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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...