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Title: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD NORTH KOREA: 1945 TO PRESENT.
Creator: Derewiany, Andrew, Jewett, Aubrey, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The foreign policy of the United States of America toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, has an important role in maintaining the peace, stability, and security of Eastern Asia. From the partition of the Korean peninsula following World War II to the country's development of nuclear weapons, the foreign policy of the U.S. had to evolve based on the circumstances in North Korea. The United States, along with China, Japan, Russia, and South...
Show moreThe foreign policy of the United States of America toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, has an important role in maintaining the peace, stability, and security of Eastern Asia. From the partition of the Korean peninsula following World War II to the country's development of nuclear weapons, the foreign policy of the U.S. had to evolve based on the circumstances in North Korea. The United States, along with China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, have key roles surrounding the discussions with North Korea. The thesis focuses solely on the presidential administrations of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama; these men had the greatest impact on U.S. foreign policy with North Korea. The thesis takes a qualitative approach of research by using primarily government documents, historical records from presidential administrations, articles from foreign policy journals, and books by foreign policy experts. Throughout the research, two common themes of U.S. relations toward North Korea emerge, uncertainty and defiance. North Korea's secretive regime makes it difficult for U.S. presidential administrations to determine the intentions of North Korea's actions. Furthermore, the uncertainty often leads to defiant and aggressive actions by North Korea. From the USS Pueblo crisis to the bombing of Yeonpyeong Island, presidential administrations had to walk a fine line of responding with aggression, negotiations, or appeasement. The thesis examines not only the options and implementations of each presidential administration, but also looks toward possible solutions for maintaining peace and stability in Eastern Asia by improving relations with North Korea.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: CFH0003766, ucf:44748
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0003766

Title: THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN AID ON PERCEPTIONS OF CORRUPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
Creator: Wilkie, Margaret, Fine, Terri, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This paper is a study of the effects of foreign aid on perceptions of political corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa. In keeping with the consensus on foreign aid effectiveness, this study proposed that Sub-Saharan African countries receiving more foreign aid would be more likely to maintain high levels of perceived corruption. Hypotheses were tested using multivariate regression, controlling for a number of factors which have shown to be influential on perceptions of political corruption. Two...
Show moreThis paper is a study of the effects of foreign aid on perceptions of political corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa. In keeping with the consensus on foreign aid effectiveness, this study proposed that Sub-Saharan African countries receiving more foreign aid would be more likely to maintain high levels of perceived corruption. Hypotheses were tested using multivariate regression, controlling for a number of factors which have shown to be influential on perceptions of political corruption. Two models were tested, one to show the regression over a period of nine years, and the other to show the relationship between the foreign aid and perceptions of corruption over one year. The tests resulted in showing a significantly negative relationship over nine years, but foreign aid lost its significance with perceptions of political corruption over one year. The most influential variable on political corruption in both models was the level of political rights in a country, which indicated a significantly negative relationship between the two variables. The paper also looked at Nigeria in a case study focusing on the effects of foreign aid on governance and economic policy environments, corruption being a major factor in both of these. This study resulted in the conclusion that increases in foreign aid paralleled improved perceptions of political corruption, and that Nigeria's reform initiative during the Obasanjo regime (1999-2007) was the major determining factor in this perception shift. Overall, this study supports the consensus that foreign aid given to countries with reform-minded governments is more likely to contribute to the fight against corruption.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: CFE0002440, ucf:47726
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002440

Title: THE PLIGHT OF FOREIGN NATIONAL WOMEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: COERCION AND TRAFFICKING AS FACTORS OF IMPRISONMENT.
Creator: Lokey, Sarah, Nacarrato-Fromang, Gina, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Within the United Kingdom (UK) prisons exists Foreign National women (FNW), a unique demographic of women who are non-UK citizens who have committed crimes within the UK. It is important to delve deeper into the issue before judgment is made, however, it seems as though in most circumstances, most citizens are not willing or perhaps even unknowledgeable that such a population within prison exists. Therefore, it is important to educate others about the issues that FNW in prison face. This...
Show moreWithin the United Kingdom (UK) prisons exists Foreign National women (FNW), a unique demographic of women who are non-UK citizens who have committed crimes within the UK. It is important to delve deeper into the issue before judgment is made, however, it seems as though in most circumstances, most citizens are not willing or perhaps even unknowledgeable that such a population within prison exists. Therefore, it is important to educate others about the issues that FNW in prison face. This research focuses on the issues such as lack of special services for the women such as translation and family contacts, lack of assistance with applications for asylum, general fear for returning to the home country, and why the women came to the country to begin with. Once the general public becomes aware of these issues, these women can move forward as legislation and assistance can be provided to them. The lack of resources for FNW can lead to isolation, fear, loss of family ties, and even death, should they be forced to return to a dangerous country or situation. While this issue is a worldwide problem, this research will specifically address FNW in prison in the United Kingdom (UK), and the policies and assistance, or lack thereof that the UK has provided thus far. Furthermore, the research will address the issue of the UK's Automatic Deportation Policy and whether or not FNW are being charged with harsher punishment than the UK national women with similar crimes.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: CFH0004349, ucf:44987
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004349

