Browsing by series "Journal of Global Affairs ; 6 (January 2017)"

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    • Communal Identity and Sectarian Division in Lebanon: A Comparative Analysis of The National Pact of 1943 and the Ta'if Agreement  Undergraduate

      Peach, Kaitlin (2017)
      Throughout its history, Lebanon as faced an identity crisis that has been exacerbated by two fundamental documents -- the National Pact of 1943 and the Ta'if Agreement. These documents worked to ingrain identity into ...

    • Compromising Refugeehood: Access to Asylum and Non-Refoulement in the European Union  Undergraduate

      Neumeier, Stefanie (2017)
      This paper explores the intersection of European and international refugee and human rights law. While numerous treaties incorporate the rights of forced migrants, the Refugee Convention with the 1967 Protocol represents ...

    • Countering ISIS's Propaganda: Islamic Piety, Belonging, and Exposure of Life under ISIS's Rule  Undergraduate

      Gellman, Jonah (2017)
      The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham's (ISIS) recruitment tactics have yielded substantial results in the Western world. Recruiters use a variety of push and pull factors to separate potential recruits from their society ...

    • Disjointed Action: Conflicting Collective Action in Ukraine's 2014 Euromaidan Revolution  Undergraduate

      Bartz, Luke (2017)
      Though the motivations for unrest were similar across Ukraine during the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution, the means of expressing unhappiness contrasted dramatically between eastern and western Ukraine. In the west of the country ...

    • Drones, Ethics, and Pakistan  Undergraduate

      Adam, Amil (2017)
      The following article provides an ethical appraisal of the use of armed drones within the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan by the Central Intelligence Agency through the prism of Just War theory. This paper ...

    • In Memory of Daniel Holland  Undergraduate

      University of Oklahoma. College of International Studies (2017)
      This issue of the Journal of Global Affairs is dedicated in loving memory to Daniel Holland, who passed away while traveling abroad on June 11, 2017. Daniel was a National Merit Scholar earning his bachelor's and master's ...

    • Millennials and the Putin Cult  Undergraduate

      Ranger, Shelby (2017)
      Much literature about the unique qualities of particular generations exists, as does literature examining the cult of personality surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin. This article situates itself within the study ...

    • Proposal on US Policy toward Daesh  Undergraduate

      Holland, Daniel (2017)
      The rise of Daesh took the world by surprise, as the group took advantage of discontented Sunni populations and political turmoil to rapidly expand in Iraq and Syria. The group, designated as a terror organization by the ...

    • The Journal of Global Affairs, Volume 6 (2016-2017)  Undergraduate

      University of Oklahoma. College of International Studies (2017)
      The Journal of Global Affairs is the official student research publication of the Department of International and Area Studies in the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

    • The Original Exception: The Originaires in Senegal, 1848-1960  Undergraduate

      Smith, Nicole (2017)
      When French colonialists governed parts of Africa, they partitioned Africans into groups of unique, individual statuses: sujets, metis, originaires, tirailleurs, and assimiles. These statuses contributed to uneven access ...

    • Turkey's Temporary Protection Regulation and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Feminist Policy Analysis  Undergraduate

      Meyer, Shelby (2017)
      As Syria's deadly civil war rages on, more and more Syrians are fleeing to Turkey as refugees, testing the policies Turkey has put into place to manage irregular migrant flows. The authors of this paper sought to analyze ...

    • Weak States and Political Grievances: Understanding the Causes of the Second Libyan Civil War  Undergraduate

      Ratcliff, James (2017)
      Since 2014, Libya has re-descended into civil war, albeit amongst different lines. Important to finding a political solution to the conflict is understanding its origins. This research seeks to explain the causes of the ...

    • Whose Job is it Anyway?  Undergraduate

      Merino, Mollie (2017)
      This paper discusses Australia's treatment of asylum-seekers in the Nauru Regional Processing Centre. I explore how Australia has managed to avoid large-scale criticism and discuss a few of the factors contributing to this ...