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South Korean Democracy at Stake: How Close State-Business Relations Inhibit Democratic Development
(Georgetown University, 2018)
As South Korea is considered a bastion of democracy in Asia, it is important to understand not just the country’s accomplishments, but the limitations of its system as well. In light of the impeachment of former President ...
The Democratic Pressure: New Constraints on Japan's Military Buildup in the 21st Century
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Why has the Abe administration maintained its defense spending at 1 percent of its GDP despite the deteriorating regional security environment, conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s willingness to play an active role ...
Historical Memory and Domestic Civic Trust in Japan-South Korea Security Relations
(Georgetown University, 2018)
South Korea and Japan were unable to implement the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) or pursue an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) in 2012 despite recent violent provocations from ...
The Differential Effects of Development Aid and Democracy Aid on Conflict Alleviation
(Georgetown University, 2018)
How effective is aid in reducing conflicts? Are there any differential effects of development aid and democracy aid? This study builds on the neo-liberal theory of inter-democratic peace and that economic development leads ...
Cure or Disease: The Civil-Military Consequences of American Foreign Military Aid
(Georgetown University, 2018)
U.S. foreign military aid amounts to billions of dollars per year spread across nearly every nation in a variety of programs. However, the actual impact of this aid on the civil-military relations of recipient nations ...
A NEW WORLD ORDER: THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF AMERICAN PRIMACY
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Over the past twenty-five years, the United States has moved from optimism to considerable pessimism about its role to do well in the world. Indeed, President George H.W. Bush’s “New World Order” stands unquestionably in ...
Warfare’s wiring: Nervous system responses to combat service and the policy preferences of combat veterans
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Americans prize military service, particularly combat service, in their political decision-makers. Indeed, combat service is supposed to create a colloquial 'band of brothers' among veterans—a homogeneous group expected ...
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, ...
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 ...