Essays

On the Effectiveness of Granting the Most Favored Nation Status to India

Sadaf Basharat • Oct 25 2012 • Essays

Until India decides to reduce its Non-Tariff Barriers the granting of MFN status to India will not do anything to benefit Pakistani traders and exporters.

The Causes of the Sierra Leone Civil War

Se Young Jang • Oct 25 2012 • Essays

The civil war was the result of varied interactions between structural problems in Sierra Leone society which increased grievances among people and led to the emergence of the RUF.

How Election-Year Politics Shape US Policy Towards the Israel-Iran Nuclear Dispute

Karim Shanahan • Oct 25 2012 • Essays

Will Obama be able to satisfy the desires of the Israel lobby, his constituency, and the State of Israel sufficiently enough to avoid harming his reelection campaign?

Torture at Abu Ghraib: A Technique in Fighting A New Kind of War

Fatmata Samura • Oct 24 2012 • Essays

Calling the event a crime localizes it, but casting Abu Ghraib as a war crime might help make a moral and legal argument out of what happened.

Is Ethnic Conflict Rational

Charlotte Langridge • Oct 21 2012 • Essays

Ethnic conflict can be explained as rational using a combination of rational-choice theory and interpretivism. Viewed through this lens, the meaning of ethnic conflict within the context of the politics of culture and transition.

U.S. Foreign Policy and Russia: The Role of Internal Debates and Politics

Jacob Kennedy • Oct 20 2012 • Essays

Imagining a great power-focused, cooperative strategy between the U.S. and Russia will only be possible if internal political debates in the U.S. create an environment for it to develop.

Democratic Agonism: Conflict and Contestation in Divided Societies

Kathryn Harvey • Oct 20 2012 • Essays

By choosing to ignore an agonistic approach, democratic politics in Turkey has in fact exacerbated the antagonistic potential existing in society.

Climate Change Policy Analysis

Lisa Wellman-Tuck • Oct 20 2012 • Essays

The United States will face considerable challenges in reducing the impact of climate change without robust legislation and a political commitment to the issue.

Is New Public Management Irrelevant to Developing Countries?

Abdelfatah Ibrahim • Oct 19 2012 • Essays

NPM is generally an effective replacement for the traditional administration model, but it is not necessarily suitable for all countries around the world.

Assessing the Viability of a Complete Environmental Kuznets Curve

Luca Ferrini • Oct 19 2012 • Essays

Sustained growth cannot be obtained simply through capital inputs. For growth and environmental protection to be compatible, technology must be the driver of growth.

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