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Money Does Grow on Trees: Analyzing the Nexus of Forestry Crime and Money Laundering
(Georgetown University, 2019)
How effective are anti-money laundering approaches to combat rampant illegal logging and forest destruction in Southeast Asia. In 2017, every second across the world, an area of forest more than the size of a football field ...
Measuring Chinese Aggression: Military Exercises as Cost Imposition on Alignment with the United States
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Although the sentiment that People’s Republic of China (PRC) foreign policy has become increasingly aggressive in recent years, particularly upon the leadership of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping, ...
FARC and Deforestation in Colombia: A Case for Rebel Governance?
(Georgetown University, 2019)
What role did the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) play in regulating deforestation before reaching an agreement with the Colombian government? Following the rebel group's retrenchment as a consequence of the ...
Political Competition and Taliban Electoral Violence in the 2014 Afghan Presidential Elections
(Georgetown University, 2019)
In Afghanistan, elections are a violent affair. Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, five national elections have been held and each has served as a focal point for Taliban violence. Understanding what drives this ...
The Counterattack of Outliers: Minority, Divided Government, and the Changing Effect of Institutional Veto Power on Trade Policy Ratification in the Digital Media Era
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Different governments have different motives to shape a bilateral trade policy, either to gain political benefits or to avoid political costs. In digital era, public opinion on social media platforms play perhaps increasingly ...
The Abolition of Emerson: The Secularization of America’s Poet-Priest and the New Social Tyranny It Signals
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Motivated by the present climate of polarization in US public life, this project examines factional discord as a threat to the health of a democratic-republic. Specifically, it addresses the problem of social tyranny, ...
Under the Umbrella: Alliance Credibility and Nuclear Proliferation
(Georgetown University, 2019)
What are the causes and consequences of alliance credibility in international politics? While the credibility and reputation literature has examined whether or not credibility matters in international politics, these studies ...
Follow the Party: Super PACs and the Political Party Network
(Georgetown University, 2019)
In 2010, two U.S. court decisions enabled political groups to raise and spend money in unlimited amounts. These groups, called Super PACs, are known for the vast sums of money they spend in elections. However, less attention ...
Five Free Expression Safeguards from a Facebook User's Perspective
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Pressure is mounting on Facebook to moderate content more aggressively, risking collateral damage to free expression. Activists have responded by demanding new policies to protect expression rights but, until now, there ...
The Financial Services Industry in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands: An Analysis of Government Finances and Global Implications
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Based on the existing literature within the realm of Shadow Banking and the Financial Services Industry, this thesis addresses how domestic policy and international regulation/intervention in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, ...