Bipolar Disorder: How Increasingly Partisan Politics In The United States Have Led To A Deterioration Of The Transatlantic Alliance,
2012
Pomona College
Bipolar Disorder: How Increasingly Partisan Politics In The United States Have Led To A Deterioration Of The Transatlantic Alliance, Michael Powell
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
Self-Determination And Independence Movements In Europe,
2012
Brigham Young University
Self-Determination And Independence Movements In Europe, Jeannine Plamondon
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
Euro-Skepticism: A Challenge To The Union,
2012
San Francisco State University
Euro-Skepticism: A Challenge To The Union, Cathryn Kobe
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
The Eu, Russia, And Energy Security,
2012
Brigham Young University
The Eu, Russia, And Energy Security, Jonathan Jones
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
Economic And Monetary Union: A Study Of Domestic Influence In The European Union From 1989-1993,
2012
University of California, San Diego
Economic And Monetary Union: A Study Of Domestic Influence In The European Union From 1989-1993, Jason Grishkoff
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Eu Oversight On Corporate Governance In The German Auto Industry,
2012
Pitzer College
The Impact Of Eu Oversight On Corporate Governance In The German Auto Industry, Jason Gorn
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
Rival Models To Capitalism: Can The Nordic Model Survive The New Global Economic System?,
2012
Pitzer College
Rival Models To Capitalism: Can The Nordic Model Survive The New Global Economic System?, Robbie Block
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
European Union Environmental Policy: The Influence Of Eu Accession On The Environmental Trajectory Of The Cee10,
2012
University of California, Davis
European Union Environmental Policy: The Influence Of Eu Accession On The Environmental Trajectory Of The Cee10, Kirsten Bender
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
On Chinese Foreign Policy: A Big Stick, An Equally Big Carrot,
2012
Macalester College
On Chinese Foreign Policy: A Big Stick, An Equally Big Carrot, Hannah K. Fishman
The Macalester Review
This paper attempts to provide a framework for analyzing China's newfound assertiveness. Does a rising China pose a systemic threat to the world order, or will Beijing's rise be characterized by what policy officials refer to as a "Peaceful Rise"? This paper argues that China is "building a bigger stick and a bigger carrot" to increase its hard and soft power capabilities; however, this policy won't necessarily pose a threat. The United States must strengthen Western-central international institutions and guide Beijing into this framework if the US wants to see a "Peaceful Rise."
Optimizing Social Media In Humanitarian Crisis Responses,
2012
Macalester College
Optimizing Social Media In Humanitarian Crisis Responses, Mark J. Mullaney
The Macalester Review
The social media boom has brought about a new age of communications and connectedness in our world. Just as the advent of televised news brought more attention to humanitarianism, social media has the capability to alter how humanitarian responses are viewed, coordinated, and executed. However, despite the vast potential of social media, humanitarian actors have been hesitant to fully incorporate it within their modus operandi. This essay explores the reasons for their skepticism and looks at cases where social media was put to good use during humanitarian crises. Using that information, we will argue that several measures can be …
Carving Out A Niche For Humanitarianism Within The Responsibility To Protect,
2012
Macalester College
Carving Out A Niche For Humanitarianism Within The Responsibility To Protect, Oana D. Alexan
The Macalester Review
Humanitarian action aims to alleviate the humanitarian symptoms of crises, yet humanitarian ideals have been stretched in ways relief workers never expected. For one, the right of humanitarian intervention rests on the premise that war, whose nature provides the rationale for killing, may be labeled a humanitarian act if waged for humanitarian ends. Humanitarian relief organizations oppose the misleading and manipulative labeling of conflicts that contradict the fundamental rationale of humanitarian action—the alleviation of suffering. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the international community engaged in a dialogue that gave birth to the concept of the “Responsibility to Protect.” …
What Lies Ahead For The Oecd?,
2012
Technological University Dublin
What Lies Ahead For The Oecd?, Richard Woodward
Books/Book Chapters
The “rise of the rest” has prompted questions about the capacity and willingness of the United States to lead the liberal international order established under its post-war hegemony. Some prophesize that stronger connections amongst emerging powers are the basis for a parallel international order parading different rules, norms and institutions. In contrast, Ikenberry argues that the visionary use of US power has woven capitalist and democratic societies together into a uniquely entrenched “Western” order that is “hard to overturn and easy to join.” Prevailing arrangements will condition the environment within which rising powers make their decisions; nevertheless, by joining the …
Human Rights And U.S. Foreign Policy In The Multilateral Development Banks,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Human Rights And U.S. Foreign Policy In The Multilateral Development Banks, Daniel Braaten
Department of Political Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Promoting human rights is an important foreign policy goal for the United States. There are many foreign policy areas through which the U.S. promotes human rights including voting against countries which violate human rights in the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). Promoting human rights, however, is not the only foreign policy goal of the U.S. in the MDBs. The U.S. also seeks strategic goals such as supporting allies and promoting domestic economic prosperity as well in the MDBs. Realist international relations theory posits that strategic interests will trump promoting human rights in the MDBs. For the U.S. however liberal international relations …
Catholic, Jewish Communities Stand Together,
2012
Seton Hall University
Catholic, Jewish Communities Stand Together, Lawrence Frizzell
Department of Religion Publications
Public statement regarding the attacks on churches in Nigeria, Shi'ite mosques and shrines in Iraq, the anti-Jewish attacks and defacing of synagogues in Highland Park, Maywood, Paramus and Hackensack, NJ and the homicidal attack on Rabbi Nasson Schuman and his family of Rutherford, NJ.
