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Public Opinion, Refugee Programs, and State Welfare in Twenty Countries
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Refugee programs bolster global human rights by promoting responsibility-sharing and assisting the 25.9 million people who have been forced to flee their countries for fear of war or persecution. As refugee numbers soar ...
An Exploitable Theory: Thucydides' Trap Model Perceived by the Chinese Government
(Georgetown University, 2020)
This thesis examines the model of Thucydides' Trap and its effect on current international relations. Answering the question that why China and the United States, two supposed parties in Thucydides' Trap model, react ...
Oil as a Strategic Resource: Impact of the 1973 Oil Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
(Georgetown University, 2020)
The 1973 oil crisis caused more significant economic fluctuations in the economic performance of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) compared to that of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). Many scholars ...
The Economics of Cross Strait Instability: The Methods and Limits of China's Economic Coercion against Taiwan
(Georgetown University, 2020)
This article examines the ways China employs economic coercion to influence Taiwan, and the limitations of these tactics in influencing Taiwan’s domestic politics. Although there is ample research conducted on the broader ...
Explaining Cambodia’s Foreign Policy: The Importance of Domestic Factors and Sino-Cambodia Relations on ASEAN
(Georgetown University, 2020)
This paper studies the Cambodia decision to block the ASEAN Foreign Minister Statement from supporting the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s reward to the Philippines in the Philippines v China 2016 case on their disputed ...
Aiding and Abetting or Aiding to Free: An Analysis of the Effect of US Economic Aid on Political Repression
(Georgetown University, 2020)
The purpose of this study is to assess whether US bilateral economic aid increases, decreases, or has no effect on political repression in recipient countries. Though not highlighted as a top policy goal in most aid packages, ...
U.S. Military Aid and Troop Deployments: Third-Party Effects on Regional Levels of Terrorism
(Georgetown University, 2020)
The United States gives military aid to countries in order to bolster host nation security, improve diplomatic ties, and give the U.S. strategic access to locations of interest. The United States deploys troops in a number ...
The Frontiers of American Grand Strategy: Settlers, Elites, and the Standing Army in America's Indian Wars
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Much work on U.S. grand strategy focuses on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. If the United States did have a grand strategy before that, IR scholars often pay little attention to it, and when they do, they rarely ...
State (In)security: The Impact of Insurgencies on Economic Integration
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Why do we witness divergent levels of economic integration around the world? Predominant explanations focus on the dampening effect of inter-state conflict on integration. However, internal security considerations have ...
Governing the Militia: Insurgent Command and Control in the Levant
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Why do some insurgencies struggle to maintain a clear chain of command while other insurgencies do not? Although some conceptualize rebel groups as monolithic militant organizations, nearly all of these actors are formally ...