Browsing The Journal of Global Affairs by Title
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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 ... -
In Memory of Daniel Holland Undergraduate
(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 ... -
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 ... -
The Journal of Global Affairs, Volume 5 (2015-2016) Undergraduate
(Department of International and Area Studies, College of International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2016)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. -
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 ... -
Millennials and the Putin Cult Undergraduate
(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
(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 ... -
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 ... -
The Journal of Global Affairs, Volume 6 (2016-2017) Undergraduate
(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
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Turkey's Temporary Protection Regulation and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Feminist Policy Analysis Undergraduate
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Weak States and Political Grievances: Understanding the Causes of the Second Libyan Civil War Undergraduate
(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
(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 ...