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China-United States Economic Relations, with Focus on Currency Convertibility
(2024-05-28)
This thesis provides an alternative view of the United States-China relationship through the lens of trade liberalization and economic co-dependency, with a focus on convertibility of Chinese currency. Does the Renminbi ...
Framing Strategies in Pakhtunistan: Exploring the Role of Pakhtunwali in Defining Ideological, Social and Political Interactions.
(2024-05-14)
The Pakhtuns are a large tribal community whose territory overlaps the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Both states have attempted to politicize the Pakhtun community through framing their national identity with ...
The Role of Private Multinational Corporations in Strategic Competition: A Comparative Analysis of Economic and Informational Contingencies
(2024-05-14)
In today’s globalized society many activities that effect national security occur outside of the traditional realms of diplomacy, military, and trade. Outside of these realms democratic state governments have fewer response ...
State Clientelism Today: A Case Study of Belarus
(2024-05-15)
In this thesis, I discuss the Belarus-Russia client-patron relationship and identify ways in which it has contributed to Aleksandr Lukashenka’s survival in power for the last 30 years. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, ...
Between Scylla and Charybdis: An Investigation of China’s Prosperity and Stagnation in the Face of Thucydides’ Trap
(2024-05-15)
This study explores the People’s Republic of China’s arc of national development
in the context of the Thucydides Trap. Harvard political scientist Graham Allison
conceived Thucydides’ Trap as a theory to explain the ...