University of Pennsylvania
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Liberty University
University of Kentucky
Dickinson College
University of Richmond
The Role Of Eu And Nato Conditionality On Developing Democracies: A Georgian Case Study,
2017
College of William and Mary
The Role Of Eu And Nato Conditionality On Developing Democracies: A Georgian Case Study, Carolyn A. De Roster
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis evaluates the effect of EU and NATO conditionality on institutional change in the Republic of Georgia. It hypothesizes that as developing democracies undergo prolonged accession processes with the EU and/or NATO, citizens are more likely to become disillusioned with the accession process. Disillusionment among citizens allows for the election anti-Western, non-democratic candidates and political parties to power, who, once elected, are able to institute non-democratic reforms that reverse institutional democratization. This thesis tests this theory using a mixed qualitative and qualitative analysis of Georgia, and draws parallels with the theory-building case of Turkey. Overall, the thesis finds ...
Predicting The Effects Of Korean Reunification By Examining The Fall Of The Berlin Wall,
2017
University of North Georgia
Predicting The Effects Of Korean Reunification By Examining The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, Mitchell Fariss
Honors Theses
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9th, 1989, marking the end of over 30 years of division between the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany, and the Federal Republic of Germany, also known as West Germany. The two states were remarkably different: East Germany's economy was dictated by communism, and West Germany's by capitalism.(1) A similar situation exists today between North and South Korea, with the North ruled by communism and the South by capitalistic markets.(2) Many experts believe that the two Koreas are destined to eventually reunify as well. However, there are widely ...
Hooligans Or Saboteurs? Democratic Backtracking In Eastern Europe,
2017
College of William and Mary
Hooligans Or Saboteurs? Democratic Backtracking In Eastern Europe, Courtney A. Blackington
Undergraduate Honors Theses
During the European Union accession negotiations, all post-communist Eastern European countries that became EU members established democratic institutions. Even though some new member states formed more strongly consolidated democratic institutions than others, all established institutions were sufficiently democratic to gain EU membership. Since acceding to the EU, some countries have continued to deepen their democracies, while others’ democracies have stagnated or backtracked. In countries that backslid, some politicians only harmed the quality of democracy in the short-term, while others spurred democratic backsliding lasting beyond just one electoral cycle. This thesis examines the interaction between institutional engineering, political culture, and elite ...
Survival In Soviet Gulags: A Secondary Analysis,
2017
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Survival In Soviet Gulags: A Secondary Analysis, Kimberly M. Maas, Paul Prew, Elizabeth J. Sandell
Elizabeth Sandell
One of the most common book series on the subject of Soviet Gulags is Evgenia Ginzburg’s “Journey into the Whirlwind” and “Within the Whirlwind.” This paper will use secondary analysis from anthology works with stories similar to Ginzburg's in combination with the works of several other authors like Anne Applebaum (2011) and Geith and Jolluck (2011). It shall also examine extensively Raphaël Lemkin’s definition of genocide and how it fits to what happened in the Gulags. It shall be argued why certain situations that occurred within the Gulags fit this definition. It will also explore the intimate ...
A Comparative Cyberconflict Analysis Of Digital Activism Across Post-Soviet Countries,
2017
University of Leicester
A Comparative Cyberconflict Analysis Of Digital Activism Across Post-Soviet Countries, Athina Karatzogianni, Galina Miazhevich, Anastasia Denisova
Athina Karatzogianni
The Political Personality Of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin,
2017
St. John's University / College of St. Benedict
The Political Personality Of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, Aubrey Immelman, Joseph V. Trenzeluk
Psychology Faculty Publications
This paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, from the conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon.
Psychodiagnostically relevant data regarding President Putin were extracted from open-source intelligence and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM–IV.
The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. Putin’s primary personality patterns were ...
Noble Robbers: The Theatricality Of Terrorism In The Northern Caucasus,
2017
Bard College
Noble Robbers: The Theatricality Of Terrorism In The Northern Caucasus, Lia Christina Russell
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
The Us-Uk Nuclear Relationship: Not Just A Measure For The Cold War,
2017
Claremont McKenna College
The Us-Uk Nuclear Relationship: Not Just A Measure For The Cold War, David Kahan
CMC Senior Theses
In 1958 the United States and United Kingdom signed the Mutual Defense Agreement which allowed the two countries to share information and technology concerning nuclear weapons. This paper examines the history of this agreement and the Polaris and Trident Sales agreements which followed. The main focus of the paper is the motivating interests of both countries to maintain these agreements today.
The Origins Of The Chinese Communist Party’S Early Marriage Laws,
2017
Bard College
The Origins Of The Chinese Communist Party’S Early Marriage Laws, Yuan Yuan
Senior Projects Spring 2017
The First Chinese Marriage Law was a civil marriage law passed in the People's Republic of China on May 1, 1950. It was transformative because the Marriage Law was a radical change from existing patriarchal Chinese marriage traditions. It was also highly political because it sharply reflected ideologies about class struggle, land reform, Marx and Leninism, which were prevalent in the Chinese Revolution. The New Marriage Law with its revision of family relations did not happen in one night, but through a long process. According to Neil Jeffrey Diamant, in 1931, “Marriage Regulations” was promulgated in the party’s ...
