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CHINESE LOANS AND THE RESOURCE CURSE IN ECUADOR AND BOLIVIA
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
This thesis seeks to determine the cause of the different economic outcomes in Ecuador and Bolivia after the drop in hydrocarbon prices in 2014. Why was Bolivia, under the administration of Evo Morales, seemingly able to ...
STRENGTHENING U.S. SECURITY COOPERATION IN THE ASIAN-PACIFIC BY IMPROVING RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA: THE CASE OF CHILE-ARGENTINA AS A MODEL
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
This thesis studies the relationship of Japan–South Korea and Argentina–Chile to seek means to improve future U.S. security cooperation in East Asia. By approaching the Japan–South Korea case from the post-war period, I ...
THE ROLE OF SUBNATIONAL FORCES IN COMBATING TERRORISM DURING CIVIL WAR: THE CASE OF PESHMERGA OF KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ AGAINST ISIS (2014–2017)
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Scholars and researchers have long held a negative view of subnational forces and their participation in wars, especially civil wars. The literature has tended to suggest that subnational forces are often linked with the ...
ROKN'S NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE ACQUISITION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
This thesis analyzes the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) objectives, the technical evaluation of ASW assets, and the consequences of the ROKN acquisition of possible nuclear-powered submarines. ...
THE HEALTH OF THE U.S. NAVAL SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Using the knowledge that the naval shipbuilding industrial base has gone through multiple stages of consolidation since 1945, this thesis explores what causal factors have caused weaknesses in the industrial base. And, why ...
SOUTH KOREA AND THE THAAD: ITS DECISION AND DEPLOYMENT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
This thesis divides the controversy over THAAD into the phases of decision and deployment and assesses the influence of five independent drivers in this timeline: 1) changes in pressure from the United States 2) changes ...
CHINESE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND OFFICIAL FINANCING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Chinese foreign investment and official financing significantly increased following the announcement of the zouchuqu, or “go global” policy, in 1999. China’s emergence as an international investor, lender, and benefactor ...
THE ECONOMICS OF DISCONTENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
The European Union was established in order to create a more peaceful European continent through economic and social integration. To date, the EU has been successful; however, new challenges have begun to emerge. In ...
JAPAN’S DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SELF-DEFENSE FORCES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
According to conventional wisdom, a country’s population affects its ability to staff and fund its military. Japan analysts agree, making the case that Japan’s current demographic situation should be constraining manpower ...
DETERRENCE IN THE DANGER ZONE: HOW THE UNITED STATES CAN DETER RUSSIAN GRAY ZONE CONFLICT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
In recent years, adversaries of the United States have become increasingly more adept at operating in the gray zone, which sits above normal statecraft and below armed conflict. In 2016, Russia used cyber-espionage and ...
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