera
Neoliberalism and Dependence: A Case Study of The Orphan Care Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa , Christine Concetta Gibson
City Level Development New Key to Successful Development , Gina Herron
The neoconservative war on modernity: The Bush Doctrine and its resistance to legitimation , Ben Luongo
The Security and Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran: An Offensive Realism Perspective , Bledar Prifti
Transdiscursive cosmopolitanism: Foucauldian freedom, subjectivity, and the power of resistance , Joanna Rozpedowski
Making and Keeping the Peace: An Analysis of African Union Efficacy , Nicholas Temple
Social Implications of Fair Trade Coffee in Chiapas, Mexico: Toward Alternative Economic Integration , Joseph J. Torok
Role of Culture in Economic Development: China Study of China and Latin America , Amira Fellner
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Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Graduate Program in International Studies, College of Arts & Letters, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
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Dissertation: The Place of Nuclear Weapons in Russian Identity: An Ontological Security Analysis , Peter Ernest Yeager
Thesis: Crisis Narratives in Crisis? A Comparative Investigation into National COVID-19 Narratives , Mouse D. Bennett
Thesis: United States Foreign Policy and the Additions of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , Kara Gwendolyn Broene
Thesis: The Solidarity Manifesto: A New Network for Future Change , Sofia Calicchio
Dissertation: Global Energy Consumption: An Analysis of Variables That Shape Per Capita Usage, or How Pump Price, Urbanization, and Fossil Fuels Imports Impact Fossil Fuels Consumption Per Capita Across OECD Countries , Mila Demchyk Savage
Thesis: U.S.-China Trade War: Phase One Agreement and Self-Enforcing Contracts , Hameedullah Hassani
Dissertation: Complex Dynamics of Contention: Towards a Generative Model of Social Dissent , Travis Holmes
Thesis: The Civil War Conflict Between Anglophones/Francophones in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon , Myriam Jeter
Dissertation: Opportunities and Challenges from Major Disasters Lessons Learned of Long-Term Recovery Group Members , Eduardo E. Landaeta
Dissertation: Can’t Let Go: Anxiety, Ontological Security, and French Foreign Policy Decision-Making During the Hollande Administration , Peter D. Langley
Dissertation: Attitudes of Ethnic Minorities Towards National Defense and Security in the Triadic Nexus: The Case of Russian-Speakers in Estonia , Nikita Lumijoe
Dissertation: Help-Seeking Behavior Among Resettled Refugee , Mahfoudha Sid’Elemine
Thesis: A Leftist Political Surge: How an Authoritarian Past Helped Spawn a Modern Political Movement in Spain and Portugal , Jared Sykes
Dissertation: Thither the Russian Navy? Putin’s Navalization in a Historical Context , William Emerson Bunn
Dissertation: Securing Russia: Seeking Ontological Security in the Arctic , Brian W. Cole
Dissertation: The Expansion of NOCs: What Strengthening State-Owned Enterprises Means for Global Energy , Alexander L. Fretz
Thesis: The Carrot vs. the Stick: A Comparative Analysis of Secondary Sanctions vs. Positive Inducements in Gaining European Support for a U.S.-Led Sanction Regime , Andy Gomez
Dissertation: Remittance: A New Instrument for Change -- Understanding the Impact of Remittances on Home Countries Development , Alex M. Hamed
Dissertation: Russia, Europe and Central Asia Energy Security and Pipeline Politics , Mehmet Kınacı
Dissertation: The Political Economy of Global Private Currencies , Girish Sreevatsan Nandakumar
Thesis: Nord Stream 2: The Gas Curtain of Europe , Sarah Elizabeth Nelson
Dissertation: Present at the Creation, a Redux: The Need for Strategic Minded Joint Force Officers in a Rapidly Changing and Dynamic International Security Environment , Thomas Joseph Snukis
Thesis: Mobilizing Discomfort for Water Security as a Human Right: A Newspaper Analysis of Social Conflict in South Africa , Madison Gonzalez
Dissertation: Reinterpreted Europe: An Assessment of EU (In) Ability to Deal with Threats to the Rule of Law , Huso Hasanovic
Dissertation: Connectivism: Adopting Quantum Holism in International Relations , Grant Randal Highland
Dissertation: State Antifragility: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Understanding State Behavior , Rebecca Lee Law
