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Theses from 2023
How Does China View the Modern Asian Regional System?, Thi Mai Anh Nguyen
Theses from 2020
Domestic Public Opinion on EU Integration and Investment by China in the Western Balkans, Brandon Wilcox
Theses from 2019
The Neoliberal State as an Apparatus of Harm: Towards a Decolonial Materialist Feminism in Bolivia, Taylor M. Doherty
The Role of the International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) in Humanitarian Intervention – A Case Study of the IFRC Cash Transfer Program in Malawi, Olabode George Igandan
Human Rights and Justice Rights Approaches to Gender-Based Violence (GBV): The Case of Kenya’s Sexual Offenses Act (KSOA), Maryanne W. Kamunya
Women's Security and Empowerment in the Context of Forced Displacement: A Case Study of Humanitarian Policies for Syrian Refugee Women in Turkey, Kinga Henryka Karlowska
Theses from 2018
War, Public Outrage, and Partisanship: Congressional Responses to Presidential Military Overreach, William G. Foster-Nolan
The United States of Sol: Privatization as a Tool of American Hegemony in the Solar System, Edward C. Henry
Israeli Apartheid: Separating Fact, Fiction, and (Public) Opinion, Shaheen B. Merhej
Theses from 2017
Understanding the Causes of Unaccompanied Minors Migrating to the US during 2014, Edgar Torres
Theses from 2016
Security and Foreign Policy of Landlocked States, Samiullah Mahdi
Theses from 2015
'Responsibility to Protect': The Divergent Development of a Norm, Georges T. Fakhry
Theses from 2014
Four Traits of Strong Science-Policy Interfaces for Global Environmental Governance, Daniel F. Zaleznik
Theses from 2013
National Passenger Rail Policies and the Effect on Investment, Ridership, and Congestion, Kyle J. Emge
The Cost of Nationalism: The Foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and its Perilous Path Toward Middle Eastern Hegemony, Jeremy C. Lowe
How Ending Gender Violence in India Improves the Nation's International Reputation and Tourism Industry: A Case for Nationalism, Sharon Nambudripad Schiffer
Why now? The Making of Modern Burma: Drivers of Democratization, Aung Tun
Theses from 2012
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, Kyle R. Vale
Peers: How a Global Economy and Information Technology Have Equalized Power in World Politics, Rachel D. Wolters
Theses from 2011
Design for Participatory Development Planning and Economic Self-Determination in Ileho, Kenya, Cynthia C. Abatt
The Implications of Water Insecurity for Fragile and Failing States: The Case of Pakistan, Jennifer Norins
Theses from 2010
Relative Socioeconomic Status and the Probability of Migration: A Study of the Effects of Relative Socioeconomic Status on the Decision to Migrate to the United States, Alexandra Souza Vieira Barker
Environmental and Natural Disasters in Haiti: The Impacts of Failed Policies From 2004 to 2010, James Douby Ralph Eliscar
Theses from 2009
Democracy in Russia: An Analysis of the Process of Democratization in Post-Soviet Russia, Douglas F. Gray
Theses from 2006
US-Mexico Relations and NAFTA: Lessons Learned for South America and the FTAA, Marion E. Gordon
Theses from 2005
Albania: A Case Study of Socio-Economic and Political Effects of Transition to Democracy, Ira Lazic
Theses from 2003
Reexamining the Impact of September 11th on Relations Between Saudi Arabia and the United States, Faisal bin Khaled Al Saud
Contemporary US/Korean Relations: A South Korean Perspective, Kelly Tobin
Theses from 1983
Odisseia Portuguesa via Hudson, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Adalino Cabral