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4th ANNUAL U.S. FOREIGN AFFAIRS DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS LIST

by Edward A. Goedeken

SECTION I : FOREIGN AFFAIRS

A. Arms Control, Arms Race, and Antiwar Efforts

Barker, Holly M. "Collisions of History and Language: Nuclear Weapons Testing, Human Environmental

Rights Abuses, and Cover-Up in the Republic of the MarshallIslands," American, 2000 (ANT), DA

3035440, Je. 2002.

Busch, Nathan Edward. "Assessing the Optimism-Pessimism Debate: Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Risks,

and Theories of State Action," Toronto (Canada), 2001 (PS), DANQ 63761, May 2002.

Goldstein, Lyle Jared. "Valleys of Vulnerability:Instability in Asymmetric Nuclear Rivalries," Princeton,

2002 (PS), DA 3033015, May 2002.

Handler, Beth Ann. "The Art of Activism: Artists and Writers Protest, the Art Workers' Coalition, and the

New York Art Strike Protest the Vietnam War," Yale, 2001 (ART HISTORY), DA 3007353, Sept. 2001.

Heim, JoelJames. "An Ethic of Nuclear Nonproliferation: Steps toward a Nonnuclear World," Southern

California, 2000 (REL), DA 3018087, Dec. 2001.

Lasenksy, Scott B. "Buying Peace and Security? U.S. Positive Economic Inducement Strategies for

Reducing RegionalConflicts and Retarding Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation,"Brandeis, 2001

(PS), DA 3004965, Aug. 2001.

Metres, Philip John III. "Behind the Lines: War Resistance Poetry in the United States, 1940-2000,"

Indiana, 2001, DA 3024216, Feb. 2002.

Moon, Penelope Adams. "We Have Got to Lead Them in the Ways of Peace: The Catholic Peace

Fellowship in the Vietnam Era," Arizona State, 2001, DA 3014556, Nov. 2001.

Peterson, Harries-Clichy, Jr. "Pax Democratica:Implementing the Inter-Democratic Peace Proposition,"

Hawaii, 2001 (PS), DA 3030195, Apr. 2002.

Schofield, Julian. "Arms Races, Militarism, and War,"Columbia, 2002 (PS), DA 3037752, Je. 2002.

Van Beek, Laga. "The Formative Years of the Women's Peace Movement in the United States, 1900-

1920,"Brigham Young, 1999, DA 9999996, July 2001.

B. Congress

Kamal Shahda, Mohamed Mostafa. "Legislating Foreign Policy: The Role of Congress in Making U.S.

Foreign Policy toward the Middle East (1989-2000)" Johns Hopkins, 2001 (PS), DA 3006395, Aug.

2001.

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Trinka, James A. "Complex Thinking in a Complex World: The Effects of Interdependence on

Internationalism in the U.S. Senate," George Washington, 2001 (PS), DA 3018439, Dec. 2001.

C. Domestic Groups, Organizations, and Politics

Cavell, Colin Shawn. "The National Endowment for Democracy and the Export of Made-in-America

Democracy," Massachusetts, Amherst, 2001 (PS), DA 3000299, July 2001.

Pfannestiel, Todd Joseph. "Rethinking the Red Scare: The Lusk Committee and New York State's Fight

against Radicalism, 1919-1932,"William and Mary, 2001, DA 3026411, Mar. 2002.

Settje, David Earl. "Has the Tiger Changes its Stripes? Lutheran Responses to the Cold War, Fears of

InternalCommunist Threats, and the Vietnam War, 1964-1975," Kent State, 2001, DA 3006163, Aug.

2001.

Stoner, John Charles. "Anti-Communism, Anti-Colonialism, and African Labor: The AFL-CIO in Africa,

1955-1975,"Columbia, 2001, DA 3005804, Aug. 2001.

Wilkins, Fanon Che. "In the Belly of the Beast:Black Power, Anti-Imperialism, and the African Liberation

Solidarity Movement, 1968-1975," NYU, 2001, DA 3009361, Sept. 2001.

