Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Graduate Program in International Studies, College of Arts & Letters, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: Nuclear Security Complexes: An Alternative Approach to Nuclear Nonproliferation, Beyza Unal
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Dissertation: Illiterate Women's Political Participation: A Case Study of Morocco's Soulaliyates, Melodee M. Baines
Dissertation: The 2002 National Security Strategy: The Foundation of a Doctrine of Preemption, Prevention, or Anticipatory Action, Troy Lorenzo Ewing
Dissertation: Promoting Gender and Building Peace: Evolving Norms and International Practices, Renata Avelar Giannini
Dissertation: Nonproliferation and the Domestic Politics Theory of Compliance, Kimberly Van Dyke Gilligan
Dissertation: The Transformation of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party): Exploring Domestic, Regional, and Global Dynamics, Akin Guneri
Thesis: Croatia Joins Europe, Nikola Kovač
Dissertation: The Complexity of Armed Conflict in Mindanao: Beyond Economic Deprivation, Discrimination, and Inequality, Nasser Pendatun Lidasan
Thesis: Fair Trade An Analysis of the Effects on Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment for Women in Developing Countries, Maribel Concepcion Lora
Dissertation: Soft Power Strategies in US Foreign Policy: Assessing the Impact of Citizen Diplomacy on Foreign States' Behavior, Stephen Macharia Magu
Thesis: Department of Defense Resource Allocations and Progress Toward U.S. Foreign Policy Objectives in Latin America, Melissa Rene Rodriguez
Dissertation: The Right to Bear Space Arms: U.S. Resistance to Arms Control in Space, Alessandro Shimabukuro
Dissertation: Piracy, Slavery, and the Limits of International Law: The Gap Between the Rhetoric and Reality of Jus Cogens, Stephanie Elizabeth Smith
Dissertation: Taking Centerstage: The Impact of Bollywood's Rise on India's Soft Power, Roopa Swaminathan
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Thesis: Developments in the Global Energy Markets and Constructing the Future of the Persian Gulf Security, Nihat Cengul
Thesis: Guardians of the Countryside Public Choice Theory and the Farm Lobby in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, Amy J. Costa
Thesis: East, West, or Center? Turkey's Stance Straddling Continents, Pipelines, and Interdependences, Mustafa Kemal Dagdelen
Dissertation: International Competition for Satellite-Based Navigation System Services, Robert F. Donnelly
Thesis: Securing South Africa's Future Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS as a Model for Social Development Change, Savannah Lynn Eck
Thesis: Policy-Making under Evo Morales: Explaining Ethnopopulist Redistributive Measures in Bolivia, Luis Ferreira
Dissertation: Do international Corruption Metrics Matter? Assessing the Impact of Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, Omar Elemere Hawthorne
Dissertation: All Is Fair in War---Violent Conflict and the Securitization of Rape, Sabine Hirschauer
Thesis: Interregionalism as a Foreign Policy of the European Union: A Case for Soft Power?, Maxim Miroshnikov
Thesis: Human Trafficking Post 9/11 Policy and Practice Beyond Cutting the Tail off the Snake, Alexandra Caitlin Rice
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Thesis: You'll Never Walk Alone: The Scales of Identity of Celtic Football Club Supporters, Neil Conner
Dissertation: Social Trust in Contemporary Rural China: Its Sources and Impacts on Public Goods Provision, Narisong Huhe
Dissertation: The Absent Empire: The United States and the South American Regional Subsystem, Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixerira
Dissertation: The Relationship Between International Migration and Regional Integration, Christopher C. White
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Dissertation: Energy Crises and Cooperation: Do International Institutions Matter?, Vessela P. Chakarova
Thesis: Managing Complexity and Change in International Relations: The Case of Yemen, Michael J. Culton
