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Ai-Ing The Future: An Analysis Of Past Treaty Features In Regulating Innovative Technologies, Sophia Tammera
Ai-Ing The Future: An Analysis Of Past Treaty Features In Regulating Innovative Technologies, Sophia Tammera
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis examines the relationship between the specific features written into multilateral treaties and their success in regulating innovative technologies. It explores why detailed treaty provisions such as periodic reviews, trigger mechanisms, amendment provisions, and knowledge sharing are critical to the effectiveness of these international agreements. I argue that the presence of these features contributes significantly to a treaty's ability to adapt to changing circumstances, ensure transparency, and facilitate ongoing cooperation and collaboration among signatories. To test this claim, I completed an in-depth case study analysis of technologies like railroads, telegraphs, electricity, and nuclear weapons. The findings indicate that treaties …
Defining Greekness: The Effect Of Ethnic Identity On Foreign Policy Opinions, Iliana Tzafolias
Defining Greekness: The Effect Of Ethnic Identity On Foreign Policy Opinions, Iliana Tzafolias
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Many scholars agree: identity plays a significant role in shaping political opinion. What about foreign policy opinions, though? The literature on ethnic identity focuses on how ethnic identity affects domestic political opinion and political activism, paying little attention to its effect on foreign policy opinions. However, in a nation like the United States, where ethnic interest groups hold much power to influence US foreign policy, it is important to understand how people’s ethnic identity affects their foreign policy opinions about homeland politics. The Greek diaspora is widely considered one of the most politically involved diasporas in the US. By conducting …
Race And Racial Exclusion In Security Studies: A Survey Of Scholars, Kelebogile Zvobgo, Arturo C. Sotomayor, Maria Rost Rublee, Meredith Loken, Et Al.
Race And Racial Exclusion In Security Studies: A Survey Of Scholars, Kelebogile Zvobgo, Arturo C. Sotomayor, Maria Rost Rublee, Meredith Loken, Et Al.
Arts & Sciences Articles
Increased attention to racialized knowledge and methodological whiteness has swept the political science discipline, especially international relations. Yet an important dimension of race and racism continues to be ignored: the presence and status of scholars of color in the discipline. In contrast to other fields, there is little research on (under)representation of scholars of color in security studies, and no systematic studies of race and racial exclusion that center their voices and experiences. Building on scholarship that contends with the fundamental whiteness of academia and knowledge creation, we present results from a 2019 survey of members of the International Security …
Under The Blue Berets: Race And Ethnicity As Factors For Peacekeeping Success, Sam Ketchem
Under The Blue Berets: Race And Ethnicity As Factors For Peacekeeping Success, Sam Ketchem
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Do race and ethnicity impact peacekeeping success? Scholars provide many arguments for why peacekeeping missions succeed or fail, but there has been little systematic study of how identity similarities or differences between peacekeepers and populations affect mission outcomes. I propose that racial and ethnic similarities or differences between the two groups are causal mechanisms that help determine whether a mission is on the road to operational success or failure. I use a mixed-method design to test these claims. First, I use a linear regression analysis to measure the impact of racial similarity between peacekeepers and populations on violence against civilians …
France's Compliance Of The International Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Racial Discrimination: French Universalism Versus Group Rights, Alex Earls
Undergraduate Honors Theses
There exists a constant battle between universalism and anti-racism in France, where universalism is positioned as the predominant force of western values and anti-racism as a dog-whistle for ‘wokeness’. This thesis will position that France is predisposed to incomplete compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in part due to its rooted concept of French universalism and the nationalistic undertones therein that do not tolerate intermediate identifications between the individual and the Republic. The purpose of this argument is to generate an interpretive tool to observe and analyze France’s relatively weak civil …
Rethinking ‘Feminicide’: The Role Of Organized Crime Groups In Increased Rates Of Feminicide In Mexico, Giselle Figueroa
Rethinking ‘Feminicide’: The Role Of Organized Crime Groups In Increased Rates Of Feminicide In Mexico, Giselle Figueroa
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Why has feminicide significantly increased in Mexico over the past two decades? Previous feminicide research in Mexico has centered around the idea that the introduction of neoliberal politics changed family structures and increased the vulnerability of women as they entered the workforce. However, this explanation does not fully explain patterns of political violence against women in Mexico. I argue that Mexico’s War on Drugs and the intrinsic patriarchal ideologies and structures of organized crime groups (OCGs) reinforce gender hierarchies and increase the vulnerability of women. To evaluate my argument, I analyze state-level public government data on organized crime and feminicide …
Terror Management Theory In International Relations: Vladimir Putin And Slobodan Milosevic, Poojitha Tanjore
Terror Management Theory In International Relations: Vladimir Putin And Slobodan Milosevic, Poojitha Tanjore
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis outlines Terror Management Theory as a psychological motive measure that can be used to study leaders in international relations. This descriptive piece analyzes Putin and Milosevic as leaders who are possible case studies for further research regarding Terror Management Theory. The case studies focus on early childhood, political career, and present decisions through the frame of worldview preservation and self-esteem-bolstering actions. The conclusions of this piece suggest that individual backgrounds matter and can potentially illuminate the decisions made by leaders in the long run.
