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Title: TURKEY IN THE CASPIAN SEA REGION.
Creator: Akkoyunlu, Seyma, Sadri, Houman, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis will determine the influence of Turkey's domestic resources on Turkey's foreign relations with the five Turkic states in the Caspian Sea Region. The spheres analyzed in this study are the common ties, which are history, culture, religion and language, with the regional countries, pan-Turkism, Turkey's initial interactions as well as ongoing constructive policies in the region. Findings showed that both Turkey and the five Turkic republics were enthusiastic to carry...
Show moreThis thesis will determine the influence of Turkey's domestic resources on Turkey's foreign relations with the five Turkic states in the Caspian Sea Region. The spheres analyzed in this study are the common ties, which are history, culture, religion and language, with the regional countries, pan-Turkism, Turkey's initial interactions as well as ongoing constructive policies in the region. Findings showed that both Turkey and the five Turkic republics were enthusiastic to carry their relations in every field to future cooperation following the break up of the Soviet Union. However the Turkic Republics' interest in Turkish development model gradually declined starting from the 1994s.The hypothesis that socio-cultural ties will ease establishing close foreign relations is applicable to all five republics. The Turkic states welcomed Turkey's educational and cultural policies with great willingness. In the field of business we find that Turkish economy follows a similar pattern in its relations with the Azerbaijani and Central Asian markets. Accordant policy goals of Turkey and the five republics led Turkey to establish close foreign relations with the regional countries. Turkey tried to give military aid to the Turkic republics of Central Asia in their struggle against terrorist groups which have the capacity to destabilize governments and to threaten international security. The hypothesis that the more Turkey has business interests in the Caspian Sea Region the more Turkey will have closer foreign relations with Turkic countries is mostly apparent in the case of Azerbaijan. In the area of energy politics Turkey has its strongest link with Azerbaijan. Besides being strong economic partners Turkey is Azerbaijan's biggest supporter in the region against Armenia.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: CFE0002117, ucf:47548
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002117

Title: DEATH AND DISENGAGEMENT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYÃ‚Â'S INTERVENTION EFFORT IN DARFUR.
Creator: Hodges, Victor, Ezekiel, Walker, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis seeks to analyze the international community's conflict management capabilities through its response to the Darfur crisis. Primarily, it aims to show through the lens of the Darfur crisis, which is widely accepted as the first genocide of the twenty-first century, that the international community has yet to develop a framework to collectively intervene in and resolve crimes against humanity. Additionally, this thesis will show the international community's recognition of...
Show moreThis thesis seeks to analyze the international community's conflict management capabilities through its response to the Darfur crisis. Primarily, it aims to show through the lens of the Darfur crisis, which is widely accepted as the first genocide of the twenty-first century, that the international community has yet to develop a framework to collectively intervene in and resolve crimes against humanity. Additionally, this thesis will show the international community's recognition of their shortcomings through the gradual transformation of policies undertaken by several of its leading entities in response to the crisis. The research will pinpoint several major factors behind the lack of a unified global community acting in Darfur, such as geopolitical fragility between major international organizations, fragmentation caused by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the global War on Terror which occurred concurrently with the genocide in Darfur, and the underlying political and economic alliances that many major countries including the United States and China, enjoy with the Government of Sudan. The work will focus specifically on the United States, the United Nations, the European Union, and the African Union, analyzing the actions of each respective group in facilitating an end to the Darfur conflict. Ultimately, this thesis will use the research to conclude that the international community was willing to accept the Darfur genocide, with its death toll nearing four-hundred thousand and well over two million internally displaced peoples, in order to advance their respective global interests and preserve the status quo of global affairs in the early twenty-first century.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: CFE0003385, ucf:48442
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003385

Title: Despotism on the march.
Creator: Petersen, Arnold
Date Issued: 1951
Identifier: 2660279, CFDT2660279, ucf:4982
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2660279

Title: Which way Israel: Crisis in the Middle East.
Creator: Magil, Abraham Bernard
Date Issued: 1956
Identifier: 359823, CFDT359823, ucf:5218
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/359823