Thesis: Diasporas from States in Crisis: A Case Study of the Zimbabwean Diaspora and Its Role in the Homeland, Leigh Ann Detwiler
Dissertation: Return to Unfinished Business: Re-Energizing U.S. Nuclear Arms Policy, William T. Eliason
Dissertation: Doubling NATO: Functional and Geographical Enlargement of the Alliance, Ergodan Kurt
Dissertation: Maturing International Cooperation to Address the Cyberspace Attack Attribution Problem, Jeff J. McNeil
Thesis: Cooperative Strategies on Parallel Tracks: The NEPAD and AGOA Initiatives, Guelmbaye Ngarsandje
Dissertation: The Tale of Two Narratives: NATO as a Collective Defense and a Collective Security Institution, Anna M. Rulska
Dissertation: Integrated Water Resources Management: A Theoretical Exploration of the Implementation Gap Between the Developed and Developing Worlds, Jennifer S. Schiff
Dissertation: Austerity, Abundance, and the Investor States: The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Manda Shemirani
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Dissertation: The Rise of 'People Power': Role of Civil Society in the "Color Revolutions", Vladyslav Galushko
Dissertation: The Corruption Enigma: Understanding Success and Failure of Corruption Reform Programs in Highly Corrupt Countries, Matthew T. Hall
Thesis: PCF: Voice of the People, Raisa Vilensky
Dissertation: Social Capital in Rural China: Its Impact on Economic Development, Grassroots Governance, and Democratic Participation, Min Xia
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Thesis: The Return of Russia: Energy's Superpower or Potemkin Village?, Greg R. Bayes
Dissertation: Shades of Green: The Use of Force Debate in the German Green Party, 1990--2002, Scott H. Brunstetter
Thesis: Crossing Borders: Mexican Immigration into the United States, Ewelina L. Dzieciolowski
Dissertation: Oil and Remittances in the Middle East, Azza El-Sharabassy
Dissertation: Jimmy Carter's Foreign Policy: The Battle for Power and Principle, Frances M. Jacobson
Thesis: Chavs, Neds, Neets and Yobs: The Anti-Social Underclass of the United Kingdom, Alexander Michael Marra
Dissertation: Generals in Three-Piece Suits—Contractors in Camouflage: A Critical Assessment of Contractors in Iraq, Wyman E. Shuler III
Dissertation: Democratic Failure: Tracking the Ebb of Democracy's Flow, 1800–2006, Sanja E. Sray
Dissertation: Institutional Conditionality and State Compliance: The Czech and Slovak Accession to NATO and the EU, Eva Svobodova
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dissertation: Geopolitical Rivalry in the Caspian-Caucasus Region and the Dilemma of Interstate Cooperation, Nurettin Altundeger
Dissertation: The Middle Class and Political Change in China: Chinese Middle Class's Attitudinal and Behavioral Orientations Toward Democracy, Chunlong Lu
Dissertation: Quo Vadis? Polish-Ukrainian Relations in the Enlarging Europe, 1991–2004, Anna Makhorkina
Dissertation: Becoming a Good Neighbor in Southeast Asia: The Case of China's Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea, 1989–2006, Dirk Richard Morton
Dissertation: Pivotal Deterrence and United States Security Policy in the Taiwan Strait, Charles D. Pasquale
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Dissertation: The Reinvention of NATO, Robert M. Antis
Dissertation: Nicaragua's Survival: Choices in a Neoliberal World, Stanley G. Hash Jr.
Dissertation: The Good Governance Agenda of International Development Institutions, Kerry L. Hofheimer
Dissertation: Brain Drain or Gain: Migration of Knowledge Workers From India to the United States, Anjali Sahay
Thesis: Pre-Tipping Point Operations as a Strategy for Maritime Security in the Global War on Terror, John W. Snedeker Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Dissertation: The Application of a System of Systems Analysis to Assessments of National Power, George T. Hodermarsky
Dissertation: Grand Strategy Analysis: A Proto-Theoretical Approach, Patrick Magee
Thesis: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Growth, Unemployment, and Poverty in Bangladesh, Maha Z. Mirza
Thesis: 'Outside Agitators:' The Role of Foreign Islamists in the Chechen Fight for Independence, Robert Kent Pinkerton Jr.
