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Nuclear Pariahs And Regimes In The New World Disorder, Wayne F. Lesperance Jr.
Nuclear Pariahs And Regimes In The New World Disorder, Wayne F. Lesperance Jr.
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
This thesis discusses the role of pariah states vis-a-vis the nonproliferation regime. Specifically, the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is analyzed to determine, first, whether Iran is a pariah, second, the potential threat the IRI poses to the Persian Gulf region and third, the possible international responses that may be undertaken to address Iranian pariahtude in the nuclear field. Through the course of this thesis regimes are defined as a set of implicit and explicit rules, principles, norms, and decision-making procedures around which actor's expectations converge and which govern relations among states. Pariahs are defined as …
Information Warfare: Technology And The Information Advantage, Daniel Matthew Parker
Information Warfare: Technology And The Information Advantage, Daniel Matthew Parker
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
This thesis analyzes information warfare--that emerging form of warfare that attempts to destroy, degrade and exploit the information systems of another, while protecting one's own--in the context of the technology of warfare. Just as one might peel an onion, the analysis proceeds from a general analysis of technology in warfare to the more specific analysis of information warfare as it is currently defined. Information technology is an enabling factor in the emergence of information warfare as a new warfare area. Although it is revolutionizing the way warfare is conducted, the elements of information warfare have been practiced for thousands of …