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: WOMEN, WORK AND WELFARE: A CASE STUDY OF GERMANY, THE UK, AND SWEDEN.
Creator: Legg, Meredith, Hamann, Kerstin, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis examines how different welfare state regimes affect gender relations by examining variations in welfare regimes and outcomes for women between Western European countries. The research seeks to understand how the diverse systems of social provision affect women: particularly with regard to their position in the labor market and in their ability to balance occupational and domestic work. Using a comparative, qualitative approach, I compare three Western European welfare states ...
Show moreThis thesis examines how different welfare state regimes affect gender relations by examining variations in welfare regimes and outcomes for women between Western European countries. The research seeks to understand how the diverse systems of social provision affect women: particularly with regard to their position in the labor market and in their ability to balance occupational and domestic work. Using a comparative, qualitative approach, I compare three Western European welfare states (Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden) to evaluate gender-relevant welfare policy with female employment rates, unemployment rates, and wage differentials. Welfare states and labor market policies affect outcomes for women because these policies influence and structure womenÃ‚Â's ability to enter paid labor and at the same time perform the majority of household labor and care work. To study the effect of welfare state variations upon women, I argue that a gender-focused model of welfare states is necessary. I borrow from Diane SainsburyÃ‚Â's (1996) framework establishing two contrasting ideal-types and combine this with Pascal and LewisÃ‚Â' (2004) gender equality model. Using this framework, I will assess whether my case studies vary around specific gender dimensions of variation including bases of entitlement, maternal and parental leave, pension, and the organization of care work. Preliminary findings align Germany and the United Kingdom with a male breadwinner gender model and Sweden with a dual-earner dual-carer model, although recent policy reforms in Germany and the United Kingdom oriented toward a Scandinavian welfare model may affect future gender outcomes. My research question hopes to uncover how welfare regimes and specific gender-relevant policies support or ignore womenÃ‚Â's labor force participation by reconciling work and home for women through an evaluation of gender-relevant outcomes for women. Systematically looking at the structure of welfare state provision and outcomes through a gender-relevant framework enhances our knowledge of the ways in which the varieties of gender regimes accommodate or perpetuate womenÃ‚Â's inequality in democracies.
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Date Issued: 2010
Identifier: CFE0002974, ucf:47946
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002974

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: How to end the Cold War and build the peace.
Creator: National Council of American Soviet Friendship, Ward, Lynd
Date Issued: 1948
Identifier: 2683230, CFDT2683230, ucf:5046
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683230

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

Title: IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: DOMESTIC IMPLICATIONS.
Creator: Serrano, Manuel A, Sadri, Houman, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The intent for this thesis is to explain and inform the process of the Iranian Nuclear Program throughout the last decades. The stand of the Islamic Republic of Iran has brought very delicate issues and confrontations to the international community. This thesis discusses the history of key countries that play an important part into developing the Iranian nuclear program. These countries being the United States, Israel, Russia and other countries part of the UN Security Council. This thesis...
Show moreThe intent for this thesis is to explain and inform the process of the Iranian Nuclear Program throughout the last decades. The stand of the Islamic Republic of Iran has brought very delicate issues and confrontations to the international community. This thesis discusses the history of key countries that play an important part into developing the Iranian nuclear program. These countries being the United States, Israel, Russia and other countries part of the UN Security Council. This thesis also attempts to analyze and focuses on the domestic policies the government of Iran and its people have interacted with the nuclear deal. The nuclear deal between the UN Security Council members and the Islamic Republic of Iran have shown an array of acceptance and rejection within, specially, the United States, Arab countries in the region and Israel. The implementations of the solution to future confrontation are probably the main ideal to a healthy international community who can adapt to new measures and policies to a safer world. Using classical realist theory, based on Hans J. Morgenthau realist theory, the Iranian nuclear program could be explained with a different perspective. There are other international relations theories that could help explaining Iran's government behavior and how it interacts with the international community. Iran's move in the past years has shown progress towards the international community and has lowered the potential military action against Iran. Some countries like Israel continue on the dissatisfaction against the nuclear deal signed by Iran and the UN Security Council member countries. This thesis will show the behavior the country of Iran has had towards other countries based on their domestic policy.
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Date Issued: 2016
Identifier: CFH2000137, ucf:45961
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000137

