Objects Supporting/Resisting A Democracy And Resisting An Occupation: Two Sides Of The Same Coin—Kosovo And The Occupied Territories,
2023
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Objects Supporting/Resisting A Democracy And Resisting An Occupation: Two Sides Of The Same Coin—Kosovo And The Occupied Territories, Rory J. Conces Prof.
International Dialogue
I thought I knew all there was to know about evocative objects, at least as much as I needed to know to talk about ordinary (political) ontology. But I was very wrong, as wrong as I could ever be. I didn’t know much about those objects. And maybe I still don’t, even after spending a chunk of my life in Bosnia and Kosovo and immersed in their ethnic divisions and enclaves. What I concluded from my Balkan experience was that since peace and democracy building were the ultimate goals for the region, the divisiveness of ethnic enclaves and the objects …
Shifting Tides: Egypt’S Unexpected Path After The 1973 War,
2023
American University in Cairo
Shifting Tides: Egypt’S Unexpected Path After The 1973 War, Ali E. Hillal Dessouki
Faculty Journal Articles
What prompted Egypt to move from a socialist state to a capitalist one, from Israel’s adversary to its reluctant diplomatic partner, from being a country with a strong national identity to a deeply divided one? The answer is war.
The 1973 War And Its Aftermath: The View From Damascus,
2023
American University in Cairo
The 1973 War And Its Aftermath: The View From Damascus, Murhaf Jouejati
Faculty Journal Articles
Syrian gains in the conflict were elusive as an unilateral strategic move from the Egyptians put them in jeopardy.
United States Diplomacy And The 1973 War,
2023
American University in Cairo
United States Diplomacy And The 1973 War, Daniel Kurtzer
Faculty Journal Articles
Before the October 1973 War, U.S. administrations showed little interest in trying to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. The war was pivotal in launching U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East and kick-starting serious steps toward Egyptian-Israeli peacemaking.
Miscalculations And Legacies: A Look Back At The 1973 War Half A Century On,
2023
American University in Cairo
Miscalculations And Legacies: A Look Back At The 1973 War Half A Century On, David Makovsky
Faculty Journal Articles
Historians continue to debate “what if” scenarios about the pivotal conflict which reshaped the Middle East.
The 1973 October War And The Soviet Union,
2023
American University in Cairo
The 1973 October War And The Soviet Union, Vitaly Naumkin, Vasily Kuznetsov
Faculty Journal Articles
The Soviets tried to work out viable policies to deal with the fallout of the October War and Egypt’s pivot to the West.
Gaza Conflict Cascading Effects: The Rafah Question,
2023
American University in Cairo
Gaza Conflict Cascading Effects: The Rafah Question, Maryam El-Prince
Faculty Journal Articles
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Ringside Seat To Real-Time Radicalization,
2023
American University in Cairo
Ringside Seat To Real-Time Radicalization, Lawrence Pintak
Faculty Journal Articles
Research on radicalization finds that exposure to violence leads to further violence. Israel’s military campaign has made Gaza a “living Hell.”
Failures Of International Law And Violence In Gaza,
2023
American University in Cairo
Failures Of International Law And Violence In Gaza, Abigail Flynn
Faculty Journal Articles
The recent attacks on Gaza have raised important questions regarding the effectiveness of international law in preventing violence.
‘I Just Wish Palestinians Would Disappear’,
2023
American University in Cairo
‘I Just Wish Palestinians Would Disappear’, Geoffrey Aronson
Faculty Journal Articles
The war being fought today offers the latest evidence that the brutal reality of Palestinian dispossession has changed little in the decades since Israel’s founding.
Biden Aims To Contain Violence In Israel/Palestine. His Policy May Be Stoking It Instead,
2023
American University in Cairo
Biden Aims To Contain Violence In Israel/Palestine. His Policy May Be Stoking It Instead, Shibley Telhami
Faculty Journal Articles
Biden’s recent attempts at deescalation do not challenge or overturn decades of America enabling Israel’s violent occupation of Palestine. Instead, Biden has continued to systematically dismantle any non-violent avenues for Palestinian resistance while strengthening the militant Israeli far right.
Delivering The Palestinians To Israel: The Lasting Effects Of The 1973 War On The Palestinian Question,
2023
American University in Cairo
Delivering The Palestinians To Israel: The Lasting Effects Of The 1973 War On The Palestinian Question, Khaled Elgindy
Faculty Journal Articles
In the years following the creation of Israel, the United States became the game master of the Arab-Israeli peace process. For Palestinians, this meant that they would not have a seat at the table for decades to come.
October 1973: Memoires Of A Soldier And Scholar,
2023
American University in Cairo
October 1973: Memoires Of A Soldier And Scholar, Abdelmonem Said Aly
Faculty Journal Articles
Reflections on how I experienced the war, first as a student-activist, then as a soldier, and later as a political scientist.
