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Expo 2020, Cultural Diplomacy, and the UAE’s Pursuit of Soft Power
(2023-05-01)
This thesis explores how World Expos, and Expo 2020 Dubai specifically, have been utilized by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to further its soft power goals. The UAE has evolved from a fledgling nation established in 1971 ...
Examining US-Involved Gang Prevention Efforts in the Northern Triangle Central America
(2021-05-21)
Over the past two decades, gang-related violence and control has plagued the Northern Triangle: the Central American (NTCA) countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. This gang-related behavior has propelled the ...
Nuclear Modernization from a Just War Perspective
(2022-05-10)
Just War Tradition has guided the conduct of warfare for over two thousand years. Despite ever advancing military technology and tactics its principles have remained nearly timeless over two millennia. Nuclear weapons ...
Examination of Alternative Energy as a U.S. National Security Priority: 1987 – 2017
(2023-04-05)
Alternative energy development has been a consistent priority of U.S. National Security Strategies since 1987. Despite the prioritization, alternative energy is still in early emergence and diffusion stages. An examination ...
The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Preventive Diplomacy from a Balance-of-Threat Perspective
(2022-02-07)
When the Peace of Westphalia was signed in the cities of Osnabrück and Münster in 1648, it not only ended the Thirty Years’ War but also, and more importantly, laid the foundation for the contemporary concept of territorial ...
Damned Cascades: The Stochasticity of Behavioral Models vis-à-vis the Motivations of First Movers, and the Mechanics of Popular Movements
(2022-12-20)
This study shows that there is a correlation between the founders and co-founders of start-ups and first movers in popular uprisings in terms of their motivations at different points in their respective journeys. It argues ...
Words and Actions: Understanding Russia’s Information Security Strategy
(2023-04-25)
Do Russia’s resource allocations and observable behavior in the sphere of information security correspond with its stated strategy in that domain? The answer to this question is important because Russia increasingly relies ...
The Threat Multiplier: Analyzing the Relationship between Climate Change and the Emergence of Violent Non-State Actors in Western Africa
(2021-05-07)
The impact of climate change on the growth of violent non-state actors is a hotly debated topic with great implications for the stability and growth of the Africa. In the last few years, several groups have made significant ...
Re-Analyzing the Links Between Terrorism and Poverty: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
(2021-05-14)
This thesis investigates the exclusion and persecution of Palestinians, as well as poverty among the Palestinian people, to determine if those factors have become secondary to politics, revenge, and an often-violent supreme ...
The Evolution of Chinese Definitions and Perspectives on Human Rights since 1978.
(2022-10-11)
The United States of America and other western powers have regularly condemned China of violating international human rights since the normalization of relations in January 1979. To illuminate this challenging and contentious ...