The Stability Of A Unipolar World Revisited,
2017
Bard College
The Stability Of A Unipolar World Revisited, Grady Michael Nixon
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Liberate Or Assimilate? A Comparative Study Of Post-Transition Lgbt Activism In Spain And Russia,
2017
Bard College
Liberate Or Assimilate? A Comparative Study Of Post-Transition Lgbt Activism In Spain And Russia, Austin Jay Lehn
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College
Religion, Administration & Public Goods: Experimental Evidence From Russia,
2016
University of California - Berkeley
Religion, Administration & Public Goods: Experimental Evidence From Russia, Theocharis N. Grigoriadis
Theocharis Grigoriadis
Awards Of The Maritime Arbitration Commission,
2016
University of Georgia School of Law
Awards Of The Maritime Arbitration Commission, G. A. Maslov
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Application Of Law By The Maritime Arbitration Commission In Settling Disputes,
2016
University of Georgia School of Law
Application Of Law By The Maritime Arbitration Commission In Settling Disputes, Sergei N. Lebedev
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Contemporary Soviet Criminal Law: An Analysis Of The General Principles And Major Institutions Of Post-1958 Soviet Criminal Law,
2016
Tulane University School of Law
Contemporary Soviet Criminal Law: An Analysis Of The General Principles And Major Institutions Of Post-1958 Soviet Criminal Law, Chris Osakwe
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Contents,
2016
University of Georgia School of Law
Historical Trauma And Refugee Reception: Armenians And Syrian-Armenian Co-Ethnics,
2016
University of San Francisco
Historical Trauma And Refugee Reception: Armenians And Syrian-Armenian Co-Ethnics, Nicole M. Campos
Master's Theses
This thesis considers the ways in which Armenian history has influenced integration of Syrian-Armenian refugees into Armenia due to the ongoing Syrian War. Ethnic Armenian outlooks were analyzed relative to the influx of Syrian refugees, particularly co-ethnic Syrian-Armenians. Field work in Armenia found a sustained cultural impression of Armenians’ Soviet membership and genocide. Findings suggest that recognizing the importance of history as it may or may not affect migration reception policies and attitudes is important to developing sustainable resettlement environments, at least until repatriation or third-country resettlement becomes an option to migrants. Ultimately, this thesis argues that more attention must ...
The Eurasian Agenda: The International Relations Of Kyrgyzstan,
2016
University of San Francisco
The Eurasian Agenda: The International Relations Of Kyrgyzstan, Azamat Baiyzbekov
Master's Theses
The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the newly independent states in Central Asia are among the most important historical events of the 20th century. As one of these newly independent and sovereign state, Kyrgyzstan found itself in the sphere of the geopolitical rivalry among the Great Powers, such as the U.S., Russia, and China. Even though a relatively small and militarily weak state, Kyrgyzstan came to play an important role in their Eurasian agenda. In this thesis, I examine in detail the international relations of Kyrgyzstan with all its neighboring states, but focus extensively ...
Toward The History Of Study Of Symbiogenesis: On The English Translation Of B. M. Kozo-Polyansky’S A New Principle Of Biology (1924),
2016
Marshall University
Toward The History Of Study Of Symbiogenesis: On The English Translation Of B. M. Kozo-Polyansky’S A New Principle Of Biology (1924), Victor Fet
Victor Fet
We reproduce the text by Victor Fet, which was read on 6 October 2011 at the Moscow Society of Naturalists during the presentation of new book translation (B.M. Kozo- Polyansky. Symbiogenesis: A New Principle of Evolution / transl. by Victor Fet; ed. by Victor Fet & Lynn Margulis. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2010. 138 p.) This half- forgotten book by Boris M. Kozo-Polyansky was known only by name to Western biologists. Victor Fet gives a brief history of this new translation, enthusiastically initiated and supported by Lynn Margulis (1938–2011), a famous naturalist who was always eager to gave credit where credit was due. Kozo- Polyansky, along with Merezhkovsky, Portier, and Wallin, pioneered symbiogenetic ideas that were brilliantly developed and vindicated starting from 1960–1970s. It was Lynn Margulis who noticed also that Kozo- Polyansky preceded E. Chatton in recognizing the profound diff erence between prokaryotes and eukaryotes; in fact, he maintained that this difference was due to symbiogenetic, complex nature of the eukaryotic cell! Two “scientistic” poems (in Russian) by Victor Fet are included, dedicated to all the prophets and martyrs of science.
The Electoral Success Of Communist-Successor Parties In The Czech Republic And Romania,
2016
University of San Francisco
The Electoral Success Of Communist-Successor Parties In The Czech Republic And Romania, Harley L. Roe
Master's Theses
Communist-successor parties are impacted by six social and political factors: party reimaging, coalition building, corruption and scandal, party leadership, EU accession, and social indicators. This project explores how the descendants of the totalitarian communist parties in the Czech Republic and Romania are influenced by each factor by analyzing election result data against these indicators. Party reimaging and coalition building are the most influential in determining voter turnout, while the other four work in conjunction to influence election results. This project contributes to the literature on electoral volatility, post-communist countries, voter behavior, and seeks to offer a model that can predict ...
