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Catalytic C-C Bond Construction Using Fluorine and Chlorine-Containing Nucleophiles
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The high synthesis demand from upstream industries requires the development of new methods that produce fluorine and chlorine-containing compounds. To this end, a catalytic strategy was developed to achieve the insertion ...
Illiberalism and Energy Transitions in Myanmar and Thailand
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
Over the next century most states are likely to face momentous and potentially catastrophic
environmental impacts due to climate change. This has made managing energy
policy – traditionally focused on delivering energy ...
Beyond Realism: A Psychological Approach to Understanding Cambodia-China Relations and Its Implications for ASEAN Solidarity
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The rise of China has brought about changes in the balance of power in Southeast Asia, and the realist approach to foreign policy cannot explain why some Southeast Asian countries are balancing the increasing economic and ...
Should Clean Energy Be Politics As Usual? Reflections on India's Energy Transition
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
As planet Earth continues to warm up, there have been pressing calls for a decisive
“energy transition.” An urgent demand, in other words, for a comprehensive shift from
the current dependence on fossil-based or “dirty” ...
"Some 40 Years to Clean Up Fukushima" A View from Ongoing Court Battles
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
While China and India continue to build new nuclear power plants, partly for the sake
of reducing coal-related air pollution, Taiwan and South Korea have stopped their
development plans and have announced a clear agenda ...
Recognition's Practical Inversions: Rousseauian Reflections
(Georgetown University, 2019)
This dissertation concerns moral, social, and political recognition, specifically the social practices of its exchange. I argue that recognition is a good that regularly, for reasons integral to the need for recognition ...
Local, Global, Digital?: Digital Humanities and Slavic Area Studies
(ACRL, 2019)
In the past ten years, the work done in area studies—that is, the interdisciplinary study of regional topics—has changed dramatically. As such, the nature of the support that librarians need to provide scholars has similarly ...
Energy Transitions in India Implications for Energy Access, Greener Energy, and Energy Security
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
Today, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with an expected
annual GDP growth rate of 7.6 percent. With a target of eight percent annual growth
in the twelfth five-year plan (2012–2017) and ...
East Asia's Nuclear Policies Fukushima Effect or a Nuclear Renaissance?
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
Until 2011, nuclear power seemed to be on a roll around the world. A number of
countries, including China and Japan, placed atomic energy as a core pillar in their energy
policies or had plans for a massive expansion of ...
Energy Transitions in China and India Leapfrogging in Wind and Solar Power Technology
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
China and India are undergoing rapid transitions towards renewable energy. While
their power mix is still dominated by coal, renewables—especially wind and solar—
have in recent years outpaced the capacity addition of ...