Master of Arts in International Relations Research

Our students conduct amazing research projects over the course of their program, often drawing from their direct observations during our international travel courses. The table below highlights the final research papers presented by our graduating students in the completion of their MA degree, as well as other special publications to which our graduate students have made contributions.

Authors	Title
2022
Marcos Pablo Moloeznik, José Gabriel Paz & Randy Willoughby	Two Dimensions of the Malvinas/Falklands War: A Forty Year Retrospective
2019
Avesta Baraki	Female Empowerment and Security in the Middle East
Ivan Caro	Immigration, Group Conflict, and the Return of the Far Right in Germany
George Gibbs	The Lords of the Sands: The Obstacles to Restoring Political Order in Libya
Claude Jubran	The Path to Inmate Radicalization: A Primary Focus on Inmate Converts to Islam
Rita Kuckertz	Forced Confessions: Evaluating Mexico’s Torture Epidemic through the Lens of Judicial Reform
Lucy LaRosa	The Tip of the Iceberg: Understanding US Arctic Security Posture
Devin Moss	Bend it Like FIFA: Transnational Regulation of State Action
Morgan Whitmer	JIHADIS AT THE GATE: Policies on Returning Foreign Fighters and their Impact on International Security
Cesar Andalon	Smart Sanctions or Silly Statecraft? The Efficacy of Targeted Sanctions
Maximilian Aviles	Transitional Justice: A Case for Accountability
Garrett Gaughan	All Dried Up: Averting the Day Zero Water Crisis through Tax Reform
Catherine Pauley	Propensity for Peace in Divided Societies
Ryan Williams	Headed for the Exits: An Empirical Assessment of the Key Factors Driving Honduran Emigration
Jiangyun Yang	Analyzing the Effects of International Tourism on Soft Power
2018
Rania Ammsso	Autocratic Regimes and Ethnic Minorities in the Middle East
Daphne Blanchard	Immigration and National Security: Is Central American Migration a Threat?
Andrea Diaz	Understanding the Outcome of the 2018 Mexican Elections
Iden Emam	Resource Curse or Institutional Curse?
Tyler Gulliksen	Theoretical Perspectives on the Tunisian Revolution
Robert Knecht	Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Neal Soladay	Right of Passage: Climate Change and the Northern Straits
DJ Stewart	US Military Intervention in Post-Arab Spring North Africa and Middle East
Rosario Sutton	The Politics of Indigenous Representation: The Case of the Maori
Kelly Wehle	Into the Gray Zone: U.S.-China Tensions in the South China Sea
Joseph Burns	The Estonian Town of Narva: On the Western Side of an Eastern River
Andrew Coldrick	Contrasting Motives, Comparable Rationales: A Constructivist Examination of Haredi and Palestinian Dis/Engagement in the Israel Defense Forces
Junglyul Lee	Successful Negotiation and Failed Negotiation: Zopa in the Nuclear Negotiations With Iran and North Korea
2017
Laura Y. Calderón	An Analysis of Mayoral Assassinations in Mexico, 2002-2017
Steven Cummings	Leading the Charge: Renewable​ ​Energies,​ ​Climate​ ​Security,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​US​ ​Military
Kurt Kirkman	Shifting Power in the DPRK-U.S. Asymmetrical ‘Crisis’
Essma N. Eweida	The Premature Democratization of the Middle East and North Africa
Abdulrhman Alkhuziem	The Saudi-Iranian Power Struggle and Its Effect on Yemen
Braden Harris	The Beginning of a Post-Kemalist Era for Turkish Politics?
Marcia Harrison	Building an International Anti-Trafficking Regime
Erica Illingworth	Violence in El Salvador: The Effects of Gangs and Anti-Gang Legislation
Dongil Kim	Understanding the Security Paradigm on the 38th Parallel
Noemi Ochoa-Luna	Testing the Economic Kuznets Curve: Mexico after 20 years of NAFTA
Ray Taves	Bolivia’s Resource Nationalism/Neosocialism: Growth and Success