International Relations Theses: Recent submissions
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Cicero, money and the challenge of 'new terrorism' : is counter terrorist financing (CTF) a critical inhibitor? Should the emphasis on finance interventions prevail?
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisMuch of the first generation literature on counter terrorist financing made sweeping generalisations and observations regarding these interventions based on relatively limited case study data. Given that the UK approach ... -
Independent Kazakhstan and the 'black box' of decision-making : understanding Kazakhstan's foreign policy in the early independence period (1991-4)
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-24) - ThesisThis thesis presents a foreign policy decision-making analysis of Kazakhstan’s foreign relations in the initial post-independence period. The study applies a neoclassical realist theoretical framework in order to provide ... -
Human security policies in the Colombian conflict during the Uribe government
(University of St Andrews, 2013-11-29) - ThesisThe aim of this dissertation is to analyse the use of narratives informed by the discourse of human security in the context of the Colombian conflict during the government of President Alvaro Uribe Velez (2002-2010). Its ... -
The risk is in the relationship, not the country : politics and mining in Kazakhstan
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisHow do we account for foreign firms that are successful in politically “risky” countries? While traditional political risk indices may tell us why a country is considered a difficult operating environment, they tell us ... -
By any means necessary : an interpretive phenomenological analysis study of post 9/11 American abusive violence in Iraq
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-24) - ThesisThis study examines the phenomenon of abusive violence (AV) in the context of the American Post-9/11 Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency campaigns. Previous research into atrocities by states and their agents has ...