Thesis: Institutional Stretching: How Moroccan NGOs Illuminate the Nexus of Climate, Migration, Gender and Development , Shelby Mertens
Dissertation: The Second-Order Impact of Relative Power on Outcomes of Crisis Bargaining: A Theory of Expected Disutility and Resolve , Tatevik Movsisyan
Thesis: Language and Cultural Identity in Post-Soviet Frozen Conflicts , Irina Paquette
Dissertation: Smart Power in the Iraq Surge 2007-2008 , Russell N. Reiling
Dissertation: Re-Spatializing Gangs in the United States: An Analysis of Macro- and Micro-Level Network Structures , Ryan J. Roberts
Dissertation: Norm Contestation and Its Effects on Emergence of a New Norm , Khadijeh Salimi
Dissertation: Cybersecurity Legislation and Ransomware Attacks in the United States, 2015-2019 , Joseph Skertic
Dissertation: Environmentally Related Urbanization and Violence Potential , Christina Bagaglio Slentz
Dissertation: The Politics of Medicine: Power, Actors, and Ideas in the Making of Health , Claire Wulf Winiarek
Thesis: Shifting Sources of Humanitarian Aid: The Importance of Network Resiliency and Donor Diversification , Mackenzie Marie Clark
Dissertation: Wicked Ideas for Wicked Problems: Marine Debris and the Complexity of Governance , Dawn Helene Driesbach
Thesis: A Comparative Approach to Racial Stereotyping in South Africa and the United States and How It Has Obliterated the Black Image , Maylat Tedla Eyob
Dissertation: Faits Accomplis in the Shadow of Shifting Power , Joshua Adam Hastey
Thesis: Stratified Security Communities: Transatlantic Distrust and Identity Divergence , Afra Maike Herr
Dissertation: The Path to Victory: A Comparative Analysis of Mena Region Countries , Negar Moayed
Dissertation: A Rivalry of Necessity: An Analysis of Mechanisms of Contention Between The Islamic Republic of Iran and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Aras Syahmanssuri
Thesis: The Study of Motivation for Defection Within the Intelligence Community: Hindering the Government's Ability to Prevent and Detect Defection , William Virgili
Thesis: Hyperborean Habits and Melting Ice: The Normalization of Arctic Space and Resurgent National Identity , Ian Birdwell
Thesis: From Compassion to Resistance: Lesbos Refugee Crisis , Luz Diaz
Thesis: The G5 Sahel: An Insufficient Organization for a Failed Region? , Beder Dine El Khou
Dissertation: The Messy Nuclear Landscape: Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping to Explore Plausible Nuclear Disarmament Scenarios , Ryan M. Nixon
Dissertation: The Trojan Horse in Your Head: Cognitive Threats and How to Counter Them , Lora Pitman
Dissertation: At the Hands of Fate: The Political Economy of Islamic Insurance in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan, C. 1980 to the Present , Muhammad S. Rahman
Dissertation: Measuring Vulnerability Interdependence: To What Extent Do Chinese Investments in Africa Make China Vulnerable? , Nurullah Ayyilmaz
Dissertation: When the Wind Blows: An Evaluation of Key Factors that Enabled the Proliferation of Wind Energy Generation in the United States Through 2016 , Mary Sodini Bell
Thesis: Fem Media Matters: An Inqueery Into Campus Sexual Assault , Andrew Kennedy Garber
Thesis: Contemporary Russia in America's World: Russian Narratives on Post-Soviet Space , Marianna Portniagina
Dissertation: Throw Me a Lifeline: A Comparison of Port Cities with Antithetical Adaptation Strategies to Sea-Level Rise , Claudia Marie Risner
Dissertation: Beyond Carrots and Sticks: An Analysis of U.S. Approaches to Counterterrorism From 2000-2016 , Margaret M. Seymour
Thesis: The “Trump Effect?” Challenges to the United States Hegemony in Higher Education Cross-Cultural Exchange: A Case Study of International Students at Old Dominion University , Raven Alexandra Showalter
Thesis: The Effect of Illicit Drugs Securitization in Indonesia , Yanu Widiyono
Thesis: The Kosovo Moment: The United States and the Post-Cold War Balkans , Visar Xhambazi
Dissertation: Diffusion of Renewable Energy Policies , Khatera Alizada
Dissertation: New Regionalism in Global Order: Regional Trade Integration and Its Links with Financial Sector , Tulu Balkir
Dissertation: Jointness, Culture, and Inter-Service Prejudice: Assessing the Impact of Resident, Satellite, and Hybrid Joint Professional Military Education II Course Delivery Methods on Military Officer Attitudes , Charles Mark Davis
Dissertation: Endpoints After Empire: Explaining Varying Levels of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe , William John Eger Jr.
