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American Amnesia: The Modern Challenge of Media's Role in Government
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The American press, citizenry, and government are in a multi-dependent, triangular relationship. The disintegrating role of the media in American government is a threat to America’s federal democratic republic and the ...
Are Female Counterinsurgency Units Effective? A Case Study of the Female Kurdish Militias of Iraq and Syria
(Georgetown University, 2017)
The Islamic State (IS) is an increasing threat to the Middle East. Their repressive nature and twisted view of the Muslim religion have made them culturally and geopolitically dangerous. As of early 2017, some of the most ...
MODERN REPUBLICANISM AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
(Georgetown University, 2016)
MODERN REPUBLICANISM AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
A NEW WORLD ORDER: THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF AMERICAN PRIMACY
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Over the past twenty-five years, the United States has moved from optimism to considerable pessimism about its role to do well in the world. Indeed, President George H.W. Bush’s “New World Order” stands unquestionably in ...
The Four-note Chord of Liberty: Why the Founders Believed that Character Mattered
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Words remain in usage while their meanings change without our noticing. This is a particularly vexing problem when a word is intended to capture the central human value in United States history and continues to be the ...
Building Ambitious US Subnational Climate Initiatives: Embracing Dignity and the American Tradition of Civic Engagement
(Georgetown University, 2018)
The human activity of emitting greenhouse gasses (GHGs) is responsible for the intensification of extreme weather, according to nearly all climate scientists. Already, atmospheric concentrations of the three most heat-trapping ...
The Bipartisan Women of the U.S. Senate: Civility, Collaboration and Stewardship of the Upper Chamber
(Georgetown University, 2016)
The United States Senate has long been called one of the world’s “greatest deliberative bodies” yet today, many Americans see a bitterly divided and ideologically polarized Congress. The American public rightfully demands ...
Religious Freedom Advocacy and the Challenge of Pluralism: Principles of Engagement
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This thesis examines the promotion of religious freedom among a representative selection of evangelical groups in order to identify a set of ethical principles for advocacy that take into account contemporary pluralism, ...
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONVEYED RUSSIAN-BACKED DISINFORMATION IN A POLARIZED AMERICA: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH’S ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND
(Georgetown University, 2022)
For the last forty years, America has experienced an erosion of trust in institutions. The introduction of social media has only accelerated this trend. Hostile nation-states such as Russia have taken advantage of these ...
Supreme Gentlemen or Radicalized Killers: Analyzing the Radicalization Paths of Involuntary Celibate Killers and the Role of the Online Incel Forums
(Georgetown University, 2021)
For its first seventeen years of existence, the involuntary celibate or “incel” online community was largely unknown. What began as an online forum for both men and women to commiserate about their dating woes has morphed ...