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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 ...
Sectorial Evolution as a Hindrance to Policy Implementation: The 2008 Argentine Agricultural Conflict
(Georgetown University, 2011)
This work seeks to explain the 2008 agricultural crisis and subsequent defeat of Resolution 125/2008 in the Argentine Senate. The project develops a model which predicts the creation of a disconnect between economic and ...
As If: The Fiction of Executive Accountability and the Persistence of Corruption Networks in Weakly Institutionalized Presidential Systems. Argentina (1989-2007)
(Georgetown University, 2011)
This dissertation seeks to understand patterns of systemic corruption that undermine the quality of democracy It presents a theoretical framework to explain the limits of executive accountability in weakly institutionalized ...