International Relations

In its Honors Program the International Relations program awards Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2009-10

• Dina Tarek Abdel-Fattah, "The Comparative Effect of Minority Vetoes on Shared Governance in Post-Conflict Consociational Societies: Case Studies of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Lebanon"
  Paula Pickering + Rani Mullen, Abdul-Karem Rafeq
• Brian Patrick Doyle, "Why do the Strong Quit?: Causes of Counterinsurgent Withdrawal during Overseas Insurgencies" (Honors)
  Debra Shushan + Kathrin Levitan, Brian Blouet
• Richard Pell Jordan, "Olympians" (Honors)
  David Dessler + Michael Tierney, Laurie Koloski
• Lewis C. Wilkins, "The Future of Early Warning Systems" (Honors)
  Carl Moody + Sean Tarter, Arnab Basu, Tobias Hofmann

2008-09

• Pooja Gupta, "Should, Not Shall" -- How Customary International Law Increases NGO Efficacy" (Honors)
  David Dessler + David Backer, Kris Lane
• Rachel Walsh, "Education and Islamic Radicalization in the Arabian Peninsula" (Highest Honors)
  Dennis Smith + Debra Shulman, Abdul-Karim Rafeq
  

2007-08

• Sadie Lil Gardner, "Exploring Informality: An Empirical Analysis of the Informal Economy" (High Honors)
  T.J. Cheng + Rani Mullen, Berhanu Abegaz
• Ashley Megan Kramer, "Institutions and Economics: The Effectiveness of Reconstruction Efforts in Bosnia" (High Honors)
  Paula Pickering + Mike Tierney, Till Schreiber
• Alvin Bradley Potter, "Preventive Force and Nuclear Weapons: Playing with Matches?" (Honors)
  Amy Oakes + Mitchell Reiss, Mike Tierney, Todd Averett
• Michael Richard Woolslayer, "Confronting Jihad: Past Experience and Counterterrorism Since September 11" (High Honors)
  Clay Clemens + Dennis Smith, Hiroshi Kitamura

2006-07

• Laura Aileen Sauls, "Green Aid Meets Grassroots Development: Explaining Environmental Aid Flows to Central America since the Rio Earth Summit" (High Honors)
  Mike Tierney + Karen Frey, David Feldman
• Melissa Janelle White, "The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights and the Development Dilemma: Who Violates and Why?" (High Honors)
  T.J. Cheng + Katherine Rahman, Clyde Haulman

2005-06

• Sean Fox, "Institutionalism and Neorealism in NATO Interventions" (Honors)
  Greg Miller + Hiroshi Kitamura, Katherine Rahman
• Emily Meredith, "China Perceived: The View of China's Peaceful Rise" (Honors)
  T.J. Cheng + Sophie Hart, Ron Rosenberg
• Stephanie Reed, "Greenbacks as an Indicator of Green Support: What the international environmental allocations of the United States have to say about U.S. foreign ..." (High Honors)
  Maria Ivanova + Rob Hicks, Timmons Roberts, Mike Tierney
• Amy Rossnagel, "Microfinance Institutions During Financial Crises" (Honors)
  David Feldman + Berhanu Abegaz, Mike Tierney

2004-05

• Peter de Nesnera, "Peacekeepers for Hire: Private Military Companies and the United Nations"
  Harvey Langholtz + David Dessler, Hiroshi Kitamura
• Jonathan Lasken, "Getting the Message Across: A Quantitative Study on How to Deal with State Sponsors of Terrorism and the International Terrorist Groups They Harbor"
  Sue Peterson + Steve Shellman, Naama Zahavi-Ely
• Nicole Schroeder, "Integrating the Balkans: How Slovenia and Bulgaria are Becoming Part of the European Union"
  Paula Pickering + Clay Clemens, Berhanu Abegaz

2003-04

• Jennifer Maul, "The Changing Face of Trade: American Trade Policy and Competitive Liberalization"
• Jessica Young, "The Problems with European Union Language Policy"

2002-03

• James Long, "Citizens and Their Agents: Rebel Movements and Political Violence in Africa"

• Bradley Parks, "To the Aid of the Environment? A Preliminary Exploration of Recipient-Level Factors Determining Bilateral 'Green' Aid Allocation"
• Lindsay Manning, "At the Intersection of the International System and the State: The Case of the World Health Organization in Cameroon"