Government and International Relations Honors Papers
Submissions from 2023
Mapping the Political Shifts and Impacts of the Climate Movement in the United States, Kevin Rissmiller
Submissions from 2022
Constructing Kurdistan: Cross-Border Kurdish Relations and Ethnic Identity, Benjamin Meyer
Small Commission, Large Reform?: The Connecticut Sentencing Commission, Bail Reform, and Legal Change, Emily O'Sullivan
Submissions from 2021
Failures to Mobilize and Invest in Youth Voters: The Limitations of Presidential Advertising in Elections from 1996 to 2016, Grace Killian
Beyond the Ballot: How Latinx College Youth Define Political Participation, Stephanie Martinez
Submissions from 2019
Building an Environmental State: A Comparative Analysis of Environmental State Formation in Germany and China, Russell Adam
Moderating Violence: An Analysis of the Conditions under Which Political Participation Reduces Ethno-Nationalist Terrorist Activity, Marissa Giaimo
Submissions from 2018
Cultivating the Farm-to-school Policy Network: The Power of Coordinated Relationships in Institutionalizing Public Policy, Abigail Johnstone
Cultivating Cultures of Appropriateness: How Leaders Mitigate Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Operations, Michelle Lee
Food Safety Governance in Vietnam: Obstacles and Opportunities, Saskia Stark-Ewing
Before the Peace: Ceasefire Durability in Ethnic Civil Wars, Justin Winokur
Submissions from 2017
Presidential Supreme Court Nomination Announcements: Rhetorical Strategies and Tactics, Matthew Delaporte
A Tale of Two Neighbors: A Comparative Analysis of the Processes of State Creation and Regime Formation in Colombia and Venezuela, Alexander Mintz
Submissions from 2016
A Middle East Quandary: A Comparative Analysis of State Creation and Political Regime Formation in Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon, Laura Cianciolo
Countering Irregular Immigration: The Spanish Model 1989-2011, Daniel Gossels
Submissions from 2015
The Unlikely Antidote: Political Tension and Political Health in the Modern Western Tradition and the United States of America, Savannah Berger
Getting Counterinsurgency Right in Vietnam: How the Coast Guard and Brown Water Navy Learned to Succeed, Mo Smolskis
Submissions from 2014
Counterinsurgency Redux? Dutch Counterinsurgency in Uruzgan, Afghanistan 2006-2010, Andrew Majkut
The Peruvian Conflict: Policy and Implementation of Changing Counterinsurgency Strategy, Michelle Strayer
Submissions from 2013
The Will to Adapt: The Post 2008 US Economic Crisis and its Impact on Refugee Resettlement in the United States, Meredith Byrne
Submissions from 2012
Balancing the Process of Democratization and the Continuation of State Stability: The Case of Mexico, Elise Dunn
Defending a Growing Democracy: German Couterterrorism from 1970 to the Present, Edward Fisher
Submissions from 2011
After Truth: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Media and Race Relations in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Jazmin Acuña Cantero
The Identity of Political Support: Personal Constituents, Gender, and Political Ambition, Hayley Sullivan
Submissions from 2010
Separated Children Fleeing Persecution: A Comparative Study of Asylum Policies in the U.K. and the U.S., Sarah M. Howe
Emergency Response in Large-Scale Disasters: Lessons Learned and Implications for National Security, Ashton Rohmer
Submissions from 2009
The Restriction of Civil Liberties during Times of Crisis: The Evolution of America's Response to National Military Threats, Matthew D. Fairman
Submissions from 2008
Smart People, Stupid Networks: The Internet’s Equalizing Influence on Political Discourse and Engagement, Joseph D. Backer
Submissions from 2007
Static or Flux? Experience and the Evolution of Harry S. Truman's Decision-Making Process, Joanna A. Gillia
Submissions from 2006
Running Against the Political Winds: How Gubernatorial Campaign Strategies Contribute to Mixed Partisan Outcomes in Simultaneous Gubernatorial and Presidential Elections, Christopher J. Devine
Decentralization and Political Participation: Argentina and Chile in Comparative Perspective, Andrew W. Maki
Submissions from 2004
Abstention and Exemption: American Exceptionalism and the International Criminal Court, Rebecca C. Hughes