The Taiwan Elections In Historical Perspective,
2012
French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (Hong Kong)
The Taiwan Elections In Historical Perspective, Sebastian Veg
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
During a recent trip to Taipei to observe the January presidential and legislative elections, like many people with little first-hand knowledge of Taiwan, I was struck by the unique traits of Taiwan’s democracy. The elections also seemed relevant to many debates in China, not only because they were closely followed and tweeted by critical voices on the mainland, but also because of their significance against the broader historical and geographical context of the history of modern China, a connection which holds true even if one subscribes to the view that Taiwan had no previous connection with this history before 1945 …
Book Review: Developmental Fairy Tales,
2012
Columbia University
Book Review: Developmental Fairy Tales, Nicole Kwoh
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
At the 1996 APEC Economic Leaders Meeting, Jiang Zemin concluded his speech on economic development with a quote from Lu Xun: “For actually the earth had no road to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made” (1921). This quote highlights the important role played by the first generation of modern Chinese literature in shaping the current rhetoric of building a road to progress. In Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture, Andrew F. Jones explains the construction of this ubiquitous concept of cultural and historical progress. With a focus on Lu …
Salvaging Memories From The Ruins Of The Three Gorges,
2012
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Salvaging Memories From The Ruins Of The Three Gorges, Daisy Yan Du
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydro-electric power station in the world. The construction of the dam began in 1994 and was completed in 2009. Proponents bill it as a symbol of China’s rise on the global stage, while critics worldwide see it as a huge humanitarian crisis that has the potential to worsen in years to come. The biggest controversy of this project concerns the forced migration of around two million people, who, due to the rising water, have been displaced from their hometowns along the upper reaches of the Yangzi River in Chongqing and Sichuan and Hubei …
Digital Chinese Whispers: Death Threats And Rumors Inside China’S Online Marketplace Of Ideas,
2012
La Trobe University
Digital Chinese Whispers: Death Threats And Rumors Inside China’S Online Marketplace Of Ideas, James Leibold
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The Chinese internet is a wonderfully raucous and interesting place. It has greatly expanded the scope of public discourse and activity, despite the party-state’s extensive censorship regime. Not surprisingly, the world’s largest cyber-community exhibits tremendous depth and diversity: progressive cyber-activists and professional agitators; navel-gazing starlets and steam-venting gamers; mundane infotainment and the banal waxing of quotidian life; and, sadly, dark corners of fear, hatred and paranoia. It’s all there; it simply depends on where one looks. Like other technologies before it, the internet is normatively neutral, and thus can be put to good, bad and anodyne uses: individuals—not tools—shape the …
Behind Bo Xilai’S Halo,
2012
Inside-Out China
Behind Bo Xilai’S Halo, Xujun Eberlein
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
In the wake of Bo Xilai’s sudden downfall, shortly after what could be called an online carnival among China watchers—probably more in celebration of a rare, real-life political drama than anything else—international media is changing its tune and beginning to paint a more sympathetic image of Bo than previously reported, by focusing on Chinese people’s love of him. Reuters, for example, has a report titled “In China’s Chongqing, dismay over downfall of Bo Xilai” that quotes a working “stick man” (棒棒军, a porter-for-hire) who praises Bo as “a good man” that “made life a lot better here.” The Telegraph‘s Malcolm …
Book Review: Chiang Kai-Shek’S Interpersonal Relationships: Perspectives Across The Strait,
2012
University of Oxford
Book Review: Chiang Kai-Shek’S Interpersonal Relationships: Perspectives Across The Strait, Sherman Lai
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
This book brings together papers and panel discussions of a conference on Chiang Kai-shek held in Taipei in January 2011 with the joint participation of historians from both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan. It reflects new scholarship on Chiang Kai-shek in the Chinese-speaking world and showcases the approaches that historians in the PRC adopt in handling challenges that their Western colleagues do not encounter. While Chinese historians have enormous audiences, they do not share the academic freedom enjoyed by their colleagues in the West and Taiwan. Because their careers and livelihood are dependent on the Chinese Communist …