State Political Entrepreneurs In The Age Of Modi: Opposition Politics In Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, And West Bengal From 2019-2021, Maxwell Markel
State Political Entrepreneurs In The Age Of Modi: Opposition Politics In Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, And West Bengal From 2019-2021, Maxwell Markel
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This research paper will discuss the contemporary limitations of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its Hindutva ideology. The key research question will be examining 5 states and union territories to examine why the BJP has been unable to win or maintain power in the state. The states in question will be Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Delhi. Each state was chosen for their high population (more than 10 million), the recentness of its state election (from 2019 through 2021), their geographical variety, and having extant political systems that were upended by the …
Showing Off And Going Out: China’S Vanity Project Phenomenon, Caroline Morin
Showing Off And Going Out: China’S Vanity Project Phenomenon, Caroline Morin
Undergraduate Honors Theses
In September 2018, Xi Jinping announced that BRI financing will not be spent on vanity projects. Despite and prior to this proclamation, using the AidData data set, I uncovered a vanity project phenomenon in Chinese development financing. Chinese financed vanity projects, or development projects that do not aid a country’s development needs, are present in 79 countries across the world, ranging from sports stadiums in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to community centers in the Pacific islands. In this thesis, I find that vanity projects are most likely to occur in fragile states with strong international political cooperation with …
Psychological Peacebuilding: When The Time Is Ripe For An Election, Kaiming Chen
Psychological Peacebuilding: When The Time Is Ripe For An Election, Kaiming Chen
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Elections play a key role in post-conflict peace-building operations since the end of Cold War. Its conflictual nature and conflicting purposes may lead to another war. This thesis proposes three psychological factors that may predict peace after an election: parity of esteem, integrative complexity, and vocal rejection of violence. Drawing on the successful transition to peace in Mozambique 1994 and the failure of the 1992 Angolan election, this thesis argues that a high respect for the opponents, a complex thinking process, and a vocal rejection of violence would lead to peace after elections in post-conflict settings.
Behind Every Successful Diplomat Is Their Spouse: The Buffer Role Of Indian And Pakistani Diplomatic Spouses, Sania Shahid
Behind Every Successful Diplomat Is Their Spouse: The Buffer Role Of Indian And Pakistani Diplomatic Spouses, Sania Shahid
Undergraduate Honors Theses
How do political dynamics between countries and the individual characteristics of diplomatic spouses affect their ability to take on a “buffer” role—that is, make interactions less contentious? The existing literature on diplomatic spouses focuses on gendered advantages that allow spouses to access unique information. Building on this body of literature, this study investigates the ideal setting for spouses to contribute to the diplomatic process. A content analysis was conducted of three memoirs written by diplomatic spouses, and this data was supplemented with semi-structured interviews of spouses of former or current bureaucratic elites from India and Pakistan. The analysis shows that …
Atheism In Us And Uk Newspapers: Negativity About Non-Belief And Non-Believers, A. Maurtis Van Der Veen, Erik Bleich
Atheism In Us And Uk Newspapers: Negativity About Non-Belief And Non-Believers, A. Maurtis Van Der Veen, Erik Bleich
Arts & Sciences Articles
Atheists are among the most disliked “religious” groups in the United States, but the origins of this aversion remain poorly understood. Because the media are an important source of public attitudes, we analyze coverage of atheism and atheists in American and British newspapers. Using computational text analysis techniques, including sentiment analysis and topic modeling, we show that atheism is portrayed negatively by the print media. Significantly, we show that greater negativity is associated with atheism as a concept than with atheists as individuals. Building on this insight, and challenging arguments that prominent atheist intellectuals attract negative coverage, we also find …
Media Coverage Of Muslim Devotion: A Four-Country Analysis Of Newspaper Articles, 1996–2016, Erik Bleich, Julien Souffrant, Emily Stabler, A. Maurits Van Der Veen
Media Coverage Of Muslim Devotion: A Four-Country Analysis Of Newspaper Articles, 1996–2016, Erik Bleich, Julien Souffrant, Emily Stabler, A. Maurits Van Der Veen
Arts & Sciences Articles
Scholars have identified Muslims’ religiosity and faith practices, often believed to be more intense than those of other religious groups, as a point of friction in liberal democracies. We use computer-assisted methods of lexical sentiment analysis and collocation analysis to assess more than 800,000 articles between 1996 and 2016 in a range of British, American, Canadian, and Australian newspapers. We couple this approach with human coding of 100 randomly selected articles to investigate the tone of devotion-related themes when linked to Islam and Muslims. We show that articles touching on devotion are not as negative as articles about other aspects …
