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Пустые и необоснованные попытки разжечь напряженность: Russian Cyber-Attacks on the U.S. Healthcare System During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2024-01-05)
Between 2019 and 2022, the United States along with the rest of the world suffered through one of history’s most damaging pandemics. While the headlines focused on the human effects of the global pandemic, the U.S. ...
Is the Swedish Model of Gender Equality in Decline?
(2024-04-18)
Abstract
Gender equality and women’s rights are being challenged in many Western countries. Sweden is one such country. Although other nations have long admired and tried to emulate Sweden’s gender equality, in recent years ...
Navigating the Waters: The Impact of Turkish Naval Agression from 2018 to 2023 on Economic Zone Delimitation
(2024-04-18)
This paper explores the effects of the Mavi Vatan doctrine, a contentious maritime policy developed by elements within the Turkish military, and its implications for the Eastern Mediterranean. The paper opens with the ...
Political Corruption: An Explanation for Latin American Migration
(2024-05-03)
This study examines the intricate relationship between political corruption and migration. While existing research focuses mostly on the economic determinants of emigration, this explores the often-understudied political ...
Does Democracy Pay? Exploring the Impact of Democracy Indicators on Global Relative Stock Market Performance
(2024-05-03)
This thesis explores the relationship between the level of adoption of various democratic norms and subsequent relative price returns of stock indexes in 74 different countries. This analysis replicates findings from recent ...
Putin's Imperial Aspirations: How Russian Nationalism Drives Foreign Policy and Military Strategy
(2024-05-03)
Vladimir Putin became prime minister in 1999 and has been in federal office as either prime minister or president ever since. His control over Russian politics has cemented his position and furthered his influence over the ...
Probabilistic Predeterminism in International Security: Historical Institutionalist and Path-Dependent Perspective on the U.S. Colonial Institutions and the U.S.-Philippine Alliance.
(2024-05-03)
This research presents a fresh perspective on the nature of the U.S.-Philippine alliance outside of political actors and threat-centric explanations, which presently dominate international security literature. It proposes ...
Economic Development Opportunities and Challenges in Morocco: Corruption and Bureaucracy
(2024-05-06)
Criticisms of foreign aid are frequent and well justified, corruption at a local level diminishes efficiency, bureaucratic processes hinder progress, and donor politics sideline the real priorities of those in need. Economic ...
Applying Women, Peace, and Security in the Intelligence Community: Integrating Gendered Perspectives into Intelligence Analysis
(2024-05-06)
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework serves as a set of guiding principles essential for effective integration of gender perspectives into the intelligence community, aligning with the United Nations Security ...
Admission into NATO without a Membership Action Plan: Sweden’s Discreet March Towards NATO Membership
(2024-05-06)
This paper analyzes the intentional, and incremental, path that Sweden took to ascend to NATO without the aid of NATO’s Membership Action Plan (MAP). It also uses a constructivist framework to rebut the narrative that ...