Browsing by series "The Journal of Global Affairs;Volume V"
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Britain and the European Union: Forty Years of Uncertainty Undergraduate
(2016)The United Kingdom is facing a referendum, to occur by the end of 2017, when British citizens will get the opportunity to vote on whether or not the UK should remain a member of the European Union. For Britain, the ... -
Conflicting Narratives of the 1948 War Undergraduate
(2016)The 1948 War was a triumphant victory for the Jews of Israel and a tragic disaster for the Arabs of Palestine. The traditional Zionist rendition of the war, or “old” history, depicts Israel as a fledgling Jewish state ... -
Confucianism: The New Wave of Ancient China Undergraduate
(2016)Confucianism, a Chinese philosophy founded roughly 2,500 years ago, has traditionally been understood to be, by historians and philosophers alike, a strongly conservative philosophy. Yet after taking a look at the historical ... -
Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood Democratic Changes to Islamist Groups Undergraduate
(2016)Despite a promising start, the Arab Spring of 2011 has resulted in the creation of only one democracy: Tunisia. In Tunisia, an Islamist party called Ennahda has greatly aided this successful democratic transition. This ... -
Going Out: The Globalization of the Chinese Nuclear Sector Undergraduate
(2016)Over the past decade, the Chinese government has aimed to further incorporate nuclear technology into its plan to meet China’s growing energy needs, and the nation’s major nuclear firms have acted enthusiastically to ... -
The Intersection of Slums and Environmental Justice in Morocco Undergraduate
(2016)The purpose of this research paper is to address environmental justice in Morocco as it relates to slum life and slum relocation efforts. As such, the paper deals with the kingdom’s waste management activities in both rural ... -
Lowering Expectations: The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping and Recommendations for the Future Undergraduate
(2016)United Nation’s Peacekeeping Operations have been contested since the first blue helmets arrived in the Gaza Strip in 1956. Peacekeeping Operations can be divided into three temporal categories, each with their own ... -
Public Health and the British Empire: From Colonization to Decolonization Undergraduate
(2016)This article traces the process of how colonization and eventual decolonization within the British Empire affected the development of public health infrastructure within British India versus British East Africa, and why ... -
Russian-Syrian Relations: Past and Present Undergraduate
(2016)Drawing heavily on Andrej Kreutz’s Russia in the Middle East and Robert Freedman’s “Russia and the Arab Spring: A Preliminary Appraisal” along with numerous news sources, this essay serves a twofold purpose of sketching ... -
Transnational Water Issues in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq: Planning and Investing for the Future Undergraduate
(2016)The connection between access to clean and reliable water and social unrest is a relationship that is beginning to be fully understood. The Euphrates River provides drinking water for nearly 27 million people, water for ... -
Turkey's Great Leap Forward: Atatürk's Reforms and the Rise of Political Islam Undergraduate
(2016)The Turkish War of Independence and the following reforms implemented by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk were watershed events in both Islamic and world history. The political and social climate of Turkey, previously the Ottoman ... -
Uganda's Path to Energy Access - Is it Climate Friendly? Undergraduate
(2016)Only 18 percent of Ugandans have access to energy. Compare this to 100 percent access in the similarly sized United Kingdom or 23 percent for their neighbors in Kenya. Uganda does not have energy security, or “the ...