International Relations Theses: Recent submissions
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A paradigm for the new world order : a school of thought analysis of American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisThis thesis applies a schools of thought analysis to American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. In chapter 1, it discusses what a schools of thought analysis involves and its usefulness as an analytical tool, with ... -
International organisation theory and the politics of regime change : armaments collaboration in the Atlantic community
(University of St Andrews, 1993) - ThesisThe purpose of the analysis is to make a theoretical contribution in two related fields of international relations research. Firstly, the concepts of complex interdependence and international regimes are critically examined ... -
CSCE - an analysis of its origin, evolution and contemporary role
(University of St Andrews, 1993) - ThesisThe collapse of East European communism and the subsequent collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, challenged the status quo in Europe. Ideas of a "New World" order, and of a "New European Architecture" proliferated. ... -
The evolution of international restraints on chemical weapons and land mines : the interplay between international humanitarian law and arms control
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisWeapons are acquired to protect the national security interests of the state: they may be used to settle disputes between one state and another, or they are accumulated as a defensive precaution to dissuade any future or ... -
The concept of pluralistic security community : an attempt to apply it to the European Union case
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisThis dissertation aims at developing and testing the concept of pluralistic security community evolved by Karl Deutsch in the 1950s. In essence, a pluralistic security community is a union in which war is no longer ...