Iran's Nuclear Program: A Struggle For Security And Modernity,
2024
University of South Florida
Iran's Nuclear Program: A Struggle For Security And Modernity, Sina Azodi
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation explores the historical evolution of Iran's nuclear program from its inception in the 1950s to the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015. It examines how threat perceptions have, over the decades, influenced Iran's nuclear posture, leading the Iranian political leadership to adopt a hedging strategy that extends beyond changes in ruling regimes. This study employs the Proliferation Strategy Theory (PST) as its theoretical foundation. This framework helps in dissecting the dynamics between threat perceptions and the candidate state's adopted nuclear posture. The principal findings of this dissertation highlight the direct impact of regional …
Feminization Of Responsibility In Community Recovery: Rethinking Disaster Justice Through The Lens Of Care,
2024
Ateneo de Manila University
Feminization Of Responsibility In Community Recovery: Rethinking Disaster Justice Through The Lens Of Care, Kaira Zoe; Alburo-Cañete
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
In the Philippines women are increasingly recognized for their crucial roles in disaster recovery. While not against participation per se, thisarticle troubles assumptions tied to women’s participation, which are based on constructions of women’s altruism and care responsibilities. Drawing from a qualitative case study in post-Yolanda Tacloban, it contends that instrumentalizing women’s care-based practices in disasters may inadvertently worsen gender inequalities. To achieve gender justice in recovery, thearticle advocates addressing the confinement of care to women and emphasizes integrating an ethics of care into disaster justice frameworks to combat pervasive injustices that contribute to gendered vulnerabilities during disasters.KEYWORDS: DISASTER JUSTICE …
Reframing Disaster Justice: Conceptual Provocations, Practical Insights, And Research Directions,
2024
Ateneo de Manila University
Reframing Disaster Justice: Conceptual Provocations, Practical Insights, And Research Directions, Redento B.; Recio, Kaira Zoe; Alburo-Cañete, Pamela Gloria; Cajilig
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints
As we articulated in the introduction to the first installment of this two-part special issue, our aim is to offer a space that provokes a reflection and articulation of disaster justice praxis to generate conceptual, empirical, and practical insights across various Philippine contexts. In this second installment, we present several thematic threads emerging from the three researcharticles and the reflective conversations with disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) practitioners. These themes include (1) enriching disaster justice praxis and tackling issues around “justice gaps”; (2) interrogating initiatives to “shift the power” and localize DRRM interventions; and (3) revisiting the role of …
Implications And Recommendations For U.S. Security Alliances: South Korea's Anticipated Nuclear Proliferation,
2024
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Implications And Recommendations For U.S. Security Alliances: South Korea's Anticipated Nuclear Proliferation, Ethan Czapla
Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)
In 2023, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol suggested South Korea should consider pursuing a sovereign nuclear weapon arsenal, a striking departure from the history of South Korea’s non-proliferation posture. The pursuit of a nuclear capability or redeployment of nuclear weapons has gained traction among the South Korean public, as over 70% supported acquiring a sovereign nuclear capability in 2021. In this paper, I argue nuclear proliferation in South Korea would (1) destabilize regional security, (2) diminish U.S. security alliances, and (3) undermine the international rules-based order regarding non-proliferation and offer policy recommendations for U.S. defense practitioners in order to boost …
News Deserts And Voter Turnout: How Local News Shortages Decrease Voter Participation,
2024
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
News Deserts And Voter Turnout: How Local News Shortages Decrease Voter Participation, Lauren Penington
Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)
How does local news impact a county’s registered voter population, associated voting patterns, and political participation? Electoral turnout is one of the most studied topics in political science, and substantial research exists into demographic factors — including race, age, and socioeconomic status — that influence an individual’s likelihood to vote. Recent studies have begun to examine the impact of societal factors — such as the internet, social media, and news — on an individual’s ability to and likelihood of fulfilling their civic obligation. This paper explores the relationship between expanding news deserts and decreasing voter turnout, proposing that as a …
The Arab Cooperation Council And The Gulf Cooperation Council: A Comparative Study,
2024
The University of Jordan - Jordan
The Arab Cooperation Council And The Gulf Cooperation Council: A Comparative Study, Basma Tom
Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series
This study aimed to compare the elements of development and completion between the Arab Cooperation Council and the Gulf Cooperation Council, while also examining the case for Arab integration in the context of a new human renaissance in the Arab region. The study is based on a major hypothesis that states: 'There is a correlation between reviving the Arab integration project, given the current regional and international changes, and the Arab region finding its way out of the crisis, ultimately leading to a comprehensive human renaissance. To investigate this hypothesis, both the descriptive-analytical approach and the comparative approach were utilized. …
Manifestations Of Tribalism In Tribal Conflicts In The Southern West Bank,
2024
Palestine Ahliya University - Palestine
Manifestations Of Tribalism In Tribal Conflicts In The Southern West Bank, Mahmud Hammad, Daoud Al-Zeer
Jordan Journal of Applied Science-Humanities Series
The study aimed to answer the following main question: What are the manifestations of tribalism that appear in tribal conflicts in the Southern West Bank? This question is divided into three sub-questions that explore the reasons for the emergence of tribalism: What are the most important forms of tribalism? And to what extent can these forms be overcome? The researchers employed a qualitative method, conducting 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews with experienced tribesmen from Bethlehem and Hebron Governorates. The results of the study indicated that there are many reasons underlying tribalism and loyalty to the tribe. These reasons are reflected in …
Christian Nukes: The Effects Of Christian Ethics On Support For Nuclear Strikes,
2024
Pepperdine University
Christian Nukes: The Effects Of Christian Ethics On Support For Nuclear Strikes, Jack Jogerst
Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium
Over the last several decades, constructivist and realist scholars of international relations have acknowledged the empirical holes in deterrence theory and debated the conditions contributing to the non-use of nuclear weapons since 1945. While constructivists have argued that a strong norm of non-use has constrained state behavior through a logic of appropriateness, realist scholars have contended that a logic of consequences prevents their utilization. In the last decade, a wave of survey experiments have measured the validity of these theories. Though these studies generally seem to reaffirm the realist perspective, the literature largely overlooks the micro-level variables that might be …
Examining Active News Avoidance Across Countries: A Multilevel Moderation Analysis Of News Interests, News Trust, And Press Freedom,
2024
Chapman University
Examining Active News Avoidance Across Countries: A Multilevel Moderation Analysis Of News Interests, News Trust, And Press Freedom, Gabriel Miao Li, Fan Liang, Qinfeng Zhu
Communication Faculty Articles and Research
Previous studies have identified various individual factors explaining news avoidance, but the understanding of how these factors function within the broader political information environment is limited. This study, leveraging a large-scale cross-national survey, reveals that the relationships between individual news interests, news trust, and news avoidance differ across countries with varying levels of press freedom. In nations where the press is strong and free, personal preferences minimally influence individuals’ active avoidance of hard news. News avoidance is not solely a product of individual-level attributes. Rather, the impact of these individual factors is significantly shaped by the overarching political information environment.
Antislavery White Supremacists And The Mistreatment Of African Americans In Indiana, 1787-1870,
2024
Liberty University
Antislavery White Supremacists And The Mistreatment Of African Americans In Indiana, 1787-1870, Mark A. King
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
Conventional wisdom holds that Indiana was always predominantly antislavery because it had begun as a territory of the United States under the Northwest Territory Act of 1787, which prohibited slavery; however, this is incorrect. This northern state had about as much proslavery sentiment as most states in the South. The state wrestled with the issue in the legislative session after the legislative session and court case after court case for decades during the antebellum period. Prominent settlers and state organizers petitioned Congress to allow the Indiana Territory to become a slave region. After statehood, proslavery forces continued to push for …
Searching Govinfo.Gov/,
2024
Purdue University
Searching Govinfo.Gov/, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations
This U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) database provides access to information legal, legislative, and regulatory information produced on multiple subjects by the U.S. Government. Content includes congressional bills, congressional committee hearings and prints (studies), reports on legislation, the text of laws, regulations, and executive orders and multiple U.S. Government information resources covering subjects from accounting to zoology.