D. Education

Lash, Jeffrey William. "Exporting Education: The Case of the American University in Cairo," Southwest

Texas State, 2001 (GEOGRAPHY), Nov. 2001.

E. Environment

DeGarmo, Denise K. "Sign on the Dotted Line: Factors Influencing the Probability of Nation-States

Becoming Parties to International Environmental Treaties," Michigan, 2001 (PS), DA 3029328, Apr. 2002.

Fisher, Dana R. "Regulating the Environment: The Battle over the Kyoto Protocolfor GlobalClimate

Change in Advances Industrialized Nations,"Wisconsin-Madison, 2001 (SO), DA 3033327, May 2002.

Gray, Vanessa Joan. "Transnational Environmental Politics: The Case of U.S. NGOs in Columbia," U of

Miami, 2000 (PS), DA 3001168, July 2001.

Krajnc, Anita."Green Learning: The Role of Scientists and the Environmental Movement," Toronto

(Canada), 2001 (PS), DANQ 59060, Oct. 2001.

Kukk, Christopher Lawrence. "Ties that Bind: The Effect of TransnationalIssue Networks on the

International Politics of Water,"Boston College, 2001 (PS), DA 3021584, Jan. 2002.

F. Foreign Aid

Adamson, MichaelRobert. "Inventing U.S. Foreign Aid: From Private to Public Funding of Economic

Development, 1919-1941,"California, 2000, DA 3003551, Aug. 2001.

Blumel, Christine M. "Foreign Aid, Donor Coordination and the Pursuit of Good Governance," Maryland,

2000 (PS), DA 3001434, July 2002.

Thompson, Adeyinka Christopher. "Ethics in International Politics? The Contradictions and Ethical

Implications of Foreign Aid to Africa," Michigan State, 2000 (PHIL), DA 3000629, July 2001.

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G. Human Rights

Hessler, Kristin Michelle. "A Theory of Interpretation for International Human Rights Law," Arizona, 2001

(PHIL), DA 3031372, May 2002.

Keith, Linda Camp. "The Law and Human Rights:Is the Law a Mere Parchment Barrier to Human Rights

Abuse?" North Texas, 1999 (PS), DA 3019192, Jan. 2002.

÷zbank, Rivdan Murat. "Understanding a Misunderstanding: Democracy and Dialogue in the West vs. NonWest

Controversy over the Universality of Human Rights,"Carleton (Canada), 2000 (PS), DANQ 57618,

Aug. 2001.

Wendel, Dierdre Lynelle. "The External and InternalInfluences on Human Rights in Latin America: A

Regional Perspective," Iowa, 2001 (PS), DA 3009652, Sept. 2001.

H. Immigration and Refugees

Azuma, Eiichiro. "Interstitial Lives:Race, Community, and History among Japanese Immigrants Caught

between Japan and the United States, 1885-1941,"California, Los Angeles, 2000, DA 3005919, Aug.

2001.

Elahi, Babak. "Real Americans:Immigration into Modernity, 1900-1920,"Rochester, 2001 (LIT), DA

3005548, Aug. 2001.

Franz, Barbara. "Refugees in Flux:Bosnian Refugees in Austria and the United States, 1992-2000,"

Syracuse, 2001 (PS), DA 3018955, Jan. 2002.

Mirabal, Nancy Raquel. "De AquÃŒ, de All·:Race, Empire, and Nation in the Making of Cuban Migrant

Communities in New York and Tampa, 1823-1924," Michigan, 2000, DA 3001013, July 2001.

Vought, Hans Peter. "Redefining the Melting Pot: American Presidents and the Immigrant, 1897-1933,"

Connecticut, 2001, DA 3008145, Sept. 2001.

I. Individuals

Deason, Brian Scot. "Eye of the Storm: A PoliticalBiography of U.S. Senator Scott W. Lucas of Illinois,"

Southern Illinois at Carbondale, 2001, DA 3021509, Jan. 2002.

Epple, MichaelJacob. "American Crusader:Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's Campaign against Communism,"

Akron, 2001, DA 3005892, Aug. 2001.

