IR Class of 2005 Senior Theses

Noe Padilla:  A Comparison of Basque and Catalan Autonomist Movements in Spain.

Brian Garvey:  New Kids on the Bloc: Who Is Shaping U.S. Policy towards Cuba?

Lillian Thyssen:  An Analysis of the Decision to Grow Coca by Peru’s Andean Farmers

Debby Brand:  Anti-Globalization and Indigenous Dimensions of the Dynamics of Natural Resources in Bolivia

Sinead Hunt:  What Explains Variations in the UN Treatment of War Criminals in Post-Conflict Situations?

Will Talbott:  The Role of Local Trade Preferences in the Recovery from the East Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98

Slaven Svetinovitc:  Germany’s Efforts for a Permanent Seat in the UN Security Council:  from European Pillar to Global Actor?

Claire Cvitanovitc:  Collective Action among Third-World Countries:  Lessons from the Early Non-Aligned Movement and Recent WTO Meetings

Shannon Sims:  The Dynamics of Women’s Issues in Turkey’s Bid for Accession to EU Membership

Lisa Kwak:  Social Networks and Entrepreneurial Success amid Korean and Mexican Communities in Los Angeles County

Kiarra Dikes:  United States Foreign Policy and the Failure of the Haitian State to Develop Effective Institutions

Constance Harrell:  Street Children, Islam and the State in Senegal

Alysha Lascano:  The Mayor and the Mall:  Community and Globalization in Montpellier, France.

Sarah Cook:  Mixed Standards?  Understanding the European Union’s Dialogue Policy on Human rights with China.