Browsing Programs, Centers, and Institutes by Department "International Studies"
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The objective of this project is to analyze the political cartoons created by Indian artist Paresh Nath in order to uncover the similarities and differences between the way in which the US-Russian relationship was depicted ...
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(2011-05-05)In the post 9/11 world of American Foreign Policy, where interdependence and globalization are variables that influence every aspect of world affairs, what should the priorities of the United States be and what instruments ...
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(2014-08-07)The Arab Spring has been misidentified as purely a struggle for democracy and political freedoms; however, economic factors might carry more weight in a country’s population deciding to rise up against its government. In ...
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This study will examine how women are marginalized within gendered concepts of humanity through the limitations of femicide as an unrecognized basis for the credible fear of persecution under human rights regimes in the ...
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The Basque Country, a region along the Spanish-Franco border, has a long history of independence and autonomy. In the modern era, from 1959 until 2011, the domestic terrorist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) waged a ...
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The research investigates the “Latino health paradox” through the health determinant of birth outcomes and two levels of intersectionality expressed within the context of the cultural, the economic, and the political. The ...
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Encountering the two greatest refugee crises in the twenty-first century, the European Union and the United States instituted immigration policies that externalized migration controls. Through international agreements, ...
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In the 21st century, industrial expansion across the planet, individual and global mobility, and capitalistic-driven consumption have generated increased air and water toxicity, rising ocean levels, and mountains of ...
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This thesis will be examining the policies enacted in the contemporary period - contemporary defined as the time period after the events of the Cold War - and will do so empirically. This thesis will analyze contemporary ...
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(1995)With the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States formally recognized Mexico as a country of great economic importance. In doing so, the United States opened the door to increased interdependence ...
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(2013-09-30)“It is well known that human beings are complex, multi-faceted, contradictory, and full of surprises, but it takes a time of war or great upheaval in order to see it,” (Némirovsky, 363). When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf ...
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(2013-02-04)ABSTRACT Fair Weather Friends or Pillars of Support: Assessing the Sources of Legitimacy of EU Governance Among the Public Across Europe Out of the current sovereign debt crisis, the continuing debate over the proper ...
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As tensions rose in Germany before World War II, the danger faced by high-risk populations also rose. In response to this threat, organized evacuation efforts eventually became necessary for the survival of these targeted ...
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In the sixth century BCE, the Achaemenid Persian Empire stretched from the Nile River to the Indus Valley, incorporating the art of conquered civilizations into a collective Persian culture. In twentieth century Iran, the ...
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The unique situation of Palestine not being considered a state creates a rare situation for refugees who are thereby stateless and processed as such. Through this project, I explore how Palestinian refugees are impacted ...
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On June 13, 2021, the Algerian Ministry of Communication revoked the media accreditation of the French television news channel France 24 in Algeria. This was during a period of popular protest led by the pro-democracy Hirak ...
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In China there is a great gender imbalance, with men outnumbering women by 15%. This is a result of the One Child Policy which was enacted in 1979. At the same cultural moment, in 1978, Deng Xiaoping initiated the Open ...
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Traditional renditions of the idea of community have faced many new critiques in the face of our increasingly globalized world that has come to be organized into national communities, or nation-states. Following a ...
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(2013-02-04)Health and nutritional status; rural health; Thomazeau, Haiti
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Japan is currently facing a population decline and other large demographic shifts. Many Japanese people are choosing to delay marriage (or not get married at all), ultimately resulting in a lower birth rate and an aging ...