Browsing Master of International Affairs (MIA) Capstones by Title
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The 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Kuwait: A Look at the History, Evolution, and Future of the US-Kuwaiti Relationship
(2017-03-06)On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. The subsequent liberation by a US-led coalition served as a watershed moment in US-Kuwaiti relations. The Gulf War is often viewed as the onset of the close relationship ... -
Assessing Regional Border Security
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Background on Zambia's Labor Market with Cross-National Comparisons
(2011)Although Zambia has enjoyed decent economic growth, its employment growth and labor productivity have continued to stagnate. What factors explain the stagnation? This Capstone project aims to answer this question through ... -
CEFADES: An impact evaluation of a vocational and rehabilitation program for at-‐risk youth in Eastern DRC
(2013)In the fall of 2013, a group of students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University were approached to design and implement a survey to gauge the effectiveness of a youth employment program ... -
China's Pathways to Energy Security
(2010)This project explores the growing web of connections - specifically, in the area of energy interdependence among the East Asian states and India with oil producing states in the Persian Gulf region. These relations are ... -
Conflict, Earthquakes, and School Outcomes: Two Studies on Nepal
(2017-03-06)The increased frequency of natural disasters globally has prioritized the need for a broader understanding of disaster resilience. More recently, on April 25 and May 12 of 2015, two major earthquakes devastated many ... -
Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Security
(2011)We were tasked by CENTRA Technology, Inc., to create a methodology that could be used to prioritize critical cyber assets in the United States. We have answered that call by developing a user-friendly, consequence-based ... -
Do NGOs Deliver? The Role of NGOs in Responding to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan
(2017-03-06)Eleven million Syrians have fled their homes or have been killed as a result of the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011 (Mercy Corps, 2016). The violence, destruction of homes, human rights violations, and lack of access ... -
East Asian Security in 2025
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Emerging Trends with a Significant Impact on the U.S. Intelligence Community
(2014)How has current culture affected the thinking of college age students who constitute the potential future work force. We need to know how they think for a number of reasons. Specifically, recruiters need to know how to ... -
Environmental Impacts of China Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Case Studies in Latin America, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Zambia
(2012)China’s rapid increase of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) over the past decade has garnered worldwide attention for a variety of reasons. Of particular concern is the concentration of Chinese OFDI in extractive ... -
Estimating the Economic Costs of Espionage
(2010)Economic espionage is a serious threat to the vitality of the U.S. economy. While this is a widely accepted fact, there is no formal way to measure the damage an incident of economic espionage has on the U.S. economy. The ... -
Evaluating the Implementation of the National Strategy for Biosurveillance
(2015-05-20)Biological incidents, both man-made and naturally occurring, represent a significant threat to the national security of the United States. Identifying these crises begins with the detection and reporting of essential ...