National infrastructure form the bedrock for economic growth and social security, both of which lowers conflict risks. This encourages states and international organizations to invest heavily in post-conflict infrastructure reconstruction efforts, believing that infrastructure p…
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This research uses extended case study research method to address the issue of local ownership of international projects funded by the U.S. Government. The focus on development projects uncovers factors that have escaped the policy discussion on local ownership so far, for examp…
The subject of this thesis is financial globalisation in historical perspective, and its key contribution is to demonstrate the J-curve as an alternative depiction of financial globalisation since the classical Gold Standard period. As a preliminary and essential step, some defi…
This dissertation addresses the puzzle as to why some regions in the world are engulfed in militarized disputes among member states, while other regions live under peaceful conditions. It argues that domestic regime-societal management strategies have significant explanatory val…
The main feature of the Nigeria economy is the oil, which accounts for 90 percent of export receipts and 70 percent of government revenue. But in spite of its position as the nation's breadbasket, the Niger Delta remains underdeveloped. This underdevelopment manifests itself in …
2011 was a seminal year in the history of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Popularly referred to as the Arab Spring, the region has experienced a wave of revolutions and instability. It can be classified in three broad categories within 2011: Uprisings that have resulted…
Instability is a persistent theme in literary depictions of Lima, Peru, from throughout the long eighteenth century. The city’s geographical instability, marked by earthquakes that took place in 1687 and 1746, also affected social and economic structures of a viceregal society i…
Higher education institutions of all types are experiencing increased challenges related to acquiring financial resources to support educational initiatives. Executive leaders, particularly during periods of instability and crisis, are required to make decisions related to highl…
Much of the world has begun to face a crisis of rapid demographic aging. Societies around the world have enjoyed steadily increasing life expectancies for centuries. Declining fertility and increasing longevity have caused old-age dependency—the ratio of those above the age of 6…
The Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) is a novel rocket combustor configuration that features a periodic, high aspect ratio (length of flowpath versus transverse thickness) combustion chamber designed to promote tangential high-frequency combustion instabilities typical of conven…
Art historian Hal Foster points out that “Precarity has come to figure in sociological discourse, where it is used to describe the situation of a vast number of laborers in neo-liberal capitalism whose employment… is anything but guaranteed. This ‘precariat’ is seen as a product…