Dissertation: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to the Maritime Security Risk of Piracy and Lessons Learned From Agent-Based Modeling , Joanne Marie Fish
Dissertation: The Treatment of Ethnic Minorities in Democratizing Muslim Countries: The Securitization of Kurds in Turkey Versus the Autonomization of Acehnese in Indonesia , Maurizio Geri
Dissertation: A Dirty Dilemma: Determinants of Electronic Waste Importation , Jamila N. Glover
Dissertation: Empty Chair at the Table: Bargaining, Costs and Litigation at the World Trade Organization , Felicia Anneita Grey
Dissertation: Acquiring the Tools of Grand Strategy: The US Navy's LCS as a Case Study , Sean P. Murphy
Dissertation: The Little Lady that Could: Small Latvia Rejoins the Euro-Atlantic Community , Sandis Sraders
Dissertation: The Memorialization of Historical Memories in East Asia , Bo Ram Yi
Thesis: The Effects of Using Natural Gas in Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet of the United States on Its Energy Dependency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Nurullah Ayyilmaz
Dissertation: Assessing the Role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Extraterritorial Activities in Attaining Iran’s Foreign Policy Goals , Hamza Demirel
Dissertation: Culture and Military Effectiveness: How Societal Traits Influence Battle Outcomes , Eric Stephen Fowler
Dissertation: The Franchising Effect on the Al-Qaeda Enterprise and Related Transnational Terror Groups: Patterns of Evolution of Al-Qaeda Affiliates in the 21st Century , Nicholas Benjamin Law
Thesis: Under the Surface of Sex Trafficking: Socio-Economic and Cultural Perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence in India , Karmen Marie Matusek
Dissertation: Visegrad Revival: Where Less is More, in the Prospect of Smaller Numbers , Aaron G. Sander
Dissertation: Armed Humanitarian Intervention: The Role of Powerful Leaders in Framing and the National Security Decision Making Process , John Marshall Callahan
Dissertation: U.S. Military Aid and the Role of Foreign Armies in Civil Politics , Jennifer Jones Cunningham
Dissertation: Removing the Rust: Comparative Post-Industrial Revitalization in Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh , Scott Nicholas Duryea
Dissertation: 'Home was Congo': Refugees and Durable Displacement in the Borderlands of 1,000 Hills , Erika Frydenlund
Thesis: Shaping American Foreign Policy A Game Theoretic Analysis of the United States'--North Korean Relationship , Kimberly Michelle Ganczak
Dissertation: Energy as a Factor for Turkish - Russian Rapprochement , Saltuk Bugra Karahan
Dissertation: Poverty Within Nation-States: The impact of Corruption, Trade, Income Inequality, Population Growth, Foreign Aid, and Military Expenditure , Mustafa Karapinar
Dissertation: Path Dependence in Intrastate Conflicts: Resources, Regimes, and Interventions , Ivan Medynskyi
Dissertation: Dwelling in Time, Dwelling in Structures: Disintegration in World Politics , Jan Adam Nalaskowski
Dissertation: Wildlife Crime and Other Challenges to Resource System Resilience , Patricia Anne Raxter
Dissertation: In Search of Autonomy: Nepal as a Wedge State Between India and China , Sagar Rijal
Dissertation: Weak Links in a Dangerously Fractured Region: Fragile State as Global Threats , Tasawar ul-Rahim Baig
Dissertation: The Internet vs. the Nation-State: Prevention and Prosecution Challenges on the Internet in Republic of TürkiyI , Ersin Elibol
Dissertation: Ritualized Rhetoric and Historical Memory in German Foreign and Security Policy , Sara A. Hoff
Dissertation: What Constitutes the Success or Failure of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Foreign Markets? A Case Study of Chinese and American MNCs , Shiwei Jiang
Dissertation: Tempering the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Explanatory Analysis of the Variance of the Resource Curse in Nigeria and Botswana , Jody-Ann Suzette Jones