Fifty Years Of Public (Dis)Satisfaction With European Governance: Preferences, Europeanization And Support For The Eu, A. Maurits Van Der Veen
Fifty Years Of Public (Dis)Satisfaction With European Governance: Preferences, Europeanization And Support For The Eu, A. Maurits Van Der Veen
Arts & Sciences Articles
Since its beginnings in the 1950s, the policymaking scope and authority of the European Union have dramatically expanded across a wide range of issue areas. Yet much remains unknown about the interaction between public preferences for EU-level governance, changes in such governance and overall support for European integration. This article analyses surveys ranging from 1962 to 2010 to show that while support for integration in different policy areas has fluctuated over time, it has been surprisingly stable overall; moreover, the relative preference ordering across issue areas has been even more consistent. In addition, this consistency is not affected by changes …
From "Lying Low" To "Harmonious World": Changes In Chinese Foreign Policy From The 1970s To The 2000s, Charles Monahan Murray
From "Lying Low" To "Harmonious World": Changes In Chinese Foreign Policy From The 1970s To The 2000s, Charles Monahan Murray
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Possessing The Holy Land: The Palestine Exploration Fund And The American Palestine Exploration Society, Ashley M. Irizarry
Possessing The Holy Land: The Palestine Exploration Fund And The American Palestine Exploration Society, Ashley M. Irizarry
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
United States' Foreign Policy During The Haitian Revolution: A Story Of Continuity, Power Politics, And The Lure Of Empire In The Early Republic, Jeffrey B. Nickel
United States' Foreign Policy During The Haitian Revolution: A Story Of Continuity, Power Politics, And The Lure Of Empire In The Early Republic, Jeffrey B. Nickel
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Atoms, Pounds And Poor Relations: The Illusion Of An Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1941-1946, Edward J. Gustafson
Atoms, Pounds And Poor Relations: The Illusion Of An Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1941-1946, Edward J. Gustafson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Anglo-Scottish Relations From Gentle To Rough Wooing, 1543-1547, Lance Adrian Hedrick
Anglo-Scottish Relations From Gentle To Rough Wooing, 1543-1547, Lance Adrian Hedrick
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
From Story To Statistics: A Systematic Structure For Documenting International Relations Events, David A. Casey
From Story To Statistics: A Systematic Structure For Documenting International Relations Events, David A. Casey
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"Passage To More Than India": American Attitudes Toward British Imperialism In The 1850s, Elizabeth Kelly Gray
"Passage To More Than India": American Attitudes Toward British Imperialism In The 1850s, Elizabeth Kelly Gray
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Caught Between Nation And State: An Analysis Of Post-Cold War Military Intervention In Failed States, Christopher Liptak
Caught Between Nation And State: An Analysis Of Post-Cold War Military Intervention In Failed States, Christopher Liptak
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Crossing The Rubicon: Lbj And Vietnam 1963-1965, Rajarshi Roy
Crossing The Rubicon: Lbj And Vietnam 1963-1965, Rajarshi Roy
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Lost Chances In Sino-American Relations: The Burden Of Myth, Culture, And Ideology, 1949-1953, Kai Yin Allison Haga
Lost Chances In Sino-American Relations: The Burden Of Myth, Culture, And Ideology, 1949-1953, Kai Yin Allison Haga
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Norms Of Military Intervention And The Persian Gulf Conflict: The Social Construction Of Interests And Identities, Robert A. Martin
Norms Of Military Intervention And The Persian Gulf Conflict: The Social Construction Of Interests And Identities, Robert A. Martin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Cabinet Government And The 1956 Suez Crisis, Paul Duckenfield
Cabinet Government And The 1956 Suez Crisis, Paul Duckenfield
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Cold War Cultural Accord: How The East Was Won, Nancy Ridgway Van Buren Wise
The Cold War Cultural Accord: How The East Was Won, Nancy Ridgway Van Buren Wise
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Pork, Policy, And Privilege: Presidential Lobbying For Nafta, Alison Felter Salka
Pork, Policy, And Privilege: Presidential Lobbying For Nafta, Alison Felter Salka
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Hans Dietrich Genscher And The Csce Process, Christopher Josef Thanner
Hans Dietrich Genscher And The Csce Process, Christopher Josef Thanner
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
German-Soviet Relations And The International System, Michael Joseph Deets
German-Soviet Relations And The International System, Michael Joseph Deets
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.