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Current research available in the literature explored three main lines of inquiry (political or policy, military, and doctrinal) into the problem of both the lack of implementation and unsuccessful implementation of the U.S.-led Iraqi counterinsurgency campaign. This research wa…

This paper attempts to answer the question, is the International System the main driving force behind how states act in the international arena? This is examined through a Neoclassical Realist lens and the main subject of this study is the United States and the International Sys…

Broadly, public diplomacy is governmental engagement directly with global publics in pursuit of national interests. Public diplomacy engagement involves outreach, listening, informing, explaining, collaboration, and persuasion. Specific to this dissertation, the U.S. government …

Few studies in the literature address reasons for the emigration of professionals from developing countries and the reasons that influence their decisions to stay in host countries. The present study identified both the reasons for the emigration of professionals from Lebanon to…

This dissertation explores the steady-state relationship between foreign income and expenditures, import prices, and U.S. exports for unmilled wheat. Specifically, the study estimates implicit dynamic import-export demand schedules based on a two-stage utility maximization frame…

The “special relationship” between the United States and the State of Israel cannot be fully explained by conventional realist analysis of so called “hard factors” such as strategic importance and economic; nor can it be fully explained using pluralist theory by the influence of…

The global entrepreneurialism of biomedical research and its close ties with the private sector have introduced strong financial incentives into the public arena. In Israel, powerful forces of privatization have strengthened the enterprise of competitive research. A pivotal conc…

The study was conducted to determine social media usage by the Millennial/young-adult generation in the U.S. and Bangladesh. It investigated what types of social media Millennials/young-adults use in their everyday lives; for what purpose they use social media; what are the sign…

This is a study and partial critical edition of al-Yunini's (d. 726/1326) Dhayl Mir'at al-zaman, one of the most important sources for the history of Mamluk Syria and Egypt. The dissertation consists of three parts. In Part One (Introduction), an overview of the author's life an…

Education is an important factor in reducing poverty, improving child health, and empowering women, which are key indicators of economic development and are supported by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. While education is positively associated with these developm…

In Europe and North America, NATO was established in 1949 to confront communist pressure. Meanwhile in Asia Pacific, however, no collective security institution was created, despite raging communism. Using the Foreign Relations of the United States and other diplomatic archives,…

Scholarship in the history of science, technology, and society has extensively examined the influence of American rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard. This thesis will focus on American and international media reactions to Robert Goddard and his 1919 manuscript, A Method of Reaching…

This thesis discusses how the military, economic, and humanitarian priorities of US foreign policy in South Korea evolved over the nearly twenty-year leadership of Park Chung-hee, whose admittedly authoritarian leadership enabled the economic reform that transformed South Korea …

Due to the fact that corporate environmental reporting (CER) is largely voluntary and unregulated, practice has evolved in the absence of a meaningful conceptual framework. This lack of a normative theory stating what should be the content of CER as well as the methods for measu…