Dissertation: Neglecting the 'Right on Which All Other Rights Depend': Press Freedom in the International Human Rights Discourse , Wiebke Lamer
Dissertation: State-Centric or State-in-Society: National Identity and Collective Memory in the Linkage Politics of Chinese Foreign Relations , Ning Liao
Thesis: Transnational Organized Crime and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Global Ties and Global Crime , Zachariah Edward Long
Thesis: U.S. - ASEAN Organized Crime Cooperation as Part of Washington's Rebalancing Policy Toward the Asia-Pacific , Tuan Anh Luc
Dissertation: Explaining Nuclear Energy Pursuance: A Comparison of the United States, Germany, and Japan , Lauren Emily McKee
Thesis: Hijacking the Syrian Revolution , Iman Khairat Nanoua
Thesis: Human Torches: The Genesis of Self-Immolation in the Sociopolitical Context , Ryan Michael Nixon
Dissertation: Great Powers, the Persian Gulf, and Global Oil: A Comparative Analysis , Katerina Oskarsson
Dissertation: Democratic Counterinsurgents: How Democracies Can Prevail in Irregular Warfare , William Roland Patterson
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How Does China View the Modern Asian Regional System? , Thi Mai Anh Nguyen
Domestic Public Opinion on EU Integration and Investment by China in the Western Balkans , Brandon Wilcox
The Neoliberal State as an Apparatus of Harm: Towards a Decolonial Materialist Feminism in Bolivia , Taylor M. Doherty
The Role of the International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) in Humanitarian Intervention – A Case Study of the IFRC Cash Transfer Program in Malawi , Olabode George Igandan
Human Rights and Justice Rights Approaches to Gender-Based Violence (GBV): The Case of Kenya’s Sexual Offenses Act (KSOA) , Maryanne W. Kamunya
Women's Security and Empowerment in the Context of Forced Displacement: A Case Study of Humanitarian Policies for Syrian Refugee Women in Turkey , Kinga Henryka Karlowska
War, Public Outrage, and Partisanship: Congressional Responses to Presidential Military Overreach , William G. Foster-Nolan
The United States of Sol: Privatization as a Tool of American Hegemony in the Solar System , Edward C. Henry
Israeli Apartheid: Separating Fact, Fiction, and (Public) Opinion , Shaheen B. Merhej
Understanding the Causes of Unaccompanied Minors Migrating to the US during 2014 , Edgar Torres
Security and Foreign Policy of Landlocked States , Samiullah Mahdi
'Responsibility to Protect': The Divergent Development of a Norm , Georges T. Fakhry
Four Traits of Strong Science-Policy Interfaces for Global Environmental Governance , Daniel F. Zaleznik
National Passenger Rail Policies and the Effect on Investment, Ridership, and Congestion , Kyle J. Emge
The Cost of Nationalism: The Foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and its Perilous Path Toward Middle Eastern Hegemony , Jeremy C. Lowe
How Ending Gender Violence in India Improves the Nation's International Reputation and Tourism Industry: A Case for Nationalism , Sharon Nambudripad Schiffer
Why now? The Making of Modern Burma: Drivers of Democratization , Aung Tun
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era , Kyle R. Vale
Peers: How a Global Economy and Information Technology Have Equalized Power in World Politics , Rachel D. Wolters
Design for Participatory Development Planning and Economic Self-Determination in Ileho, Kenya , Cynthia C. Abatt
The Implications of Water Insecurity for Fragile and Failing States: The Case of Pakistan , Jennifer Norins
Relative Socioeconomic Status and the Probability of Migration: A Study of the Effects of Relative Socioeconomic Status on the Decision to Migrate to the United States , Alexandra Souza Vieira Barker
Environmental and Natural Disasters in Haiti: The Impacts of Failed Policies From 2004 to 2010 , James Douby Ralph Eliscar
Democracy in Russia: An Analysis of the Process of Democratization in Post-Soviet Russia , Douglas F. Gray
