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Great Powers Manipulating Norms: US, Chinese and Russian Approaches to the Responsibility to Protect.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2021-05-16)The Responsibility to Protect is a set of principles that commit countries to protect civilian populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. This thesis sets out to explore the extent ... -
Fighting the war on drugs: how presidential administrations produce distinct policing regimes
(Wheaton College. (Norton, Mass.), 2020-05-10)This paper seeks to explain the war on drugs through a creation of a policing regime typology. This typology is constructed by examining the distinctions between legislation, presidential rhetoric, and administrative goals. ... -
Applied civics : the potential of civic education to transform american political engagement.
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Applying international relations theory to contemporary policy : understanding Russia's behaviors and goals in Syria.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)My research includes an investigation of the causative factors of Russia's involvement in the Syrian War and Russia's current interests in global politics. In this project, I have employed a synthetic approach that draws ... -
Today's state, yesterday's crimes : comparing the rhetorics of restoration and retribution after mass violence
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2015)Explores two transitional justice mechanisms, the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Analyzes the ways in which the ideal-type philosophical ...
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