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Showing 1 to 20 of 268 for “"International Affairs"”.
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The National Park Service Division of International Affairs: The Case for International Perspectives, 1916-2016
… how the NPS was shaped by and contributed to an international history of national parks. Thus, this thesis addresses this historiographical gap and institutional forgetfulness by examining the agency’s Division of International Affairs (DIA). The DIA was established in 1961 by the NPS to foster …
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Framing practices of wire services in modern wartime : international frames during the final six months of the Battle of Aleppo
… -- opposition, legitimacy -- Assad, internal affairs, and international affairs. They were also analyzed for source selection, in which the types of sources were broken down into aid/research organizations, U.S. government, Russian government, civilians, journalists, Assad government, and …
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Leashes or lemmings? : alliances as restraining devices
Does alliance restraint happen in international affairs? What theories explain the success or failure of restraint efforts? Do states ever form alliances in order to restrain? Alliance restraint - an actual or anticipated diplomatic effort by one ally to influence a second ally not to proceed with …
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From Democracy Deficit to Liberal Political Consolidation: Foreign Assistance and Democratization in Africa
… has a contentious history in the field of international affairs. The paradigm that foreign aid can be used to achieve democratization in foreign political systems underscores to the centrality of democracy in Western societies. This thesis explores the relationship between foreign aid and …
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The Terministic Filter of Security: Realism, Feminism and International Relations Theory
… publics within the academic discipline of international relations. It studies the rhetoric feminist international relations theorists and contrasts their view security with that of realist and neo-realist interpretations of international affairs. This study claims to open up the possibility …
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Hugh Gaitskell, the Labour Party and foreign affairs 1955-63
… was at a critical level and bi-partisanship in international affairs was expected. With Gaitskell's accession this appeared to end, marked in particular by the disputes over Suez, the independent nuclear deterrent and Britain's application to join the European Economic Community. Simultaneously, …
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Ethical Foreign Policy? A Study of U.S. Humanitarian Interventions in the 1990s
… into foreign policy-making in the study of international relations in the post-Cold War era. While the 1990s gave rise to a wealth of literature on the notion of ethical foreign policy, it has tended to simply focus on a version of realism, which overlooks the role of ethics in international …
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A CADMEAN VICTORY: LIBYA'S INTRACTABLE STRUGGLE FOR GOVERNANCE
… civil war’s continuance. It places the war in an international context by examining the role of foreign and regional actors. Furthermore, this thesis explores the ways in which U.S. interests are affected by this seemingly unresolvable crisis, affecting a country that has not featured prominently …
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A study of the United States-Korea Treaty of 1882
… only the cause of Korea’s entry into the world affairs with the United States in 1882, but also it is a study of modern power politics in the Far East, in which Korea played a significant role.</p><p>The importance of the Korea position in international affairs has been dimly treated by the …
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Reporting on UN Security Council: Decoding Media Bias
… in shaping perceptions and misperceptions of international affairs. Deconstructing bias in media coverage may enhance efforts to promote more neutral reporting.<strong></strong></p>
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Demographic trends in the European Union: political and strategic implications
… a stronger and more influential actor in international affairs. Pressures arising from population trends in and near the EU could ultimately affect national and EU cohesion, governmental effectiveness, and social stability. Absent remedial measures, social programs in some EU countries …
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A brief history of Formosa
… is of major importance in world politics and international affairs these days.</p><p>So much for a very brief sketch of the island itself. The story of its importance, its history and its development will be the purpose of the balance of this study.</p><p>It is not to be the purpose of this …
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: a Post-Soviet Reappraisal
… Union and accompanying changes in security affairs have not ameliorated the fundamental problems of international affairs, one of which is international interest in the acquisition of nuclear weapons. Both Russia and China, among others, maintain and continue to modernize arsenals of nuclear …
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A study of metaphors in Editorials online from "The New York Times" in 2013
… with the topics of Politics, Economy, and International Affairs were included in the research. The results showed that, although metaphorical expressions are used in the three topics, the highest number of Metaphors is found in editorials dealing with Politics and political issues. The aim …
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Reproducing ‘geopolitics’ – national identity representations of foreign affairs in Moldova
… perpetuates a Cold War inspired view of foreign affairs. This construction is defined by two main elements, the representation of the civilizational and geopolitical cleavage between East and West and the lack of agency awarded to the Moldovan self. This is achieved through an in-depth study of …
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The Democratic Peace Theory and Biopolitics
… peace, we must scrutinize the role they play in international affairs in a much broader political perspective.
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Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community
… in the United States and instability in international affairs during the Cold War era, the fundamentalists considered the two practices to be essential to Christian perfection and preparation for a biblical Apocalypse and Millennium. But as a sect comprised of individuals who broke away …
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Montana Zion: American Communalism in a Mormon Fundamentalist Community
… in the United States and instability in international affairs during the Cold War era, the fundamentalists considered the two practices to be essential to Christian perfection and preparation for a biblical Apocalypse and Millennium. But as a sect comprised of individuals who broke away …
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Paradiplomacy and Protodiplomacy in World Practice: A Comparative Case Study of Conflict and International Development in Quebec, Catalonia and Kurdistan
… growing engagement of substate entities (SE) in international affairs, paradiplomacy [foreign policy actions of SEs] and protodiplomacy [secessionist form of paradiplomacy] represent an expanding debate in which SEs are characterized as: (1) “complementary” or “extra” units to traditional states, …
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Smart Homes and You: IOT Device Data Risks in an Ever-Changing World
… Current uses for personal data and its impact on international affairs were also analyzed to connect any potential threats from IoT device data to foreign cyber threats. In addition to this, I have compiled a list of possible safeguards to create a framework for how IoT devices should be treated …
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