With the end of the Cold War the United States became the sole superpower. When confronted with such a situation a hegemon has historically chosen to transform the system. U.S. administrations have chosen this option by pursuing a policy of “enlargement.” By supporting the devel…
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While economic explanations for the "resource curse" are well established, the political factors explaining why governments fail to take corrective action remain poorly understood. Research has shown that if governments save oil profits abroad and slowly re-introduce the oil-gen…
Developing a more complete understanding of the Paleocene-Miocene strata of eastern Azerbaijan is crucial for a myriad of reasons, some academic and some applied. These strata contain a record of the evolution of the South Caspian Basin during a critical time in its development,…
This dissertation employs regionalist theories of international relations in a historically rooted analysis of the Southwest Asian region, U.S. foreign policy, and the future of U.S.-Iranian relations. Regional political and economic linkages in Southwest Asia demonstrate a mark…
This dissertation is fundamentally about the formation of new regional spaces in Central Eurasia viewed from a dynamic, comparative and historical approach. Analyzing the global-local economic and political interactions and their consequences on resource rich countries of the Ca…