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Beyond Realism: A Psychological Approach to Understanding Cambodia-China Relations and Its Implications for ASEAN Solidarity
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The rise of China has brought about changes in the balance of power in Southeast Asia, and the realist approach to foreign policy cannot explain why some Southeast Asian countries are balancing the increasing economic and ...
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 ...
A Lilliputian Tethers Gulliver: State Governments in Taiwan’s Foreign Policy Towards the US
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Despite severing official ties in 1979, Taiwan’s relationship with the United States remains robust. However, little research has been done into the methods Taiwan employs to maintain the support of the United States, which ...
The Threshold of Jihadism: Securing Patronage in Southern Thailand and the Philippines
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The issue of southern Thailand becoming the next battleground for international jihadist terrorist organizations—such as al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or Jemaah Islamiyah—has reemerged as a prominent ...
State-owned Enterprise Reforms in the New Era: The Recentralization Reform of Chinese High-speed Railway Industry
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Chinese economic development has undergone significant changes in the past several decades. When China first joined the WTO and announced its “Going out” policy in the early 2000s, increasing the role of the market was ...
The Myth of Women's Empowerment: The United Nations and Athleta's Corporate Social Responsibility
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The United Nations (UN) considers gender inequality one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century. At the center of the UN’s strategy for achieving gender equality is the notion of women’s empowerment. The United ...
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 ...
THE VIEW OF BLACK WOMEN THROUGH AMERICAN SOCIETY’S EYES GUIDED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF AMERICANAH BY CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Throughout society black women are constantly categorized, degraded, disrespected and ignored. Using the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, my aim is to show the ways in which black women have been treated not only today ...
Teranga: The Role of Associations in the Senegalese Community in the City of Buenos Aires (2012-2018)
(Georgetown University, 2019)
This study contributes to the growing field of literature and research that focuses on the nature and influence of the existent African population in Argentina, specifically on transnational Senegalese migrants to the city ...