Search Full Text
Now showing items 1-10 of 36
DOES JOINING THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE HAVE AN IMPACT ON EXTRACTIVE AND NON-EXTRACTIVE FDI INFLOWS?
(Georgetown University, 2013)
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) invites resource-rich countries to voluntarily publish the payments they receive from corporations and open their books to the scrutiny of certified auditors. In ...
GOVERNANCE RETURNS TO EDUCATION: DO EXPECTED YEARS OF SCHOOLING PREDICT QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper examines the relationship between expected years of schooling and governance in a sample of 157 countries. Previous studies have looked at similar relationships, specifically between education and democracy, ...
TERRORISM IN YEMEN: CHALLENGES AND UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
(Georgetown University, 2013)
TERRORISM IN YEMEN: CHALLENGES AND UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
Does a country's inflation rate influence the possibility of its involvement in a foreign policy crisis?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
DOES A COUNTRY'S INFLATION RATE INFLUENCE THE
Ambassador Doraemon: Japan's Pop Culture Diplomacy in China and South Korea
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Despite a growing literature on Japanese soft power and public diplomacy, little research quantifies its effects or orients it in policy discussions. This paper investigates the relationship of consumption of Japanese ...
Does the Inclusion of Women in African Legislatures Encourage Women's Political Participation?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Using Afrobarometer survey data from up to 20 African countries over four time periods spanning nearly a decade and country-level data from a variety of sources, this study tests the hypotheses that: (1) Quota laws requiring ...
(UN)EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW: ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF GENDER SYNCHRONY AND MUSLIM RELIGION ON ASYLUM OUTCOMES IN THE UNITED STATES
(Georgetown University, 2017)
By law, asylum claims in the United States are adjudicated on the basis of an applicant’s well-founded fear of persecution. Yet recent quantitative research on asylum decisions indicates that the probability of receiving ...
MILITARY SOFT POWER IS NOT AN OXYMORON: USING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ANALYTIC APPROACHES TO EXAMINE GOALS AND EFFECTS OF U.S. MILITARY EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
(Georgetown University, 2011)
Current, less traditional threats to global security and stability call for changes in how we address national security goals. A number of studies have highlighted the importance of soft power in this new international ...
Combating Nuclear Trafficking in the Former Soviet Union & Eastern Europe: U.S. Nonproliferation Assistance and the Illicit Nuclear Trade, 1997-2009
(Georgetown University, 2011)
The illicit trafficking of fissile and radioactive materials emerged as a prominent threat following the collapse of the USSR. In the aftermath of September 11th, the issue has received renewed attention due to the ...
THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION ON THE U.S. LABOR MARKET
(Georgetown University, 2012)
While the overall impact of globalization has been impressive - lifting millions of people out of poverty and providing unprecedented opportunities for people around the world, the benefits have not been shared equally by ...