Maravillas, Anthony Rama. "Nixon in the Fifties," Illinois at Chicago, 2001, DA 3019411, Jan. 2002.

Matthews, Marty Dale. "Charles Pinckney: A Forgotten Founder," South Carolina, 2001, DA 3036220, Je.

2002.

Maynard, Christopher Alan. "From the Shadow of Reagan: George Bush and the End of the Cold War,"

Louisiana State, 2001, DA 3016560, Dec. 2001.

Rafshoon, Ellen G. "Power over Principle: Hans J. Morgenthau and the Fate of ŠmigrÈ Realism in America,"

Emory, 2001, DA 3018826, Jan. 2002.

J. Intelligence

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Batvinis, Raymond Joseph. "In the Beginning . . .: An Examination of the Development of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation's Counterintelligence Program, 1936 to 1941,"Catholic, 2002, DA 3037803, Je.

2002.

Kim, Jaechun. "Covert Action and Democratic Peace: Why Democracies Fight Secret Wars," Yale, 2001

(PS), DA 3007372, Sept. 2001.

Lobel, Aaron Robert. "Anticipating the Collapse? PoliticalJudgment and the Debate over CIA Assessments

of the Soviet Union, 1975-1991," Harvard, 2001 (PS), DA 3028407, Apr. 2002.

K. International Law

Leonard, Eric Kvande. "InternationalRelations Theory and the InternationalCriminalCourt: Understanding

GlobalJustice," Delaware, 2001 (PS), DA 3013626, Nov. 2001.

Theurkauf, Robin Siegel. "The Development of International Law: Secondary Rules of Adjudication in the

Human Rights Regime," Yale, 2001 (PS), DA 3007434, Sept. 2001.

L. International Organizations

Bollettino, Vincenzo Natashi. "United Nations Staff Security: Testing the Role of Automated Reporting

Systems with UNICEF," Denver, 2001 (PS), DA 3022130, Jan. 2002.

Luck, Edward C. "Mixed Messages: American Politics and International Organization, 1919-1999,"

Columbia, 2001 (PS), n.o.n., Oct. 2001.

Murray, Sarah Davies. "Small States, Domestic Institutions and NATO," NYU, 2001 (PS), DA 3009341,

Sept. 2001.

Snider, Christy Jo. "Patriotism and Peace: Gender and Politics of Transitional Nongovernmental

Organizations, 1920-1945," Purdue, 2000, DA 3017868, Dec. 2001.

Voeten, Eric. "Politics in the United Nations:Ideology, Institutions and Power in the Global Arena,"

Princeton, 2001 (PS), DA 3021986, Jan. 2002.

M. International Trade and Economics

Hamm, Patricia H. "How MÈxico Built Support for the Negotiation of the North American Free Trade

Agreement: Targeting the Mexican Diaspora in the United States,"California, Irvine, 2001 (PS), DA

3000204, July 2001.

Harrison, Christopher Scott. "InstitutionalChoice: How the U.S. Research PharmaceuticalIndustry

Snatched International Victory from the Jaws of Domestic Defeat," North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001

(PS), DA 3007811, Sept. 2001.

Kim, EunMi. "The US Export Administration Act:Rationale and Role," Texas at Dallas, 2001 (PS), DA

3015134, Nov. 2001.

Lazin , Olga Magdalena. "Decentralized Globalization: Free Markets, U.S. Foundations, and the Rise of

Civil and Civic Society from Rockefeller's Latin America to Soros' Eastern Europe,"California, Los

Angeles, 2001, DA 3005977, Aug. 2001.

Lee, Joonbeom. "Emergency Oil System and InternationalCooperation," Missouri-Columbia, 2001 (PS),

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DA 3012994, Oct. 2001.

Meissner, Chris Michael. "New World Order: The Emergence of an International Monetary System, 1850

to 1913,"California, Berkeley, 2001 (EC), DA 3019741, Jan. 2002.

