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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 ...
CONTAINING IRAN: LESSONS FROM THE COLD WAR
(Georgetown University, 2013)
ABSTRACT: The Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear program is one of the most pressing issues facing the United States today. All indications suggest that Iran is determined to be the next nuclear power as it continues to ...
Gender Mainstreaming in Transitional Justice: Progress and Persistent Challenges in Retributive and Restorative Processes
(Georgetown University, 2012)
The urgency of gendering transitional justice, and indeed larger peacebuilding exercises, cannot be overstated. How does the introduction of gender perspectives in transitional justice shape the status of women in a ...
THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION ON THE U.S. LABOR MARKET
(Georgetown University, 2012)
While the overall impact of globalization has been impressive - lifting millions of people out of poverty and providing unprecedented opportunities for people around the world, the benefits have not been shared equally by ...
Faustian Bargains: Electoral Violence and Transitional Power Sharing in Kenya and Zimbabwe
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Power sharing agreements have become an increasingly prevalent means of ending civil war and a logical institutional approach to long-term conflict management in divided societies. While existing literature has focused ...
Parochial Opposition to Disarmament Regimes: Historical Trends and Implications for Future Disarmament Policy
(Georgetown University, 2011)
Modern proponents of nuclear disarmament frequently cite the success of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as a model regime for future efforts to abolish nuclear arsenals. Similarly, opponents of disarmament frequently ...
Reflections on International Relations Theory and its Relevance to the Twenty-First Century: The Need to Incorporate a Complex Approach
(Georgetown University, 2011)
This paper focuses on the problem that security studies has not adequately incorporated complex analytical methods. Current analytical methodologies used in social sciences adhere to reductionist approaches. This approach ...
Women's Political and Legal Empowerment and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
(Georgetown University, 2015)
WOMEN'S POLITICAL AND LEGAL EMPOWERMENT AND
Hindering Speech and Halting Progress: Sacrificing Freedoms for National Control in China and Turkey
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Speech exists as a weapon in our increasingly networked world today. Every day there is a new case where a dissident spoke out against a repressive regime and disappeared; an Olympic athlete `Tweeted' a racial slur and ...
Methods to Their Madness: Understanding the Behavior of Rogue Regimes
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Despite the urgency of rogue states for U.S. policy, scholars have not developed an understanding regarding their definition and emergence. My dissertation seeks to resuscitate rogue states as a subject of inquiry for ...