Dissertation: Telecommunications Technology and Sovereignty: Effects on States as Information Transfer Increased from the Speed of Oxcart to the Speed of Light, James H. Radford
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Dissertation: The War Powers Resolution: Asserting Congress's Role Over the Use of Military Force, Catherine M. Banks
Thesis: The Influence of the United Nations Secretary-General on the International Security Agenda, Jennifer S. Couture
Dissertation: Compellence: An Empirical Perspective, Michael G. Dziubinski
Thesis: Political Violence and Conflict Resolution: The Struggle for Peace in Northern Ireland, Lisa G. Fox
Dissertation: Space Cooperation Under Anarchy: Commercialization of Outer Space and Space Security in the Post-Cold War Era, Irina V. Louts
Dissertation: The Smugglers' Landscape: Geography, Route Selection and the Global Heroin Trade, James Dallis Medler
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Dissertation: United States Diplomacy in the Age of the Internet, Allison S. Greene
Dissertation: Guided by God: The Catholic Church and Political Legitimacy in the Philippines, Steven B. Shirley
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Dissertation: Clinton's Foreign Policy and the Politics of Intervention: Cases of Ethnic Cleansing and Democratic Governance, Daneta G. Billau
Dissertation: Leadership: The Missing Variable in the Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa, Osei K. Bonsu
Dissertation: Sources of Inter-State Alignments: Internal Threats and Economic Dependence in the Former Soviet Union, Eric A. Miller
Dissertation: Latin American-United States Security Relations and the Power Asymmetry Divide, Matthew R. Slater
Dissertation: Politics, Advanced Technology, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Corliss Anne Tacosa
Dissertation: East European Security Revisited: Institutions, Power, and Security, Blagovest Tashev
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Dissertation: Globalization and the Paradox of Incorporation and Marginalization: An Exploratory Note on Sub-Saharan Africa, Charles R. Lartey
Thesis: The Role of the Internet in Chinese Foreign and Domestic Affairs, Jean Bowman Leedy
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Dissertation: Community Building in Ethically Restructured States: The Baltics, Dovile Budryte
Dissertation: Identity, Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins, Jack V. Kalpakian
Dissertation: The Market and Ethics: The Case of the 1994 Decision by the Clinton Administration to Delink China's Human Rights Record From Most-Favored-Nation Status, Susan C. Morris
Dissertation: The Concept and Practice of Representative Democracy in Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Georgeta V. Pourchot
Thesis: Political Culture and Women's Political Activity in Post Communist Ukraine A Case Study of the 1994 Elections, Tonja M. Wilt
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Dissertation: Evolution and Devolution: The Dynamics of Sovereignty and Security in Post-Cold War Europe, Thomas M. Lansford
Thesis: The Middle East in World Affairs Understanding Iran's Changing Transnational and International Role, Marla Renfro
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Thesis: Why Do Not All Separatist Movements Aim for Secession? The Cases of Chechnia and Tatarstan, Mesut Acar
Dissertation: Relative Gains Problem and Case Studies of Economic Cooperation in East Asia, Ping Deng
Thesis: Institutions, Developmental Alliances, and Economic Development in Korea and Brazil (1950-1985), Charles Paul Winebarger
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Nuclear Pariahs and Regimes in the New World Disorder, Wayne F. Lesperance Jr.
Thesis: Information Warfare: Technology and the Information Advantage, Daniel Matthew Parker
Thesis: "Never Draw Unless You Mean to Shoot": United States Department of State's Responses to Property Seizures in Latin America, Nathan D. Younge
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Thesis: Russia's China Policy Under Yeltsin and Its Effect on the Korean Peninsula, Jong Dyuk Lim
Thesis: The Entry of the People's Republic of China Into the Korean War, Yueliang Shen
Thesis: Czechoslovakia's "Velvet Divorce" Ethnicity in the Post-Cold War World, Jonathan Robert Wert
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Thesis: The Atlantic Conference at Argentia (9-12 August 1941) The Anglo-American Agreement on the Defeat of Nazi Germany, John Michael Sweeney
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Thesis: Iranian Foreign Policy Shedding the Pariah Image, Joseph Edward Gleason Jr.