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Defining the Silk Road Borders: Central Asia Regional Dynamics and the Soviet Legacy in Sino-Kazakh Bilateral Relations in the Belt and Road Era
(2023-09-27)
Despite being the setting for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s 2013 announcement
of the country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—a project of monumental economic and
geopolitical consequence—Kazakhstan did not officially ...
Liberalizing Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia: Powered by the Kingdom’s Economic Will
(2023-10-10)
Since 2017, women’s rights have increased significantly in Saudi Arabia, from being allowed to drive cars to no longer having to wear head coverings. Saudi women now have greater mobility, not only to travel freely, but ...
The Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce as a Remedy for the Digital Trade Challenge to Global Trade Governance
(2023-09-14)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) recognizes the importance of electronic commerce (e-commerce) for global trade almost since its inception. As early as 1998, the organization established the Work Programme on Electronic ...
The Athenian Edge: The Role of Gender Equality in Climate Security
(2023-09-15)
Athena and her brother Ares, the Greek goddess and god of war, had polar opposite definitions of victory. Athena leveraged her wisdom and resourcefulness to gain a strategic “edge” on the battlefield, shielding warriors ...
Underreporting of Rape and Sexual Assault Incidents as an Indicator of Inequality in Greece
(2023-09-27)
This thesis examines the correlation between societal equality and the prevalence of sexual assault, comparing data from Greece and Sweden - two nations with starkly different positions on the European Gender Equality ...
Adversaries to Allies: Albania’s Alignment with the United States
(2023-10-11)
This paper examines the reversal of Albanian-American relations following the
end of the Cold War until Albania acceded to NATO membership: 1991 – 2009. During
Albania’s communist era, it considered the United States to ...
Awakening China: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Chinese Investment on the Governance of Emerging and Developing Market Countries
(2023-10-05)
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, China has pursued a Go Global strategy to integrate itself into the international economy and increase its political influence. Central to this pursuit is China’s engagement ...
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Group Peace Education Tactics and their Effectiveness
(2023-10-05)
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a persistent and punishing struggle that deeply affects the lives of Jews and Arabs in the region through constant trauma, a devastating occupation, the deaths of combatants and civilians ...
Our God’s Appointed Ones: Using Eastern Cults to Predict Possible Paths for QAnon
(2023-10-12)
In 2017, an anonymous user under the name “Q” posted on 4chan that Hillary Clinton would shortly be arrested. Since then, Q and QAnon has garnered a following of thousands of people from more than 100 countries. This group ...
Trade Liberalization by Hegemonic Powers vis-à-vis a Rising Challenger: A Comparative Analysis of Divergent Security Outcomes
(2023-06-21)
Thucydides’s famous trap posits that the rise of an emerging power, and the fear that this instills in the established power, makes war inevitable. This two-and-a-half-millennia-old maxim—one of the more frequently quoted ...