Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Keyword "Asia"

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    • The Asian Origins of Global Narcotics Control, c. 1860-1909 

      Rimner, Steffen (2014-06-06)
      This dissertation traces the ferment of private ressentiment, public protest and political response to the Asian opium trade from the "Second Opium War (1856-60) to the first, multilateral anti-drug summit in human history, ...

    • Coercive Institutions and State Violence Under Authoritarianism 

      Greitens, Sheena E (2013-09-30)
      Why do we observe such widely differing patterns of repression and state violence under authoritarian rule? Despite a wave of recent interest in authoritarian politics, the origins, design and behavior of the coercive ...