Israel And The United States Did Not See The 1973 War Coming,
2023
American University in Cairo
Israel And The United States Did Not See The 1973 War Coming, Zaki Shalom
Faculty Journal Articles
Israel’s mistaken pre-war assumptions about the 1973 War caused it to fail to foresee the potential outbreak of a war with Egypt and Syria. What were these calculations based on and why did the United States follow suit?
The Effect Of Power Shifts On War,
2023
Gettysburg College
The Effect Of Power Shifts On War, Jeffrey D. Torrieri
Student Publications
Instances where an actor is experiencing a significant gain in power or is watching the power they once had slowly slip away seem like breeding grounds for conflict. This gives rise to the question: What effect does the rapid rise or decline of a significant actor’s power in the international system have on the likelihood that a system-changing war will occur? The basis of my answer to this question lies in both the power transition theory and the theory of hegemonic war. By critically analyzing the two aforementioned theories, addressing scholarly critiques of these theories, and making predictions about a …
Complex Dynamics Of Contention: Towards A Generative Model Of Social Dissent,
2023
Old Dominion University
Complex Dynamics Of Contention: Towards A Generative Model Of Social Dissent, Travis Holmes
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
In 2003, McAdam et al. released their seminal work Dynamics of Contention as a challenge to scholars within the field of contentious politics. In it, they claimed that the field required a refocusing from static and topical arguments splintered into various disciplines, to a more unified research agenda in search of causal mechanisms. In the spirit of their work, this study seeks to revisit this original critique considering more recent scholarship in the fields of Complexity and Systems Sciences along with certain technological advances in the field of computational social science, namely, the Agent-Based Model (ABM). In addition, both computational …
Desapariciones De Migrantes En La Frontera: Un Análisis De Factores Influyentes,
2023
SIT Study Abroad
Desapariciones De Migrantes En La Frontera: Un Análisis De Factores Influyentes, Reyna Krystal Blakeman
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
La migración latinoamericana a los Estados Unidos ha sido prevalente durante casi un siglo. Con una cantidad cada vez mayor de migrantes cruzando la frontera, las medidas de la Patrulla Fronteriza se vuelven más estrictas mientras pasan los años. Pero las consecuencias de estas regulaciones han sido fatales para los migrantes, y han resultado en un aumento en la cantidad de muertes y desapariciones de migrantes. Sin embargo, se ha realizado poca investigación sobre el tema de las desapariciones de migrantes, lo que resulta en que los desafíos que enfrentan los migrantes al cruzar la frontera sean ignorados por los …
Visualizing Affective Democracy: Learning Community In China And Taiwan Through Images Of Foreigners,
2023
Singapore Management University
Visualizing Affective Democracy: Learning Community In China And Taiwan Through Images Of Foreigners, William A. Callahan
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
In the past few years, cross-strait relations have been in the news again, especially in terms of China’s hard power reunification strategy and its sharp power influence operations. Indeed, much ink has been spilled about what lessons Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Taiwan’s presidential election in January 2024 has also led to increased analysis on Beijing’s use disinformation, misinformation, and other influence operations to favor candidates more friendly to the PRC. Indeed, Chinese military’s daily testing of Taiwan’s air and sea defense is both a hard power and a sharp power strategy because …
Unveiling The Impact: Mexico's Decree On Genetically Modified Corn And Its Ramifications On Food Security,
2023
SIT Study Abroad
Unveiling The Impact: Mexico's Decree On Genetically Modified Corn And Its Ramifications On Food Security, Lauren Mcshea
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This research delves into the repercussions of Mexico's presidential decree in late 2020, which imposed a ban on the human consumption of genetically modified (GM) corn by January 2024. In a trade dispute under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the decree has sparked tensions between Mexico and the United States, particularly concerning the disruption of GM corn exports. Beyond trade dynamics, the study aims to address the broader impact on Mexico's food security landscape, exploring the intricate connections between the ban and various factors, including agricultural practices, economic implications, and shifts in the corn market dynamics. This research seeks to …
Carbon Credibility: Strategic Opportunities For Asean Regional Industrial Policy In Voluntary Carbon Markets,
2023
SIT Study Abroad
Carbon Credibility: Strategic Opportunities For Asean Regional Industrial Policy In Voluntary Carbon Markets, Bryan Jed Soh
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Carbon offsets have come under increasing scrutiny due to uncertainties in real carbon abatement, transparency, and fears that it will exacerbate global inequality by allowing the global North to ‘pay to pollute’ through ethically questionable projects in the South. Following Article 2.1.C of the Paris Agreement, this paper argues that the global green transition requires private capital to be fully mobilized through voluntary carbon markets (VCMs). Given that ASEAN states face some of the world’s greatest climate risks while being a fast-growing region, this case study answers the question: how can states play a more proactive role in regulating VCMs …