Mertha, Andrew Caesar. "Pirates, Politics, and Trade Policy: Structuring the Negotiations and Enforcing the

Outcomes of the Sino-US Intellectual Property Dialogue, 1991-1999," Michigan, 2001 (PS), DA

3001010, July 2001.

Ortiz Mena Lopez Negrete, Antonio. "The Politics of InstitutionalChoice:International Trade and Dispute

Settlement Mechanisms,"California, San Diego, 2001 (PS), DA 3031945, May 2002.

Sheen, Seongho. "Trade, Technology and Security: U.S. Bilateral Export-Control Negotiations with South

Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Australia," Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 2001 (PS), DA

3022700, Jan. 2002.

Thomas, Johnny. "The Crisis in International Lending: A Survey of Practices, Views, and Concerns of U.S.

Bankers,"Claremont Graduate, 2001 (EC), DA 3020873, Jan. 2002.

Wimaier, Wesley William. "A Constructivist Theory of International Monetary Relations: Monetary

Understandings, State Interests in Cooperation, and the Construction of Crises (1929-2001)?" Texas at

Austin, 2001 (PS), DA 3036613, Je. 2002.

N. Literature and Miscellaneous

Fagen, William Michael. "Hegemony, Symphony, or Technology? Explaining Regime Change in International

Telecommunications," George Washington, 2002 (PS), DA 3032743, May 2002.

Hamblin, Jacob Darwin. "Oceanography and InternationalCooperation during the Early Cold War,"

California, Santa Barbara, 2001, Dec. 2001.

Leib, Karl Andrew. "Power and Destiny: The International Space Station and U.S. Foreign Policy:Bridging

Two Policy Worlds," Syracuse, 2001 (PS), DA 3018948, Jan. 2002.

Maus, Derek Craig. "Cold War Satire in Russian and American Fiction, or How We Learned to Start

Worrying and Hate the Bomb Again," North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001 (LIT), DA 3031872, May

2002.

Seifert, Jeffrey William. "Who(se) Rules (for) the Internet? Regime Formation and Global Public Policy for

the Information Age," Syracuse, 2001 (PS), DA 3018964, Jan. 2002.

O. Media and Public Opinion

Kim, Sung Tae. "Covering Globalization: A Comparative Analysis of New Reports about the 1997 Asian

Economic Crisis and the IMF Bailout," Indiana, 2001 (JO), DA 3024258, Feb. 2002.

Oumais, Nabil Ahmad. "The Western Elite Press Construction of Islam (The Arabs and Iran) (1991-1999)"

Wayne State, 2001 (MC), DA 3037127, Je. 2002.

Wang, chun-Lei. "Reporting on China: What the Elite American News Media Say: A Content Analysis

(1990-1995)" Ohio U, 2001 (MC), DA 3007475, Sept. 2001.

P. Military and National Security Affairs

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Flynt, William Charles, III. "Red, Gray, and Blue: A Security Environment Approach to National Security

Policy Countering Emerging Threats Targeting CriticalInfrastructure," Kansas, 2001 (PS), DA 3029133,

Apr. 2002.

Rogers, Angela L. "Multilateral Military Intervention Analysis in the Post-Cold War Era," Oklahoma, 2001

(PS), DA 3009537, Sept. 2001.

Tracy, George Arthur. "The Aviation Century in America: Effects of Selected Segments of Aviation

Development on American Foreign Affairs, Military History, and Social History, 1900-1939," St. John's,

2001, DA 3011612, Sept. 2001.

Q. Missionaries

Burke, Jeffrey Charles. "The Establishment of the American Presbyterian Mission in Egypt, 1854-1940: An

Overview," McGill(Canada), 2000 (REL), DANQ 64527, Je. 2002.

Davis, Matthew Mark. "Evangelizing the Orient: American Missionaries in Iran, 1890-1940," Ohio State,

2001, DA 3022470, Feb. 2002.

Fitzpatrick Berhrens, Susan R. "Of Divine Import: The Maryknoll Missionaries in Peru, 1943-2000,"

California, San Diego, 2001, DA 3036987, Je. 2002.

