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Chinese Behavior Toward Taiwan: Nationalism as Driver of Foreign and Domestic Policy (thesis)
When the Chinese Nationalists [KMT] retreated to Taiwan in 1949 to establish a government in exile, an obvious hostility emerged between the nationalists and the communists [CCP] who had evicted them from the mainland. ...
Beyond House Bill 2: The Real Reasons that Pat McCrory Lost his Governorship in 2016 (thesis)
This thesis examines North Carolina politics in three parts. First, I delve into the relevant historical context needed to fully understand modern day North Carolina campaigns and elections. Second, I provide a detailed ...
The Power Relations of Healthcare Institutions in Ethnically Divided Societies (thesis)
Formal healthcare institutions interact with the relationship between ethnic divisions, spatial
dynamics, and health in distinctive ways in divided societies, particularly when power is unequally distributed within these ...
A Will Independent of Society: Publius, Woodrow Wilson, and the Crisis of Confidence Caused by the Administrative State (thesis)
The phrase the "Administrative State" offers perhaps the best description of the strange, distinctly American amalgamation of republican, constitutional principles and monarchical administrative practices. More than the ...
Freedom and the Necessity of Political Courage (thesis)
Drawing a distinction between ancient and modern freedom, I advocate for a reconstituted and updated ancient conception of freedom, highlighting the important role of political courage within that conception, in order to ...
The Missing Gender Frame: The Unspoken Tension Around Sexual Violence Crimes in The International Criminal Justice System
In the subsequent pages, I will explore the phenomenon of sexual and gendered violence during war. When I began this venture, I set out to answer the question, "What is it about sexual violence crimes that makes them ...
Croatia, Serbia & the EU: The Legacy of Ethnic Nationalism in the Accession Process (thesis)
This paper addressed the legacy of ethnic violence in Croatia and Serbia, as representative of the former Yugoslav region, in relation to their potential membership to the EU . Serbia and Croatia, of the Western Balkan ...
Contemplation in Political Philosophy
From yoga and physical fitness to meditation and prayer, from elementary
classrooms to neuroscience, contemplation is everywhere. Is there space for
contemplation in political philosophy? Philosophy connotes logic. 1 ...
Summer Soldier, Sunshine Patriot: Liberalism and the Crisis of Military Service in the United States
This paper is not about politics or military strategy. It is not about international relations or just war theory. This is a paper about America on the sidelines. This is a paper about a nation at the mall, even as a tiny ...
The Macedonian Question and Preventive Deployment: Lessons for US Foreign Policy
Preventive diplomacy and deployment are part of a larger policy debate. The desire to do something, the fear of doing it wrong, and the inertia of doing nothing at all have surfaced now that changes in the international ...