This dissertation argues that in order to explain the political stability of Qatar amid the region-wide tumult of the Arab Spring, we must go beyond classic rentier state explanations of economic buyoff of the citizenry. ...

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 ...

In seeking to explain why and when democratic transitions occur or do not occur, political science has treated all types of states similarly without regard to a state's ideological character despite ideology being a critical ...

This study aims to analyze the relationship between Internet access and political stability in authoritarian regimes. Internet access has been argued to both overcome certain barriers to collective action and significantly ...

Libya is in a state of transition following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. Because Muammar Al-Gaddafi's dictatorship imposed structural violence, direct violence, and cultural violence, causing many injustices and ...