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Spring 2022
Despite being a country of limited security and trade concern to the US, the State of Israel occupies an inordinate amount of space in American foreign policy-making. Only with reference to America’s Christian heritage can one understand Israel’s significance. In addition to reviewing and...
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Big Data in the Global Realm: An Assessment of International Relations' Ability to Study 21st Century Developments
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This thesis examines Big Data as the latest and perhaps most potent iteration of a number of transformative technologies that have had and continue to have an impact of global politics and international power hierarchies. The thesis seeks to examine if the discipline of IR, with its current...
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Fall 2012
Societal security, as opposed to physical security, is the primary driver of contemporary international relations. The American nation is bound together, not by ethnic ties, but by values, which have evolved from the US’s historical roots in Western, Protestant society. The ‘special relationship’...
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Property Rights and the Historical Development of Texas and Alberta's Oil and Gas Industries: An Institutional Perspective
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Property rights, as a set of institutions, are often identified as a core component of economic development. Yet, their composition can differ substantially between jurisdictions. This research examines how jurisdictions with different forms of property rights can achieve similar degrees of...
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The Elusiveness of the Embedded Liberal Compromise: An Evaluation of Canada’s Supply Management System and its Legality within the Global Trade Regime
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The original compromise of embedded liberalism sought to balance the need for domestic social stability with the need to further liberalize trade through the removal of both tariff and non-tariff barriers. However, this raises the question on what qualifies as social stability? Is the...