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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"War-Conflict"”.
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Shifting Understandings of Imperialism: A Collision of Cultures in Starship Troopers and Ender's Game
… Game (1985) allegorically treat U.S. Cold War fears of invasion by the Soviet Union. Given the texts' historical relationship to the Vietnam War and their use of very similar science fiction tropes (namely, invasion by communistic, insect-like aliens), I argue that Orson Scott Card …
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The making of Thailand's foreign policy towards Vietnam : the era of reconciliation and regionalism (1988-1995)
… mid-19th century followed by the prolonged Cold War conflict between North and South in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the late 1980s, however, the lure of mutual economic rewards through trade has greatly improved the relationship as a result of the end of the Cold War and the resolution of the …
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Interstate rivals’ intervention in third-party civil wars: The comparative case of Saudi Arabia and Iran in Yemen (2004-2018)
… rivals’ intervention in a third-party civil war impact conflict duration and outcome in that country? More specifically, (1) how do interstate rivals engage in third party civil conflicts and (2) how do conflict parties attract, utilize, and sustain the external support they receive from …
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Explosive remnants of war: a case study of explosive ordnance disposal in Laos, 1974-2013
… in Laos, to clarify the performance of post-conflict humanitarian aid and development until 2012. This is achieved through case study field work in Laos. The time period studied is from 1954, the beginning of the political background to the war in Laos, through to the work carried out by the …
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An analysis of the relationship between economic growth and health outcomes in Sudan from 2000-2020
… health care system has been destroyed by ongoing war and conflicts.
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Collateral Damage: Exploring the Metaphors and Realities of War in Three Fictional Narratives
… history, human beings have been going to war with each other. It seems that this is an integral and inescapable part of our existence. As humanity has advanced and expanded over time, our wars have advanced and expanded in stride, to the point that we are capable of destroying all life on …
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Legitimacy in Conflict Contexts: Shifting Rebel Engagement in Sierra Leone and the Presence of Private Contractors
… actors has significantly changed the nature of conflict. Rebel groups increasingly challenge state rule while private military and security companies (PMSCs) increasingly enter conflict spaces on behalf of a variety of actors, including states seeking to suppress insurgencies. This case study of …
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Security After War: A Theory of Security Assistance and Governance in Post-Conflict States
… assistance to states emerging from civil war as a tool to establish peace. Driven by both security and development concerns, donors have asserted the value of this assistance to improve both the governance and effectiveness of the security sector. Despite this increase in aid, however, we …
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MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CONFLICT
… in a GDP per worker growth model, in a civil war onset model and a model for civil war’s severity. The first chapter theoretically and empirically analyzes economic growth with conflict in the context of the Mankiw et al. (1992) adaptation of the Solow growth model and the natural resource …
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Rethinking Civil War
<p>Why do some civil conflicts simmer at low-intensity, while others escalate to war? When and why do some civil conflicts experience cycles of escalation and de-escalation? This dissertation challenges traditional approaches to intrastate conflict by arguing the need to distinguish both …
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Pathways To Civil War
<p>This dissertation is about conflict escalation to civil war, and examines why some political confrontations escalate and why principal conflict actors continue fighting rather than reaching a number of political arrangements at various points of the course of conflict. Unlike previous studies, …