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AMERICAN HEGEMONY AND THE POLITICS OF THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REGIME
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Though nearly all states in the international system are signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the same cannot be said of the more recent nonproliferation agreements designed to advance the goals of ...
Three Papers on Trade Politics
(Georgetown University, 2016)
How did the U.S. government liberalize trade despite public opposition? Over the last three decades, the United States forged free trade agreements with countries on five continents, pursuing a strategy of bilateral ...
Korean Perception on Defense Cooperation with Japan
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The Republic of Korea and Japan are two most important security allies of the United States in East Asia, yet they lack substantial defense cooperation between each other. This thesis looks at the current condition of ...
THE COMFORT WOMEN AGREEMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MOTIVATIONS THAT LED TO PARK GEUN-HYE’S ACQUIESCENCE
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Since normalization in 1965, bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea have been perennially mired in historical acrimony. However, in December 2015, the South Korean and Japanese Foreign Ministries consummated ...
Flips and Flops: Alliance Defection in Great Power Competition
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Why do states sometimes betray their allies and “flip” to a rival state? Great powers compete not only directly, but also for the allegiances of other states. As evidenced by Italy’s betrayal of its Germanic allies during ...
Bitter Friends: How Relationships Between Violent Non-State Actors Form, Are Used, and Shape Behavior
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Most militant groups do not act in isolation. They exist in a vast web of partnerships which help them to mobilize resources, learn, and survive. But partnerships can also be costly in terms of time, risk, and autonomy. ...
Are Female Counterinsurgency Units Effective? A Case Study of the Female Kurdish Militias of Iraq and Syria
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The Islamic State (IS) is an increasing threat to the Middle East. Their repressive nature and twisted view of the Muslim religion have made them culturally and geopolitically dangerous. As of early 2017, some of the most ...
DISCOURSE AND EMOTION IN SUSTAINING VIOLENT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS DURING MILITARY OCCUPATIONS: IRAQ, NORTHERN IRELAND, AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Why do violent social movements rise or fail during military occupations? How are some leaders able to overcome the problem of collective action and sustain violent campaigns that require voluntary, risky actions, but ...
Trajectories of the Colombian Foreign Policy
(Georgetown University, 2015)
This research characterizes the trajectories traversed by the Colombian Foreign Policy (CFP) in different historical periods, exposing the incidence, scope and interaction of domestic and external variables on its development. ...
Civil War as State Building: The Determinants of Insurgent Public Goods Provision
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Why do some insurgencies provide public goods when most other insurgencies do not? Some rebel groups provide critical services, such as education or health care, to all people--even those unlikely to support the movement. ...