International Relations Theses: Recent submissions
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Foreign policy of the European Union towards the South Caucasus in 1992-2014
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-23) - ThesisThis assessment of European Union foreign policy towards the South Caucasus shows that while the EU has developed a coherent transport policy since 1992, paradoxically, it has had no corresponding coherent conflict resolution ... -
Strength in a weakened state : interpreting Hizb’allah’s experiences as a social movement and governing coalition in Lebanon 1985-2013
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-23) - ThesisThis study investigates Hizb’allah’s successful but competing dual development as an extra-institutional Shi’a social movement and an institutional political party. Hizb’allah has traditionally been studied from the ... -
The concept of enmity in the political philosophy of Hobbes
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-23) - ThesisTo the author’s knowledge, this is the first systematic study of the concept of enmity in the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. Examining this important category does not only elucidate the concept itself, but also ... -
The political economy of resistance in post-conflict South Sudan
(University of St Andrews, 2014-03) - ThesisDespite recent scholarly attention, the phenomenon of resistance in post-conflict environments remains largely under-conceptualized. This represents a major shortcoming in the theory and praxis of post-conflict peacebuilding ... -
World War II mythologies and the prewar reconstruction of Iraq
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-23) - ThesisThis dissertation interrogates the positionality of postconflict reconstruction efforts in Iraq within the broader discourse of the liberal peace and liberal reconstruction. It examines how U.S. policymakers planned and ...