McPhee, Arthur Gene. "Pickett's Fire: The Life, Contribution, Thought, and Legacy ofJ. Waskom Pickett,

Methodist Missionary to India," Asbury Theological Seminary, 2001, DA 3030278, Apr. 2002.

Reeves-Ellington, Barbara A. "That Our Daughters May Be as Corner Stones: American Missionaries,

Bulgarian Nationalists and the Politics of Gender, 1832-1872," SUNY at Binghamton, 2001, DA 3035478,

Je. 2002.

R. Philosophy and Theory

Amini, Gitty Madeline. "Sanctions and Reinforcement in Strategic Relationships:Carrots and Sticks,

Compellence and Deterrence,"California, Los Angeles, 2001 (PS), DA 3024113, Feb. 2002.

Aronoff, Yael Sharon. "Making the Impossible Possible: When and Why Do Hardliners Become Soft?"

Columbia, 2001 (PS), DA 3028496, Apr. 2002.

Brooks, Stephen Gallup. "The Globalization of Production and International Security," Yale, 2001 (PS), DA

3007318, Sept. 2001.

Crichlow, Robert Scott. "The Impact of Individuals on Foreign Policy Decision Making," Louisiana State,

2001 (PS), DA 3030252, Apr. 2002.

Davidson, Jason William. "The Roots of Revisionism and Status-Quo Seeking: Opportunities and Pressures

at the International and Domestic Levels," Georgetown, 2001 (PS), DA 3011178, Oct. 2001.

Dogan, Nejat. "Inis L. Claude, Jr. and World Order: A Pragmatic Liberal Approach," Virginia, 2001 (PS),

DA 3020345, Jan. 2002.

Dueck, Colin Wayne. "America as She Has Been: The Role of Ideas at Key Turning Points in U.S. Grand

Strategy," Princeton, 2000 (PS), DA 3001198, July 2001.

Goldcamp, Edward Michael. "Attribution: A Political Psychology Perspective on the Democratic Peace,"

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West Virginia, 2000 (PS), DA 3012782, Oct. 2001.

Goldsmith, Benjamin Earl. "Imitation and Transition in World Politics: Observational Learning and the

Formation of Foreign Policy Preferences," Michigan, 2001 (PS), DA 3000952, July 2001.

Hoogensen, Gunhild Elizabeth Birgitta. "Jeremy Bentham and the Theories of InternationalRelations,"

Alberta (Canada), 2000 (PS), DANQ 59972, Nov. 2001.

Nakamoto, Yoshihiko. "Understanding InternationalRelations: The Historical Sociology of Raymond Aron

and Stanley Hoffmann," Virginia, 2001 (PS), DA 3022099, Jan. 2002.

Reveron, Derek Scott. "Democracy for Export: An Examination of Program Implementation," Illinois at

Chicago, 2001 (PS), DA 3019419, Jan. 2002.

Rynn, Jonathan Michael. "The Power to Create Wealth: A Systems-Based Theory of the Rise and Decline

of the Great Powers in the 20th Century,"CUNY, 2001 (PS), DA 3024830, Mar. 2002.

Wohlander, Scott Barry. "A Theory of Third-Party Intervention in Disputes in International Politics,"Rice,

2001 (PS), DA 3021203, Jan. 2002.

S. Presidency

Anastasi, Thomas E. III. "Presidential Decision-Making during Selected Foreign Policy Crises from 1950-

1968 Analyzed through the Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,"Boston, 2001 (PS), DA 3010443,

Oct. 2001.

Caruson, Kiki. "Presidential Leadership Strategy in Foreign Affairs: An Analysis of Executive-Legislative

Interaction," Georgia, 2001 (PS), DA 3025261, Mar. 2002.

Mitrook, Michael Alan. "A Longitudinal Time Series Analysis of Agenda-Setting for the Foreign Affairs

Issue, 1989-1996: The Agendas of the President, the Media, and the Public," Alabama, 2001 (MC), DA

3027366, Mar. 2002.

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