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Political Externalities of Free Trade Agreement
(Georgetown University, 2013)
How much do political incentives play a role in free trade agreements (FTAs)? While political economists focused much on the interaction between state and market, they have paid scant attention to analyzing the role of ...
Security Governance After Civil War: Aid, Influence and the Politics of Post-Conflict State-Building
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Efforts to restructure security forces in countries emerging from civil war have led to mixed results. While large interventions have left police and military forces factionalized and ineffective, smaller interventions ...
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. ...
INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRANSACTION COSTS IN SUSTAINABLE SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: SUPPORT FOR BOTTOM-UP PROGRAMMING
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Why are locally owned processes so critical to producing sustainable security sector reform? While academic literature has long noted that a central component of durable reforms is that they be context specific and involve ...
Talk is Not Cheap: China's Assurance and Reassurance Strategy in East Asia
(Georgetown University, 2015)
This dissertation addresses the conditions under which weaker states balance against or bandwagon with a strong state. China's rise provides an opportunity to examine this question, as over the last two decades, China has ...
Divided States: How Bargaining At Home Affects U.S. Foreign Policy
(Georgetown University, 2015)
A longstanding puzzle in international relations theory concerns why states choose different foreign policies in similar situations. Existing explanations for this result range from assuming the problem away to focusing ...
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. ...
China’s Behavior in Maritime Dispute with its Neighbors: The Double-edged Sword Model
(Georgetown University, 2015)
This paper presents the “double-edged sword model” as a theoretical explanation for China’s puzzling behavior in maritime disputes with its neighbors. This paper argues that two factors are salient in determining a state’s ...
On the other side of the coin
(Georgetown University, 2011)
Hezbollah has evolved since 1992 beyond its guerilla identity into a political identity. The sensitive period of 2000-2010 covers best the transformation from a full-fledged guerilla group to a credible political group. ...