Good Times, Politics, And Collapse: The Archaeology Of Old St. Joseph, Florida,
2024
University of South Florida
Good Times, Politics, And Collapse: The Archaeology Of Old St. Joseph, Florida, Christopher N. Hunt
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The town of St. Joseph, established in 1835, served as a deep-water port for receiving and shipping dry goods up the Apalachicola River north along the vast network of navigable inland waterways in the southeastern U.S. during the early nineteenth century. Unfortunately, this town was hit with a yellow fever epidemic, a fire, and a series of hurricanes that, combined with the infancy of its cotton trade activities, eventually devastated its economy and population. The town disappeared by 1842, only much later to be replaced by modern Port St. Joe (est. 1909), located north of the original settlement. However, St. …
Challenges To Reindeer, Reciprocity, And Indigenous Sami Sovereignty Amidst The Impact Of Green Energy Developments,
2024
Cal Poly Humboldt
Challenges To Reindeer, Reciprocity, And Indigenous Sami Sovereignty Amidst The Impact Of Green Energy Developments, Lisa Heikka-Huber
IdeaFest: Interdisciplinary Journal of Creative Works and Research from Cal Poly Humboldt
The Indigenous people of Europe known as the Sami, (also spelled Saami) many of whom live throughout the world, have continued to maintain active nomadic communities today as their ancestors did. A wide spanning region of Northern Europe’s Arctic Zone or Sampi often referred to as Fennoscandia, encompasses four countries, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia’s Kola Peninsula (Roland & Löffler, 2012). The nomadic Sami people follow the migration pathways of their reindeer herds through the wilderness bi-annually. This paper will discuss many perspectives, including the battle Sami people and other Indigenous communities have endured while combating green energy development from …
Tangled Threads: The Emerging Ideology Of Far-Right Islamic Conservatism In The Muslim Diaspora,
2024
University of South Florida
Tangled Threads: The Emerging Ideology Of Far-Right Islamic Conservatism In The Muslim Diaspora, Veli John Muhammed Aydoner
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Contemporary political science literature has done well to cover the recent resurgence of the far-right within Western political discourse. However, one notable blind spot within this literature comes from an even more recent development: Far-Right Islamic Conservatism (FRIC). FRIC represents an ideology constructed through an attempted synthesis of far-right conservative political thought with a particular interpretation of the Western Muslim and Islamic identities. This paper seeks to help alleviate this gap in the literature by contextualizing the foundations of FRIC’s attempted theoretical synthesis and by exploring its engagements within Western political discourse. Following a formative assessment of FRIC’s ideological development, …
Killjoy? Augustine On Pageantry,
2024
University of Richmond
Killjoy? Augustine On Pageantry, Peter Kaufman
Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications
Augustine’s position on civic spectacles should be evaluated in connection with his fears about a resurgence of paganism in late Roman North Africa. Notwithstanding contemporary claims that those fears were cover for early fifth-century prelatical efforts to manage commercial and political culture, evidence suggests that paganism in North Africa survived and was seductive.
Corporatizing Violence: Targeted Repression Of Indigenous Dissent In Democratic States,
2024
Portland State University
Corporatizing Violence: Targeted Repression Of Indigenous Dissent In Democratic States, Laikaika Layne Rivera
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis explores state repression of disruptive protests against private development projects in democracies. Using a mixed methods approach, including logistic regression and case studies, the research identifies key factors influencing repression. Indigenous leadership, fragmented public opposition, and private elite influence increase the likelihood of violent repression. The findings suggest that when public resistance is insufficient against powerful private interests, coercive institutions resort to violent strategies to quell disruptions and signal increased costs for future dissent. State repression is more likely when the protest movement is comprised of Indigenous groups than compared to those of the general public. The study …
