Browsing by FAS Department "International Relations"
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A Theoretical Analysis of the Capability of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and Its Surrogates to Conduct Covert or Terrorist Operations in the Western Hemisphere.
(2018-05-09)The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of only three state sponsors of terrorism as designated by the U.S. Department of State. The basic goal of this project has been to determine what capability the Islamic Republic has ... -
African Spaghetti Bowl: Assessing State Rationales in African Peacekeeping Operations, 1999-2016.
(2018-11-14)Within Africa, transnational threats risk eroding the progress made on peace and security efforts during the past two decades. The growing reliance on multidimensional stabilization missions to address these complex ... -
Community Art Ownership: Do Local Heritage Museums Enhance Civic and Economic Implications?
(2019-03-04)Inspired by the art repatriation disputes that account for countless political rows between nations, this study asks: Are there civic and economic implications when a community owns their own heritage art objects? While ... -
Corporate Social Performance & the Quarterly Earnings Call: Insights From the Interactions Between Leading Companies and Wall Street Analysts, 2015-2017
(2019-01-30)This research examines 240 quarterly earnings call transcripts from the top 10 companies on the 2017 U.S. Fortune 500 and Fortune Future lists, respectively. The research aims to assess (1) the ways and extent to which ... -
De Jure vs De Facto Gender Equality Within the Commonwealth of Australia: A Disturbing Dissonance Between a Robust Legislative Framework and the Empirically Imbalanced Realities Across Government and Society
(2018-12-05)This project shows that there is a vast dissonance between de jure and de facto gender equality within Australia. Despite Commonwealth efforts to effect change, including: the adoption of an array of international gender ... -
Decolonizing Social Innovation for Global Development
(2019-04-24)Systemic barriers inherited from colonialism—read coloniality—block equitable access to resources and diminishes the agency of non-hegemonic actors in the world today. In the area of social innovation, coloniality limits ... -
Democracy and Income Inequality in Comparative Perspective: United States and South Africa, 1995-2015
(2019-04-01)My research is driven by two questions that investigate the relationship between democracy and income inequality amongst marginalized groups in the United States and South Africa: (1) Are marginalized groups steered toward ... -
Democracy and the Fallacy of the Post-Conflict Era in Northern Ireland
(2019-04-05)While Northern Ireland has experienced a period of relative peace since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, entrenched, age-old tensions persist between those of opposing political persuasions, and between ... -
Demystifying Blockchain: A New Wave of “Creative Destruction” or Hype?
(2019-04-18)Much confusion surrounds the newly emerged blockchain technology—from critics denouncing it as the most over-hyped and least useful technology of all time, to others who consider it a panacea capable of saving the world. ... -
Doing Good And/or Feeling Good: Examining International Citizen-to-Citizen Service Programs
(2018-03-28)This thesis explores international citizen-to-citizen service programs. It begins by identifying the various ways that citizens intentionally or unintentionally interact (as givers and receivers), with institutions to ... -
Drug War Origins:How American Opium Politics Led to the Establishment of International Narcotics Prohibition
(2019-04-11)In 1914, the United States criminalized the recreational use of opium. From this event developed over a one hundred year span the international War on Drugs. This examination stems from the belief the War on Drugs fails ... -
Effects of US Cold War Policy on the Modern State of Yemen: 1978 Through Unification and Civil War
(2018-05-08)The foes of the Cold War extended the boundaries of their respective conflict throughout the emerging developing world in a race for strategic placement and domination. Through vast and lucrative aid programs, young and ... -
Exploring Diaspora Ties to Homeland Neo-Colonialist Movements: The Case of Chinese Diaspora Influence During the "New Scramble for Africa"
(2019-01-25)This study explores diaspora group ties to origin countries in ways that broadly empower them to act as state agents of their origin state. This is achieved by examining the case of the Chinese migration to Africa during ... -
Exploring Posthuman Conundrums and Policy Recommendations for Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence With Sapio-Sentient Intelligences
(2019-01-22)The potential emergence of artificial general intelligence and artificial superintelligence in the unforeseen future will put humanity in the position of no longer being the most intelligent species on Earth. The general ... -
Exploring the Perspectives of the Saudi State’s Destruction of Holy Sites: Justifications and Motivations
(2018-12-20)This thesis explores Saudi Arabia’s perspective on the destruction of heritage sites before and after Saudi Arabia became a state, seeking answers to these questions: why does Saudi Arabia commit these acts in the name of ... -
From Propaganda to Pop Culture: How Maoist Propaganda Transformed Into a Global Art Commodity
(2019-04-26)Propaganda artwork created during the Chinese Cultural Revolution has been a widely studied topic since the decline of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. Less often discussed is how Maoist inspired visual arts transformed from ... -
Fuses Set but Hezbollah Not Lighting the Match: The Dominant Political Actor in Lebanon Limiting the Risk of Large-Scale Political War
(2019-04-15)This thesis examined the effects of a dominant political actor on the severity of political war in a country. I argue that the dominant political actor can influence the severity of political violence by virtue of their ... -
Haiti's Disempowerment: A Consideration Towards Social Awareness and Agricultural Development
(2019-10-21)In 2010 a devastating earthquake hit the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Humanitarian aid poured into the country and unintentionally disrupted the agricultural community. I ... -
Heirs Together: Church Unification and National Reconciliation in Post-Apartheid Namibia
(2019-03-05)The transformation of Christianity in Namibia, from a colonial power to a liberating force, saw the church play a significant role in the fight for independence. As a result of this historical presence, it was expected ... -
How Headscarves Have Shaped Muslim Experience in America
(2019-01-17)This study focuses first on the role of the headscarf in creating space for Muslim women in the social fabric of America and shaping their American experience. I examine the symbolism of the headscarf from two different ...