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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"U.S. Policy"”.
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America's Provocative Weakness: the U.S. Policy of Vulnerability to Ballistic Missile Attack
… the United States' current missile defense policy, analyze the policy's potential strengths and weaknesses, and identify possible alternatives to the current administration's missile defense policy.
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The Low-Rodgers Expedition: a study in the foundations of U.S. policy in Korea
… of 1871 in the evolution of a conscious foreign policy of the United States in East Asia. It deals with the Low-Rodgers Expedition not as an isolated event, but as both an outcome and antecedent of other closely interrelated events in an unbroken time continuum. Concentrating on the fundamental …
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U.S. policy of conditioning China's most-favored-nation status on intellectual property protection, 1991-1993
This study focuses on the U.S. policy of conditioning China's Most-FavoredNation (MFN) status on its intellectual property protection in the 1991-1993 period. It seeks to evaluate the importance of U.S. foreign policy interests, societal actors, institutions (the presidency or Congress), and the …
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Air quality impacts and benefits under U.S. policy for air pollution, climate change, and clean energy
… represents how climate change and clean energy policy affect pollutant emissions throughout the economy, and how these emissions then affect human health and economic welfare. This methodology allows this thesis to explore the effect of policy design on the distribution of air quality impacts …
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Perspectives on Cryptography: an Analysis of U.S. Policy Over the Enigmatic Science and Its Impact on National Security
… States and the implications of the emerging policy over matters of security and public concerns. The era containing the exclusive applications of this science within the government is rapidly diminishing, primarily due to technological innovations. The continuous need for military security is …
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U.S. foreign policy and Iraqi Kurdish separatism
This thesis addresses United States foreign policy toward Iraq, focusing on U.S. policy toward the Iraqi Kurds in the latter half of the 20th century. Specifically, it examines how U.S. policy has responded to Iraqi Kurdish separatism from the post World War II period until the present. By …
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SAVE `US' AND LET `THEM' DIE: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF HOW NEW YORK TIMES SOLD U.S. POLICIES TOWARD RWANDAN GENOCIDE AND KOSOVO CRISIS
… the conflicts heavily favored the official U.S. policy of nonintervention in Rwanda and intervention in Kosovo. In particular, the analysis of the Kosovo conflict discourse in the New York Times found strong support for the dichotomization hypothesis of the propaganda model. I further analyzed …
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A Clipped Wing: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the B-21
… strike bomber in advancing the ability of U.S. policy makers to achieve national security objectives. The operational value of the B-21 is assessed through analysing its probable role in four hypothetical combat scenarios, and the relative effectiveness of the B-21 is measured alongside the …
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The Question of Western Economic Aid to the Soviet Union
… On the basis of both, it concludes that a U.S. policy of economic aid to the USSR is generally unsound. The thesis examines reasons given for extending economic assistance and/or investing in the USSR today, and then presents reasons against doing so.
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The Lower Mekong Basin Development Project: Opportunities and Problems of Regionalism in Southeast Asia
… conflict in Vietnam, defended U.S. policy of bombing in North Vietnam, and offered U.S. support for a large program of regional development in Southeast Asia.
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Forgetting the American Family: How the Family and Medical Leave Act is Insufficient and What Can Be Done to Improve It
… where the Act is deficient. In addition, federal policy is compared with states that currently have a more generous paid leave program. In the interest of the effect this issue has on American global competitiveness, United States (U.S.) policy will be examined in reference to peer nations. This …
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China's Computer Network Operations Capabilities
… over U.S. cyberspace should remind U.S. policy makers to take China's cyber threat more seriously.
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The Eugenic Sterilization of Puerto Rican Women: A Case of US Interests and Religious/Spiritual Freedom
… women were exploited as instruments of U.S. policy, sterilization paradoxically became widely accepted as a form of birth control on the island. This thesis critically examines the power dynamics and collective responses that framed the sterilization of Puerto Rican women as a successful U.S. …
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An historical comparison between the Southern secession movement of 1860 and the Soviet secession movements of today
… movements with a view towards proposing U.S. policy options.
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Persia Rising: Iran's Nuclear Program
… Iran's nuclear program and potential U.S. policy responses to the threat of a nuclear Iran. An examination of Iran's history, strategic culture, religion, governmental structure and society gives insight into Iran's motives for weaponization. The dynamics of dual-use technology, …
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The guns-for-drugs trade: implications for U.S. foreign policy
… the trade. Several options are offered for U.S. policy which include neglecting the problem altogether, increasing interdiction efforts, passing stricter laws and harsher penalties, increasing intergovernmental cooperation and bolstering cooperation among law enforcement agencies, both foreign …
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Nuclear Proliferation Theory and Practice: the Case of Iran
… Nuclear Problem' has come to absorb much media, policymaking, and academic energy. In the academic realm, most studies offer mono-causal policy-oriented explanations for Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. With some contrast, this paper offers a multi-causal explanation for Iran's …
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