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The Door Is Closed, but Not Locked: China's VPN Policy
(Georgetown University, 2017)
This paper attempts to explain why China still allow some people to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to bypass China’s heavily guarded Internet content censorship system, despite the assumption that the free flow 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 ...
Elementos para la participación ciudadana en la fiscalización pública: una aproximación desde la experiencia de la Contraloría General de Paraguay (2006-2014)
(Georgetown University, 2016)
In the frame of an international debate which states that citizen participation in external oversight contributes to improving control performed by supreme audit institutions, to strengthen government accountability and ...
Tools of Governance: The Importance of Intergovernmental Relations
(Georgetown University, 2017)
What are intergovernmental relations, and why do they matter?
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 ...
Empty Coffins: Bridging the Divide Between Oppositional Civil Society and Opposition Parties
(Georgetown University, 2017)
When they hold similar policy preferences, civil society groups that are critical of the incumbent government in democratic states and out-of-power opposition parties would seem to be natural allies. But individuals who ...
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. ...
Three papers on factors that influence investment in public education from a political science perspective
(Georgetown University, 2017)
This dissertation addresses the broad question of what influences investment in public education using an originally compiled data set on all school districts in the United States from 1992-2012. Different dimensions of ...
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 ...
Chinese Language Print Media’s Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Election and Its Influence on Chinese Americans’ Political Attitudes and Voting Behavior
(Georgetown University, 2017)
This thesis applies multiple methodologies, including content analysis and framing analysis, to explore the Chinese language print media’s coverage of the 2016 Presidential Election and to investigate its influence on ...