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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 ...
Australia and the U.S>
(2023-04-03)
Australia and the United States have fought together in every major conflict since the 1918 Battle of Hamel. Politicians, military leaders, and citizens from both countries have long referred to this bilateral relationship ...
Return to Paradise: Understanding the Movement from Emigration to Immigration in the Azores Islands
(2023-04-28)
An increase in the movement of people across nation borders is a profound result of globalization. With access to information at our fingertips, people can research and entertain alternative ways of living and the places ...
Resilience in Artzakh: Factors of Resilience From a Conflict Society Perspective in Armenia and Azerbaijan
(2023-01-10)
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been deadlocked in several lengthy and virulent conflicts over a semi-autonomous territory between the two countries called Artzakh (in Armenian) and Nogorno-Karabakh (in Russian and Azerbaijani). ...
Women in Emergency Management: Models of Leadership and Tools for Change
(2023-04-20)
Women continue to be under-represented as leaders in emergency management, thus there is a need for more voices that can influence decision making and advocate for considerations that bolster communities to be more resilient. ...
Exploring the Influence of Sociocultural Norms and Gender Biases on Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan
(2023-05-01)
Gender-based discrimination continues to be widely prevalent across the globe, particularly in developing countries. The WEF Global Gender Gap Report 2021 ranks Pakistan as one of the five worst countries for women on the ...
Forging new just war principles for the virtuous war era
(2023-01-10)
The Just War ethic, with its two pillars jus ad bellum and jus in bello, is central to the evaluation of the morality of entering into and the conduct of war. Whether grounded in custom and tradition, or based on developments ...
Biopolitics as an Enabling Function of Genocide: Revisiting Foucault’s Theory of Biopower to Conceptualize Mass Mobilization for Genocide
(2023-04-28)
Why do people participate in genocide? This thesis seeks to answer the question of what prompts civilians to actively participate in genocide or, alternatively, to passively support genocidal policies. Through the concept ...
Emerging Anti-satellite Capabilities and the Recourse to Deterrence Theory in Practice
(2023-04-20)
The expansion of space-based capabilities has ballooned over the past six decades in response to the rapid growth of technological advancements and simultaneous lowering of costs for their production. Satellites are now ...
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 ...