موقف مجلس الأمن الدولي من التدخل الأجنبي في ليبيا 2011-2021 (دراسة مقارنة),
2024
University of Jordan-Jordan
موقف مجلس الأمن الدولي من التدخل الأجنبي في ليبيا 2011-2021 (دراسة مقارنة), Shaker Salem Hamdan Kharabsheh
Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي
هدف المقال إلى التعرف على موقف مجلس الأمن من التدخل العسكري في ليبيا، وقدّمت الدراسة إطاراً نظرياً لمفهوم التدخل وأنواعه ومشروعيته، واستعرضت الأسباب التي دفعت إلى التدخل العسكري في ليبيا ممثلةً بالفوضى الناجمة عن الربيع العربي. كما استعرضت الدراسة ظروف تدخل الناتو وتركيا في ليبيا. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى أن موقف مجلس الأمن الدولي من التدخل العسكري للناتو في ليبيا كان متوافقاً مع مصالح الدول العظمى في هذه الدولة، فالقرارات التي اتخذها المجلس بخصوص تدخل الناتو في ليبيا 2011 كانت ضمن إطار الفصل السابع من ميثاق الأمم المتحدة، والذي يتيح استخدام القوة ضد الدول، وكانت ذريعة التدخل في ليبيا هي انتهاك …
التحديات الداخلية والخارجية لإعادة بناء الدولة,
2024
University of Jordan-Jordan
التحديات الداخلية والخارجية لإعادة بناء الدولة, Dena Sabeeh Masoud Shqair, Amin Awwad Muhanna Almashqbeh
Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي
هدف المقال التعرف على التحديات الداخلية والخارجية لإعادة بناء الدولة من خلال التعرف على الظروف التاريخية التي بلورت مفهوم إعادة بناء الدولة، وتسليط الضوء على عدد من التحديات الداخلية والخارجية السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية والأمنية التي تحد من إعادة البناء. وانطلقت الدراسة من فرضية رئيسة مفادها أن "هناك علاقة ارتباطية بين عدد من التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية والأمنية الداخلية والخارجية وبين إعادة بناء الدولة"، وبعد توظيف المنهجية العلمية الملائمة لهذه الدراسة ممثلةً بالمنهج الوصفي التحليلي، اتضح صحة هذه الفرضية؛ إذ تبيّن أن التحديات الداخلية ممثلةً بغياب الديمقراطية، والفساد، والعنف السياسي، والبطالة، والفقر، والهجرة الخارجية، والتحديات الخارجية ممثلةً باللجوء والتدخل الخارجي، ذات …
أثر المحددات الاجتماعية على الأدوار السياسية للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في الأردن,
2024
University of Jordan-Jordan
أثر المحددات الاجتماعية على الأدوار السياسية للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في الأردن, Hazem Bishara Nayef Al-Hijazin, Amin Awwad Muhanna Almashqbeh
Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي
هدف المقال تحليل المحددات الاجتماعية المؤثرة على الأدوار السياسية للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في الأردن، وتحديد أثر المحددات الاجتماعية على الأدوار السياسية وأسباب المشاركة السياسية للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة، ولقد اعتمدت الدراسة على المناهج التالية في الإجابة عن تساؤلاتها المنهج الإحصائي التحليلي، والمنهج الوصفي التحليلي، خلصت الدراسة إلى أن أكثر أشكال المشاركة السياسية لذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة هي التصويت في الانتخابات، ثم العضوية النشطة في الجمعيات الخيرية، ومن ثم العضوية الفاعلة في مؤسسات المجتمع المدني، ووجود تأثير سلبي للمحددات الاجتماعية على الأدوار السياسية للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة في الأردن، وبناء على نتائج الدراسة فإنها توصي بضرورة الاهتمام بذوي الإعاقة في الأردن بشكل أكثر ايجابية، …
تأثير المنظمات الاقتصادية الدولية على التنمية الإقتصادية في الوطن العربي دراسة حالة الأردن (1990م-2020م),
2024
University of Jordan- Jordan
تأثير المنظمات الاقتصادية الدولية على التنمية الإقتصادية في الوطن العربي دراسة حالة الأردن (1990م-2020م), Zaid Ghaleb Al-Hyari, Muhammad Hamad Al-Katatsheh
Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي
هدف المقال الى معرفة تأثير المنظمات الإقتصادية الدولية على التنمية الإقتصادية في الأردن خلال الفترة (1990م-2020م)، وهي الفترة التي شهدت قيام الأردن بتبني العديد من برامج الإصلاح الإقتصادي المنبثقة عن المنظمات الإقتصادية الدولية متمثلةً بصندوق النقد والبنك الدوليين، وذلك من أجل النهوض بالتنمية الإقتصادية، والحد من الإختلالات الإقتصادية الخارجية والداخلية المتمثلة بإرتفاع نسبة المديونية وعجز الموازنة العامة، حيث هدفت تلك البرامج الى زيادة النمو الاقتصادي للأردن، ورفع الإنتاجية ومحاربة الفقر وتشجيع الإستثمار الأجنبي، وتعزيز قدرة الأردن على تحقيق التوازن الداخلي والخارجي للمدفوعات والمحافظة عليها، إلا ان نتائج البحث أظهرت على المدى الطويل فشل البرامج المطبقة في تحقيق أهدافها التنموية، على …
