Do statebuilding activities decrease insurgency? Since 2006 General Petraeus's mantra has been that you cannot kill or capture your way out of a complex insurgency. Instead of bullets money spent on development projects, like those funded by the Commander's Emergency Response Pr…
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This study examines the road to statehood for the Zionist and Palestinian movements. There are three components which frame this investigation: 1. social movements and the practices in which they engage that are aimed at establishing statehood for a people; 2. distinctive config…
The translation of the imaginary into the concrete is a project of both art and politics, especially in state and nation-making. The goal of using image and celebration in the service of politics has been perpetuated in post-Soviet Kazakhstan as the ideal of multiethnic harmony …
This thesis discusses the difficulties faced by the Indonesian state in its attempt to achieve a stable statehood. Three fundamental and unresolved issues have vexed the Indonesian state since the inception of the nationalist movement at the turn of last century: the state found…
This study examines the historical impact of American labor organizations on both a national and transnational level. Its analysis moves outside traditional policymaking institutions such as the Department of State and Department of Defense to consider ways in which non-governme…
Media play a pivotal role in bringing home news of distant conflicts. Simultaneously, news media also construct normal/deviant dichotomies, making judgment calls on actors and acts involved in conflicts. This dissertation investigates the construction of Palestinian political vi…
Secessionist regimes universally seek other States' formal recognition. Indeed, a 'critical mass' of external recognition must be achieved before any secessionist actor is considered a full member of international society. Yet Statesmen often disagree about what distinguishes a …
Since the end of the Cold War, the United Nations and Western states have responded to severe internal crises of conflict-ridden territories by intervening and directly managing their internal affairs with the purported aim of strengthening state capacity. In some instances, ext…
This thesis explores the conundrum that stems from the competing interests of self-determination and minority inclusion in Israel and Quebec. The analysis probes this matter through: an exploration of the principle of self-determination and the role that it plays in facilitating…
This work uses definitions of the state and state theory put forth through the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, the 1933 Montevideo Convention and the 1963 Organization of African Union Charter to analyze and compare the statehood claims made by South Sudan and Somaliland, respectivel…
Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, challenges to the US-led reconstruction escalated into a complex conflict over control of the capital city of Baghdad. The Battle for Baghdad involved military combat, mass-casualty terrorism, extreme criminality, and communal strife, as well…