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Gold Standard or Case-by-Case: Which Method Is Best for the Nonproliferation Regime?
With the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, U.S. nuclear technology created the first nuclear bombs, which promptly ended World War II. What to do with this new technology with regard to nuclear armaments never seemed hard ...
Parasocial and Group Attitudes in a Political Context: Does a personable politician improve group acceptance?
(2021-05-21)
This study investigates how exposure to personal narratives of an outgroup leader
may increase positive attitudes toward the leader and, by extension, also her group. To
test this question, the reactions of participants ...
Using Primary Sources in United States History Textbooks to Create Social Justice Connections from Past to Present
(2022-05-12)
Primary sources are tools that can be used in education to provide rich opportunities for helping bring history to life for students. They aid in fostering historical thinking allowing students to understand the present ...
Honor-related social contract disconnects and a bilateral U.S.-Russia modus vivendi
(2023-04-20)
Is strategic stability between the United States (U.S.) and Russia realistic or are post-Cold War U.S.-Russian relations destined to fail? Is it possible for U.S.-Russian negotiations to result in a mutually acceptable ...
Armed Contractors on the Battlefield: Coordination Issues in Iraq between the U.S. Military and Private Security Contractors
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This thesis examines the lack of standardized coordination of the State Department's private security contractors with the U.S. military in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004 to 2007. Without formal coordination ...
A New Korean Sunshine: Managing the New Nuclear Crisis Through Limited Nuclear Deterrence and Economic Prosperity on the Korean Peninsula
(2021-05-21)
Negotiations for denuclearization and disarmament of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK) have thus far failed. Economic sanctions, threats and nuclear
treaties from world powers have proven to be ineffective ...
Mischiefs of Faction: The Political Economy of Voluntary Export Restraints for Selected U.S. Industries, 1969 to 1989
This thesis examines why U.S. manufacturing industries received trade protection from federal elected officials in the form of Voluntary Export Restraints between 1969 and 1989. Three reasons emerged from political economy ...
Subordinate Frames: Testing the Political Effects of Color and Music in Television News
(2023-04-28)
Contemporary television news programs routinely add colorful title animations and dramatic music to otherwise substantive issue coverage. These market-driven aesthetic choices—principally deployed as psychological advertising ...
Slavery: Reshaping the US-Mexico relationship from 1859 to 1910
(2022-05-12)
The thesis examines the impact and repercussions of slavery known as debt peonage in Mexico on the bilateral relationship with the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. It argues that many American ...
The Curious Case of the Withdrawal from the Joint Commission Plan of Action (JCPOA): Islamophobia, Racism, and Foreign Policy
(2022-04-21)
The United States' relationship with Iran has been more negative than positive over the last forty years. That relationship seemed to change when the 45th President of the United States, President Barack Obama, and five ...