International History

US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East in the 1950s

Samuel Boyd • Apr 2 2016 • Essays

Eisenhower showed caution in his application of policy, displaying a level of understanding that only the greatest feeling of importance towards the region could explain.

A Reassessment of the Munich Agreement

Clinton Ervin • Mar 26 2016 • Essays

The significance today of reassessing the 1938 Munich Agreement lies in the frequent uses of the terms Munich and Appeasemen” with regard to the Iranian nuclear program.

Transitional Justice in Cambodia–Too Little Too Late?

Emily Gleeson • Mar 22 2016 • Essays

Understanding the events and interests that led up to the creation of the ECCC gives insight into the current government’s attempts to achieve legitimacy.

Putin & Russian Heritage: Russia’s Foreign Policy Identity Since Napoleon

Uygar Baspehlivan • Mar 5 2016 • Essays

The development of an imperial identity during the Soviet Union, plus the disruption caused by Yeltsin, shaped Russian foreign policy identity even to Putin.

US Foreign Policy and the 1973 Coup in Chile

Aiyetoro Hinds • Feb 12 2016 • Essays

Containment theory and its tendency to promote blunt thinking, especially in the Americas, was the prime factor affecting the logic behind US support for the coup in Chile.

Monetary Sovereignty under the Gold Standard – The Case of the Ottoman Empire

Alvina Hoffmann • Feb 10 2016 • Essays

Increasing indebtedness and severe crises caused the Ottoman Empire to lose monetary sovereignty, culminating with the adoption of a limping gold standard.

Revisiting Political Culture: Libyan and Tunisian Post-Revolutionary Transitions

Cameron Evers • Feb 5 2016 • Essays

Analysing Libya & Tunisia reveals the important role of political culture in their democratic transitions & the pitfalls of applying ‘universal’ democratic institutions.

Transitioning to Democracy: The Role of the Right in Chile and Argentina

Olivia Hutchinson • Jan 21 2016 • Essays

While the left advocated the return to democracy, the right has also played an important part in the transition in both Chile and Argentina – albeit to different results.

Hassan al-Banna: A Starting Point for Contemporary Islamic Fundamentalism

Mona Saleh • Jan 18 2016 • Essays

Al-Banna’s ideas of Islam’s superiority, of his conception of Islam to others, and the monopoly of the absolute truth are the first steps to judge Others as unbelievers.

Russia’s Double Historical Amnesia: Constructing the Shakhidki as ‘Black Widows’

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Jan 10 2016 • Essays

In a constructed malestream military, women in combat arms are inherently irregular as they take on a twofold irregularity as female fighters and irregular combatants.

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