International Relations Theses: Recent submissions
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‘Bomb’, ‘sanction’, or ‘engage’? : the theory/political practice of the Iranian nuclear crisis from the American perspective (1998-2014)
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - ThesisThis thesis argues that the debate over the relationship between Theory and political practice has reached a dead-end in IR. Most scholars taking part in this debate based their claims on meta-theoretical assumptions, which ... -
Explaining institutional constraints on civil society and reform in Lebanon and Libya : path dependence and ‘partially’ critical junctures
(University of St Andrews, 2014-12-01) - ThesisThis thesis is an inquiry into the challenges to the role of civic organisations in political reform during and after political transitions. The major question this research addresses is: How do institutions and institutional ... -
History and hierarchy : the foreign policy evolution of modern Japan
(University of St Andrews, 2014-10-23) - ThesisThis thesis examines the foreign policy evolution of Japan from the time of its modernization during the mid-nineteenth century though the present. It is argued that infringements upon Japanese sovereignty and geopolitical ... -
Police reform and state-building in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Russia
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisThis dissertation provides an in-depth study of police transformation in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It draws upon interviews with police, NGO workers, politicians and international ... -
The formless empire : the evolution of indigenous Eurasian geopolitics
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-24) - ThesisThis dissertation seeks to make a unique contribution to the study of geopolitics and empire in Central Asia by focusing on both the indigenous developments of grand strategies and their legacies by examining several key ...