US-Mexico Relations and NAFTA: Lessons Learned for South America and the FTAA , Marion E. Gordon
Albania: A Case Study of Socio-Economic and Political Effects of Transition to Democracy , Ira Lazic
Reexamining the Impact of September 11th on Relations Between Saudi Arabia and the United States , Faisal bin Khaled Al Saud
Contemporary US/Korean Relations: A South Korean Perspective , Kelly Tobin
Odisseia Portuguesa via Hudson, Massachusetts, U.S.A. , Adalino Cabral
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Since the ceasefire of the Minsk agreement (Minsk II), media, politics and scholars debate EU-diplomacy concerning the concessions Minks II made towards Russia. Reflecting EU-Russia-relations, the Ukraine-crisis was not a surprise (see Mearsheimer 2014, Dias 2013). In a long-term perspective, a contradiction appears between Russia’s confirmations of EU-norms and values as mutually shared principles on one hand, and a “fundamental ideological difference” on the other hand (Faw 2010:40, see Monaghan 2013:5pp). Regarding academic research, the problem is not new but still relevant (see Timmermann 2005, The Council of the European Union 2010, Poyraz 2011, Maliukevičius 2013). The Ukraine-crisis challenges relations between EU and Russia. What path will EU and Russia tread? Picking up on the hint at ideological differences, the thesis questions: Why does the Ukraine-crisis challenge EU-Russian-relations? Where do the challenges originate? What are their underlying reasons? The recent crisis in Ukraine can be seen as a challenge of EU-standards in EU-Russian-relations, regarding their implications for EU-diplomacy concerning power and balance of interests in a globalized world. The Ukraine-crisis underlines the role of the Ukraine as a buffer zone at the peak of mutual misunderstanding between EU and Russia. In the theoretical framework of power/knowledge and discourse after Michel Foucault (1972, 1980), the Master Thesis analyses key concepts of official discourse in EU-Russian relations. With Foucault’s notion of power and picking up on the hint at ideological differences, core concepts of EU-standards, such as democracy, multipolarity, rule of law and modernization, can be “unpacked” in the logic of ‘truth of power’, comparatively or contrasting to the Russian ‘truth of power’. The research design of qualitative discourse analysis focuses on official resources of EU- and Russian policies in the timeframe of Vladimir Putin’s first presidency in 2000 up to today, concentrating on values and norms as given EU-standard. The Ukraine will be considered in the context of analysis, while the role of the U.S. is given marginal attention, in order to keep the frame of a master thesis. Michel Foucault himself gave methodological precautions, but not a methodology to put discourse analysis into practice (see ibid. 1980, see Jørgensen/Phillips 2002). Consequently, the methodology of this discourse analysis refers to Laclau and Mouffee’s conception of nodal points and floating signifiers in the framework of their discourse theory, which follows core aspects of Foucault’s approach (see Laclau and Mouffee 1985).1 In order to examine the core assumption, EU-standards, challenged in EU-Russian-relations in the course of the Ukraine-crisis, will be analysed. EU-standard concepts chosen for analysis are: democracy, multipolarity, rule of law and modernization. These will be analysed with Laclau and Mouffee’s conception of nodal points and floating signifiers. Data will be collected (official resources), the comprehension of the respective EU- standard concept by each side, Russia and EU, will be examined and verified by examples. The outcome will be discussed against the theoretical background of a “truth of power”, regarding implications for EU-diplomacy towards Russia and Ukraine’s role as a buffer zone concerning power and balance in a globalized world. Future perspectives of academic research will be envisaged.