Title: What happened in Guatemala.
Creator: Travis, Helen Simon, Magil, A. B. (Abraham Bernard)
Date Issued: 1954
Identifier: 1927439, CFDT1927439, ucf:4834
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927439

Title: IRANIAN FEMINISM: A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ITS IMPACT AND FUTURE.
Creator: Eskamani, Anna, Sadri, Houman, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: For the casual observer, the term "Iranian feminist" is often considered to be an oxymoron. However, what seems to be an ironic juxtaposition actually holds a great length of truth: for over a century now, Iranian women have been marching, screaming, and fighting for equal gender rights - all the while embracing feminist ideals. In fact, "feminity" is a political symbol that has been influencing Iranian politics for over 150 years. From the very beginning of modern Iranian history, women have...
Show moreFor the casual observer, the term "Iranian feminist" is often considered to be an oxymoron. However, what seems to be an ironic juxtaposition actually holds a great length of truth: for over a century now, Iranian women have been marching, screaming, and fighting for equal gender rights - all the while embracing feminist ideals. In fact, "feminity" is a political symbol that has been influencing Iranian politics for over 150 years. From the very beginning of modern Iranian history, women have always played a pivotal role within Iranian history, constantly connecting the personal to the political. This research aims to explore this phenomenon as an independent movement and as one comparable to American feminism. Three main topics are explored: theocratic restrictions, culture, and globalization. There are three methods of research that I have utilized as resources for this study: previous studies, statistical data, and interviews. The purpose of this study is to understand why and how feminism is increasing within the anti-feminist regime of the IRI. This study holds both theoretical and political significance and is designed to predict the future status of Iranian feminism through examining the conditions of the past and present.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: CFH0003701, ucf:44737
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0003701

Title: A Russian view of the Moscow trials.
Creator: Barmine, Alexandre, Dewey, John, Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, Strunsky, Simeon
Date Issued: 1938
Identifier: 2180950, CFDT2180950, ucf:4942
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2180950

Title: The road to peace according to Stalin and according to Lenin.
Creator: Cannon, James Patrick
Date Issued: 1951
Identifier: 370341, CFDT370341, ucf:5474
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/370341

Title: Quarantine the warmongers.
Creator: Foster, William Z.
Date Issued: 1947
Identifier: 360095, CFDT360095, ucf:5253
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/360095

Title: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BASIS OF THREAT PERCEPTION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE USE OF FORCE BY US PRESIDENTS.
Creator: Kazazis, Collin J., Schafer, Mark, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis creates a new variable for threat perception built upon psychological concepts and then applies this new variable to the question of why leaders use military force in certain situations. The concept of threat perception has a long history in the field in terms of its effect on leaders choosing to use military force. However, while the concept of threat perception is inherently psychological, previous proxies for the variable have included only situational factors, which is highly...
Show moreThis thesis creates a new variable for threat perception built upon psychological concepts and then applies this new variable to the question of why leaders use military force in certain situations. The concept of threat perception has a long history in the field in terms of its effect on leaders choosing to use military force. However, while the concept of threat perception is inherently psychological, previous proxies for the variable have included only situational factors, which is highly problematic. By utilizing the Operational Code, this study creates a new threat-perception variable based on cognitive constructs. Using a sample of US presidents, this new variable is tested in two different ways. The first examines three psychological characteristics (need for power, in-group bias, and distrust) from Leadership Trait Analysis that are thought to influence the level of threat perception in a leader. The second examines threat perception as an explanatory variable for the use of force alongside three other important control variables (economic violence, presidential popularity, and US power). The use of force variable is derived from Meernik's Use of Force dataset with each case in the dataset representing an opportunity to use force. The psychological data are derived from the verbal material of US presidents using at-a-distance methods found in the literature. OLS regression and probit are used to model the research questions. The project finds that levels of threat perception are indeed affected by a leader's level of distrust, in-group bias, and need for power. In addition, the new psychologically-derived threat-perception variable is a very good predictor of a president's use of force: presidents with higher levels of threat perception have a much higher probability of using force when the situation presents an opportunity.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: CFH2000559, ucf:45649
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000559

