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A Theoretical Assessment of the Nexus between Universal Child Legal Identity and Universal Principles of Child Protection: A Case Study of Emirates ID
(2021-10-15)
The legal identity of an individual permeates every aspect of human life. It acts as proof of existence, confirms one’s nationality, and enables one to carry out daily life. It further formalizes the relationship between ...
Thirty Years of Democracy in Estonia and Lithuania: Understanding the Drivers of People’s Satisfaction with Democracy and Their Expectations from It
(2022-09-08)
Lithuania and Estonia regained their independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Both countries are now viewed as established democracies with free-market economies; however, the transition to both was fraught ...
Turkey and the EU: European Soft Power and How It Has Impacted Turkey
This study investigated recent developments in relations between Turkey and the European Union (EU), and, specifically, the impact of the EU accession process on Turkey. Review and analysis focused on seven key areas of ...
Complexity in Global Politics: Toward a Novel Framework of Analysis
(2022-05-10)
The purpose of this research is to establish the beginnings of a theoretical framework with which to apply the insights of complexity science to an analysis of global institutions. The framework consists of both positive ...
Multi-layered Principal-Agent Relationships: The Case of Hizballah and the Badr Organization Using Iranian Sponsorship to Extend Their Power and Influence
(2022-10-13)
Iran has been using militant proxy partners to advance its strategic foreign policy objectives in the Middle East for over five decades. Yet not all of Iran’s proxies are equal. Some remain fully dependent upon Iran, ...
Utilizing an Agentic Capacity Index to Measure Human Agency
(2023-05-03)
This paper proposes a method to measure human agency and discusses its relationship to sustainable development and ecological economics. Society is confronting a rapidly changing natural world, with important implications ...
The Islamic State’s Propaganda Enterprise: Terrorism’s Most Dangerous Domain
(2023-04-20)
This thesis explores the Islamic State’s intent and capacity to distribute
recruitment and radicalization propaganda to Western audiences. Using an integrative
research method to collect and analyze available information ...
Power on the Periphery: Analysis of Afghanistan’s Subnational Powerbrokers’ Role in Stability from 2010-2021
(2023-01-10)
The inclusion of powerbrokers and warlords in Afghanistan’s state-building process has attracted criticism for the human rights abuses against them, their involvement in corrupt activities, and their lack of experience in ...
Democratic Taiwan in the Twenty-first Century
(2023-04-25)
This thesis frames the Taiwanese struggle to defend democracy in the face of growing aggression from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Despite past agreements between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, ...
Surveillance Capitalism and the Right to Be Forgotten: Does the General Data Protection Regulation or the California Consumer Privacy Act Better Protect Individual’s Data Privacy in a Surveillance Economy?
(2022-01-20)
The Western economy flourishes because of its capitalistic system, a system that is solely dependent on the success of commerce. The development of the internet, the evolution of technology and the integration of both ...