Theses and Dissertations
The implications of the United States Foreign Policy towards the Cyprus problem (1959-1974)
(Monterey, California ; Naval Postgraduate School, 1999-06)
The Cyprus issue appeared during the late 1950s when Britain decided to grant the Cypriot people their independence. The Republic of Cyprus emerged in 1960 provided with an unworkable constitution. As natural as it would ...
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: the emergence of the 'New Macedonian Question' in the remains of Second Yugoslavia. Survivability of the New PostCold War state in the Balkans
(2001-12)
The recent (2001) crisis inside the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) concerning its Albanian ethnic minority did not come as a surprise to the southeastern European as well as the international security ...
China in the South China Sea genuine multilateralism or a wolf in sheep's clothing?
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-12)
The South China Sea claimants base their claims on ancient documentation and archeological evidence. However, they largely ignored the territories until the 1960s, when natural resources speculations began. The 1982 UNCLOS ...
Demographics : the downfall of Saudi Arabia
Threats to Saudi Arabia have historically been categorized as external, reference immediate neighbors, and internal via conservative Islamic opposition groups. The United States, because of its security arrangement, has ...
Potential for conflict in South America/
(1988)
Between 1978 and 1983, a number of violent interstate confrontations in south America, including the Falklands/Malvinas War, indicated that the continent was experiencing a period of tension and instability, with a strong ...
Italy in the EU: love affair or disillusionment? Italian discontent with the European integration, past and present
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
After 70 years, have democracy, prosperity, and unity finally reached Italy? Italians are still wondering since the European Union’s (EU’s) promises after World War II remain largely unfulfilled. This thesis analyzes ...
The youth bulge and higher education in Afghanistan: challenges and the way forward
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
The Afghan government is preparing to deal with the world’s largest youth bulge, a demographic event that threatens to destabilize the country if the Afghan government and U.S. aid agencies do not disarm the grievances of ...
Adaptive leadership: fighting complexity with complexity
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
Contemporary crises have become increasingly complex and the methods of leading through them have failed to keep pace. If it is assumed that leadership matters—that it has a legitimate effect on the outcome of a crisis, ...
Impeccable timing: the political efficiency of PRC-U.S. surveillance confrontations
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
This thesis investigates several potential drivers of surveillance confrontations involving United States’ assets on the People’s Republic of China’s maritime periphery, by exploring encounters such as the April 2001 EP-3 ...
Evolving arms transfer rationales: the case of Italy
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989)
Conventional wisdom about European arms suppliers holds that they are motivated primarily by financial considerations when faced with a decision to sell arms. This paper argues that the economic rationale is becoming less ...
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