Title: DOES FOREIGN AID PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT? A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN AID ON DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
Creator: Gray, Rachael, Kinsey, Barbara, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Foreign aid aims to improve economic conditions and quality of life in developing countries. The literature on the efficacy of foreign aid to date has been inconclusive; yet there is some evidence that institutional factors may condition the relationship between aid and development. This research focuses on the effects of foreign aid on development, taking into consideration the effects of political institutional factors as intervening in the connection between aid and development....
Show moreForeign aid aims to improve economic conditions and quality of life in developing countries. The literature on the efficacy of foreign aid to date has been inconclusive; yet there is some evidence that institutional factors may condition the relationship between aid and development. This research focuses on the effects of foreign aid on development, taking into consideration the effects of political institutional factors as intervening in the connection between aid and development. Specifically, this study considers the effects of democracy (political rights and civil liberties) and level of corruption on the relationship between aid and development in sub-Saharan Africa. Development is determined by the Human Development Index, which takes into account gross national income, life expectancy, and education level. My findings indicate that aid is ineffective at promoting development in sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, it is found that democracy, as determined by level of political freedom, is positively associated to development in aid recipient countries. HIV prevalence rate, the location of the country relative to the coastline, and percent of arable land were found to be significant factors affecting development. The level of corruption and political stability do not have a significant effect on development. The study is conducted using a cross-national, longitudinal, statistical model. The impact of foreign aid on development is examined for 45 countries over a fourteen-year period, from 1995 to 2009. The results of the study show that foreign aid has a negative effect on development, yet development is affected by level of democracy, geographical location, percent of arable land, and HIV prevalence rate. Development is higher in countries located on the coastline, with a higher percentage of arable land, a higher level of democracy, and a higher rate of HIV.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: CFE0003705, ucf:48804
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003705

Title: Byzantine Foreign Policy During the Reign of Constans II.
Creator: Morris, Joseph, Larson, Peter, Dandrow, Edward, Walker, Ezekiel, Pineda, Yovanna, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis examines the foreign policy of Constans II as the first Byzantine Emperor to rule after the initial Arab conquests in Syria-Palestine. His reign, 641-668, was the first reign of a Byzantine Emperor where the entire reign was subject to Arab raids and invasions. Constans II also had to contend with the Slavs in Thessalonica and Greece and the Lombards in Italy. To complicate matters more, Constans II was forced to cope with the religious division between the eastern and western...
Show moreThis thesis examines the foreign policy of Constans II as the first Byzantine Emperor to rule after the initial Arab conquests in Syria-Palestine. His reign, 641-668, was the first reign of a Byzantine Emperor where the entire reign was subject to Arab raids and invasions. Constans II also had to contend with the Slavs in Thessalonica and Greece and the Lombards in Italy. To complicate matters more, Constans II was forced to cope with the religious division between the eastern and western churches due to Monothelitism in the East. Beset on every frontier and inheriting a much reduced empire after decades of intermittent warfare and several disastrous defeats, scholars have reasoned that Constans II's reign was defensive and turbulent in nature. This thesis uses literary and archeological sources to argue that Constans II had a foreign policy focused on actively retaking lost Byzantine territory. While stabilizing the frontiers in his early reign, he suffered devastating defeats and serious threats, primarily from the sea, where the Arab navy had gained superiority. His attempt in securing the western provinces of Italy and North Africa demonstrate not an emperor who was abandoning Constantinople, but one that was attempting to regain the initiative from the Arabs and deprive them of Egypt, which was providing the Arabs with a navy, wealth, and an agricultural surplus. Despite the Byzantine losses Constans II did not accept the transformation in Byzantine territory and influence. The thesis concludes with a historical analysis of his successors and how their foreign policies differed from Constans II's.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: CFE0005534, ucf:50318
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005534

Title: U. S. foreign policy and the Soviet Union.
Creator: Neal, Fred Warner
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 1927461, CFDT1927461, ucf:4844
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927461

Title: Speak truth to power, a Quaker search for an alternative to violence: A study of international conflict.
Creator: American Friends Service Committee
Date Issued: 1955
Identifier: 677393, CFDT677393, ucf:5598
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/677393

Title: Who fights for a free Cuba?.
Creator: Kaye, Martin, Perry, Louise
Date Issued: 1933
Identifier: 363430, CFDT363430, ucf:5325
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363430

Title: Enemies of the peace: Profile of the hate-Russia gang.
Creator: Garlin, Sender
Date Issued: 1945
Identifier: 360090, CFDT360090, ucf:5248
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/360090

Title: Revolutionary struggle of the toiling masses of Japan: Speech.
Creator: Nosaka, Sanzó
Date Issued: 1934
Identifier: 369425, CFDT369425, ucf:5448
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369425

Title: Yugoslavia: The U. N. : cooperation must be desired.
Creator: Kardelj, Edvard
Date Issued: 1948
Identifier: 2683761, CFDT2683761, ucf:5135
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683761

Title: Freedom assembly: How free men can prevail.
Creator: Freedom House (New York), Korn, Jerry, Steibel, Gerald Lee
Date Issued: [1961?]
Identifier: 2683095, CFDT2683095, ucf:5032
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683095