International Politics
Viljar Veebel
Over the last 20 years the European Union (EU) has been associated with the export of certain universal norms, rules and practices to other countries. In academic circles, the concept is called “normative power Europe”. Democracy, rule of law, strong commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms, and social justice: these principles form the core identity of the EU. Based on shared political, economic and cultural ties among member states, the EU has sought to promote these norms also in the neighbouring countries, including Russia. However, the outbreak of the violent conflict between Russia and Ukraine at the end of 2013 clearly demonstrates that the EU has failed in its pursuit in Russia despite extensive mutual relations and comprehensive financial support provided by the EU. The aim of the article is to analyse how consistent has the EU been in defending and promoting European values and norms in the international arena and to Russia during the Ukrainian conflict.
Pernille Rieker
Recent developments in European security have shown the growing need for a better understanding of the security dynamics on the European continent. This article presents an analysis of differing Russian and European perceptions of European security in general, and concerning the crisis in Ukraine in particular. As much of the literature on these issues has been normatively driven, we aim to provide an impartial presentation and analysis of the dominant Russian and EU discourses. This we see as essential for investigating the potential for constructive dialogue between Russia and the EU. If simplistic assumptions about the motivations and intentions of other actors take hold in the public debate and policy analyses, the main actors may be drawn into a logic that is ultimately dangerous or counterproductive. With this article we offer a modest contribution towards discouraging such a development in Russia–EU relations. After presenting an analysis of the differing EU and Russian perceptions, we discuss the potential for dialogue between such different worldviews, and reflect on potential implications for European security. As the article shows, there are tendencies of a certain adjustment in the Union’s approach that may make a partial rapprochement between the two sides more likely.
marta martin
Elena A Korosteleva
Givi Gigitashvili
The illegal annexation of Crimea has halt to more than 20 years of the EU’s engagement with the Russian Federation. Unexpectedly, Russia derailed from its own commitments to uphold Ukraine's territorial integrity that created a deep gap and exposed essential differences on values and on the implication of international law. On these grounds, it is worth to analyze whether existed vocabulary of their communication is still relevant. Considering the current developments, the underlying paper examines the validity of key aspect between two actors communication after Crimean crisis.
Review of European and Russian Affairs
Anastasia Chebakova
Journal of European Integration
Marco Siddi
Between 2014 and 2021, the EU's relationship with Russia oscillated between the ever more elusive quest for a mutually acceptable geopolitical balance and increasing conflict. The conflict focused primarily on the future of Ukraine. Three new books analyse essential parts of this conundrum: the changing nature of the EU's power in the context of the Ukraine conflict, the long-standing EU-Russia business and energy relationship, and the self-image and external perceptions of EU foreign policy towards Ukraine. While written before the 2022 war, the books remain highly relevant because they dissect an ongoing process of changing EU actorness in its Eastern neighbourhood. In order to analyse the path to the 2022 war and its aftermath, future research must expand on this scholarship by enlarging the spectrum of theoretical approaches while navigating the new constraints that the war and the ensuing tense policy debates have put on empirical work.
Strategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann
The competing narratives between the EU and Russia have revealed parallel interpretations of the different ongoing crises. This "narrative war" has so far led to a worsening of relations at governmental level. It might be time to highlight the potential benefit of greater focus on common interests in order to improve communication among experts and politicians from the EU countries and Russia, and identify common geopolitical interests in order to engage in a strategic dialogue. This approach could help to circumvent the psychological warfare based on rival ideological narratives. The chapter analyzes the disadvantages of strategic communication of the EU, the existing challenges in the relations between the EU and Russia and the urgency of finding solutions for peace and prosperity among the peoples of Europe.
Estelle Petit
The study of the four Foreign Policy Concepts of the Russian Federation and their changes in terms of tone and substance enable us to understand the country’s evolving understanding of international affairs and its perception of its own role in this environment. It also helps with the observation of the internal political dynamic in Russia, announcing a shift towards Eurasianism as well as allowing us to put Russian attitudes to Western behaviour through years. The analysis of EU-Russia relations within this wider perspective highlights the mutual misunderstanding and lack of empathy between both entities that prevented them from avoiding some significant faux pas that led them to the current situation. From vacillations and hesitancy to a dialogue of the deaf clouded by distrust, we will be aim to specifically analyse Moscow’s reaction to EU involvement in Russia’s “sphere of influence”.
European Journal of Transformation Studies
Simant Shankar Bharti
Once again, the Ukrainian crisis has re-emerged after the Belarus-Russia joint defence exercise near the eastern border around October/November 2021. In December 2021, almost 100,000 troops were sent by Russia towards the Ukrainian borders. In this context, the article explores all the possible dimensions of the current crisis and the responses of Kyiv. Moreover, it also assesses the role of the European Union in the empirical setback of Ukraine. To validate the arguments, the study incorporates qualitative content and discourse analysis in order to phenomenological evaluation of the speeches by governmental and European officials. The latest findings suggest that there was an ongoing dialogue between the Western alliance and Russia to escalate tensions. Moscow had shown that they don't have any intention to attack on Ukraine if the Russian interests are recently compromised. Then, there would be serious consequences.
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Jack D Sharples
Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, Institute for European Integration, Discussion paper No 3/18
Lyudmila Igumnova
International Affairs
Beatrix Futak-Campbell
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Andrea Ciambra
Maxine David
Armen Hakobyan
Aliaksei Kazharski , Andrey Makarychev
Derviş Fikret ÜNAL
Tatiana A Romanova
International and Security Studies
Ryszard Zięba
Carlotta Fagioli
Focusing on common geopolitical interests: Changing the focus in EU-Russia dialogue and communication?
Larisa Deriglazova
Christophe Hillion
SPES Policy Papers. Berlin: Institut für Europäische Politik
Iryna Solonenko
Insight Turkey
Igor Torbakov
Rodrigo Quintas da Silva
Arnold Kiss
Journal of Regional Security , Cristian Nitoiu
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The Relation between Microfinance, the Empowerment of Women and the Alleviation of Poverty. By Mairi Lee (2007) English Language as a Political Tool in Non-Anglophone Countries. By Rachel Levine (2007) The Inability of Peacekeeping to address the Rwandan-Congolese Security Dilemma.
Restoring International Justice: Exposing the Limitations of Retributive Justice and Proposing a Restorative Dimension, Nazek Jawad. PDF. Human Rights, Emotion, and Critical Realism: Proposing an Emotional Ontology of International Human Rights, Ben Luongo. PDF
Our research is focused around three broad themes: conflict, peace and security; the evolving character of global and supra-national institutions; and the interpenetration of civil societies and international relations. In addition we have major strengths in area studies which help to ground our research into these broad thematic areas.
Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Graduate Program in International Studies, College of Arts & Letters, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. ... National Identity and Collective Memory in the Linkage Politics of Chinese Foreign Relations, Ning Liao. PDF. Thesis: ...
acknowledged, analysed and understood within the framework of International Relations in order to encourage cooperation over trans-boundary water courses in other regions where water agreements have yet to be established. The Nile River Basin is one such example where there has been a distinct lack of riparian cooperation and political will.
rise on the United States, China's regional neighbors, and the international system. The paper will use international relations theory to look at the military, economic, and political ramifications for these groups. This thesis asserts that scholars and policymakers often exaggerate the effects of China's rise.
ders of ultimate importance and power. In order to maintain this power, states act in pursuing their national interest and maintaining their national security at any cost.85 With this realist approach to international relations human rights and the importance of the individual, as a liberalist ideology, tend to decr.
Reexamining the Impact of September 11th on Relations Between Saudi Arabia and the United States, Faisal bin Khaled Al Saud. PDF. Contemporary US/Korean Relations: A South Korean Perspective, Kelly Tobin. Theses from 1983 PDF. Odisseia Portuguesa via Hudson, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Adalino Cabral
conduct and make necessary further exploration of an integral part of international relations, namely foreign policy (Schafer 2003: 171). NCR constitutes a theoretical framework of this thesis to test the hypotheses and examine the research question. NCR has been chosen to examine Russian foreign policy since it examines factors at different ...
nded on in the method section.Structure of the thesisThe chapter that follows to this introduction, Chapter 2, sets out a critical outline of the existing literature regarding. ender within the discipline of International Relations. The critical feminist approach is implemented to narrow the scope of this thesis.
The library holds dissertations from the following departments: Criminology, Economics, Geography and the Environment, International Development, Politics and International Relations (note that MPhil Politics and International Relations dissertations are held in the Bodleian Library), Socio-Legal Studies and Social Policy and Intervention.
ion coordinator for 2019-20 was Dr Devon Curtis ([email protected]) . The disserta. ion coordinator for 2020-21 is Prof Duncan Kelly ([email protected]).It is often helpful to send your Director of Studies a short, perhaps half-page, summary of what you would like to your dis.
Sample Master's Thesis Pelin Gul, Class of 2020 (pdf) Sample Internship Paper, Benita Pungwe Mpala, Class of 2021 (pdf) Overview. The graduate program for International Relations consists of core requirements, elective classes and either an academic emphasis or a professional emphasis. The academic emphasis is for students who prefer to write ...
given at a later point in this handbook.1.3 Time InvolvementThe average length of a Master's (MIR) Dissertation is approximately 80 pages or 20'000 words (double spacing), while a Doctoral Thesis (DI. ) is approximately 80'000-100'000 words (double spacing). The nature, content and volume of the workload will mean that you may not have ...
DIPLOMACY AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - EU AND RUSSIA IN THE LIGHT OF UKRAINE CRISIS MASTER THESIS 2015 Handed in by: Constantina Budi Email: [email protected] Supervisor: Andrey Makarychev Freie Universität Berlin Osteuropa-Institut Center for Global Politics TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ...
An Exploratory Study of Foreign Aid and its Impact on the Socioeconomic Development of the Maldives. Amr Danyal Shamun, 2022. A Clash of Ontological Security Across the Taiwan Straits during COVID-19. Eng Hao Soo, 2021. The Catholic Church and the European Union: a study of the influence of the discourse of Pope Pius XII on the unification of ...
Disability and Inclusive Education in Mexico: Perspectives and Impact of Civil Society. Grigoreva, Anastasiia (University of Oregon, 2024-01-10) This thesis examines the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting inclusive education (IE) in Mexico. Semi-structured interviews were conducted from July to September 2022, involving 33 ...
Below are the titles of dissertations completed by last year's finalists. For older examples, please click on the appropriate year in the list at the end of the page. Dissertations of Finalists 2020. Memes + urban planning ; A response to #takebackcontrol: is increased national parliamentary involvement the answer to the democratic deficit in ...
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Here, we'll enter into strategies for writing your thesis, go through the key components of the thesis, and venture into qualitative methodology. You'll learn to identify a research question and evaluate the evidence to answer your question. The second part of the course consists of seminars. The first two seminars seek to provide practical ...
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