Title: GOVERNMENTS' ADOPTION OF NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY: A CASE STUDY OF IRAN, RUSSIA, AND VENEZUELA.
Creator: Mahdavieh, Rose, Turcu, Anca, Mousseau, Demet, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The emergence of digital currency is becoming prevalent in the age of globalization - specifically, cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain are two recently discovered concepts currently being explored by researchers and developers. Cryptocurrency is a subset of digital currency that encompasses revolutionary technology, shifting political and economic spheres in nation-states. Certain governments are more prone to the adoption of cryptocurrencies and three comparative case study...
Show moreThe emergence of digital currency is becoming prevalent in the age of globalization - specifically, cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain are two recently discovered concepts currently being explored by researchers and developers. Cryptocurrency is a subset of digital currency that encompasses revolutionary technology, shifting political and economic spheres in nation-states. Certain governments are more prone to the adoption of cryptocurrencies and three comparative case study countries, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela, have shared attributes that result in adoption. Observed factors that result in the adoption of cryptocurrencies include corruption, GDP level, economic volatility, and Western sanctions. These factors will be applied in the case study countries to analyze the adoption of native government-backed cryptocurrency.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: CFH2000502, ucf:45630
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000502

Title: Shadow over Asia: The rise of militant Japan.
Creator: Bisson, T. A. (Thomas Arthur), Graphic Associates
Date Issued: 1941
Identifier: 2683242, CFDT2683242, ucf:5052
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683242

Title: More Guns, Less Butter, and Officers at the Table: Understanding the Nexus between the Military's Integration into Politics and Resource Allocation in Democracies and Non-Democracies.
Creator: Ben Hammou, Salah, Powell, Jonathan, Boutton, Andrew, Mirilovic, Nikola, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The civilianization of government is often seen as a necessary prerequisite for successful democratization and healthy civil-military relations. This thesis explores the impact of integrating the military into political decision-making on the distribution of (")guns(") and (")butter(") (-) military spending and social spending - across dictatorships and democracies. Whereas a general consensus suggests that autocracies allocate greater goods to the military and fewer goods to the general...
Show moreThe civilianization of government is often seen as a necessary prerequisite for successful democratization and healthy civil-military relations. This thesis explores the impact of integrating the military into political decision-making on the distribution of (")guns(") and (")butter(") (-) military spending and social spending - across dictatorships and democracies. Whereas a general consensus suggests that autocracies allocate greater goods to the military and fewer goods to the general public relative to democracies, an understudied variable is the military's integration into politics in both democracies and autocracies. Given that military elites have greater incentives relative to civilian elites to prioritize military spending over social spending, I expect that integrating officers into politics should yield greater military outlays and fewer social outlays relative to more civilianized regimes, democratic or otherwise.Drawing on a number of theories concerning contentious civil-military relations, I frame this process of integration and its subsequent consequence as part of a broader means to ameliorate commitment issues between leaders and the armed forces. Specifically, I view power-sharing with military elites as a potential tool democrats and dictators may use to ensure the loyalty of the armed forces and mitigate the threat of defection or a coup d'etat. I test my arguments using data on the proportion of national cabinet positions held by military officers across 138 countries between 1964-2008. Offering some support for my expectations, this thesis highlights the necessity of fine-tuned data to explore civil-military processes and reasserts that the military may influence politics across multiple regime settings and outside of overtly ruling the country..
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: CFE0007784, ucf:52367
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007784

Title: Rifle rule in Cuba.
Creator: Beals, Carleton, Odets, Clifford, Provisional Committee for Cuba
Date Issued: 1935
Identifier: 886194, CFDT886194, ucf:5605
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/886194

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