Title: The U.S.S.R. and disarmament.
Creator: Korovin, Evgenii Aleksandrovich
Date Issued: 1933
Identifier: 370502, CFDT370502, ucf:5502
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/370502

Title: The Soviet's fight for disarmament: Containing speeches.
Creator: Litvinov, Maksim Maksimovich, Lunacharsky, M.
Date Issued: 1932
Identifier: 671404, CFDT671404, ucf:5571
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671404

Title: Coexistence or no existence: Peace or H-bomb annihilation?.
Creator: Lapin, Adam
Date Issued: 1955
Identifier: 671279, CFDT671279, ucf:5529
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671279

Title: War in the Far East.
Creator: Hall, Henry
Date Issued: 1932
Identifier: 369312, CFDT369312, ucf:5412
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369312

Title: FOREIGN LANGUAGE ORAL ASSESSMENT PRACTICES IN FLORIDA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
Creator: Kellermeier, Grace, Sivo, Stephen, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Current foreign language pedagogy encourages a communicative approach to language learning. Instead of the reading and writing focus of the past, this communicative approach requires instruction in all skills, which include reading, writing, listening, speaking and having knowledge of associated cultures. A random sample of Florida foreign language teachers was surveyed to establish whether or not the goals and actual instructional practices were aligned. Respondents were asked to identify...
Show moreCurrent foreign language pedagogy encourages a communicative approach to language learning. Instead of the reading and writing focus of the past, this communicative approach requires instruction in all skills, which include reading, writing, listening, speaking and having knowledge of associated cultures. A random sample of Florida foreign language teachers was surveyed to establish whether or not the goals and actual instructional practices were aligned. Respondents were asked to identify how much of a typical class period is dedicated to each of the five skills, and how much of a typical unit test is dedicated to the same five skills. The research showed that only the instruction and assessment of writing were aligned. Instruction and assessment of the other skills were unequal. A comparison of the means revealed that listening was actually instructed much more than assessed. The other means were similar, including writing. Reading was found to be the only skill that was assessed more than instructed. The variables examined in this study included the level of fluency, level of education, and amount of experience of the teacher, available resources, amount of the target language used in the classroom, as well as demographic information. The interaction of the level of education and experience of the teacher was significant. Teacher gender was also significant, although the disparate gender groups made it difficult to compare means. The other variables revealed no statistical significance. Slightly less than half of the respondents stated that they do not believe that they include enough oral assessment as a part of instruction. They reported a lack of time, student resistance, class size and unreliable technology as reasons for not including what they perceived to be enough oral assessment.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: CFE0003557, ucf:48912
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003557

Title: The Path of Least Resistance: The Failure of Humanitarianism and American Foreign Policy in Sudan.
Creator: MacFarlane, Mark, Walker, Ezekiel, Crepeau, Richard, Herlihy, Kevin, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis examines America's response to civil war, dispossession, and humanitarian disaster in Sudan from the end of the Cold War up until the second Darfur uprising. While the number of scholarly works examining the overall conflict and humanitarian crisis are immense, less has been written in regard to America's foreign policy in Sudan. The contemporary nature of the crisis and dearth of historical analysis does make establishing trends difficult; but recent works suggest a U.S. policy...
Show moreThis thesis examines America's response to civil war, dispossession, and humanitarian disaster in Sudan from the end of the Cold War up until the second Darfur uprising. While the number of scholarly works examining the overall conflict and humanitarian crisis are immense, less has been written in regard to America's foreign policy in Sudan. The contemporary nature of the crisis and dearth of historical analysis does make establishing trends difficult; but recent works suggest a U.S. policy that is ill informed and therefore ineffectual in halting both the conflict and crisis in Sudan. However, contrary to this opinion, the evidence may demonstrate that United States policy, rather than a series of misjudgments or being simply ineffectual, has been more systematic, informed and purposeful. This thesis argues that while the United States wished for peace in Sudan, the historical evidence suggests that the path taken by the United States knowingly prolonged the suffering of millions of Sudanese. Furthermore, American policy makers have entrusted peace in Darfur and in other disparate regions of Sudan, as well as along the newly formed borders with South Sudan, to the National Congress Party (NCP) a regime Congress has labeled untrustworthy and despotic. The bulk of the research used in this examination covered the period from 1989- 2008. However, the independence achieved by the Republic of South Sudan in the summer of 2011 is taken into account in the final analysis of the thesis. The secondary sources both cited and considered for the thesis were substantial; these included academic articles, studies, and texts published over several decades in several related fields of study germane to the thesis topic. While a wide range of primary sources were used, the thesis relied heavily on United States Congressional records from 1989-2008 for analysis. ?
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: CFE0004247, ucf:49536
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004247

Title: The Soviet Union, friend and ally of the American people.
Creator: Foster, William Z.
Date Issued: 1941
Identifier: 2700038, CFDT2700038, ucf:5158
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2700038

Title: China and the U. S. A.
Creator: Browder, Earl Russell
Date Issued: 1937
Identifier: 361645, CFDT361645, ucf:5264
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/361645

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