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International Political Economy Theses

The mission of the International Political Economy Program is to prepare students to be global citizens and future leaders in business, public service, and civil society. The IPE Program promotes an interdisciplinary understanding and appreciation of global problems and challenges students to achieve both breadth and depth of understanding about the interdependent world in which they live.

Theses from 2021 2021

Climate Migration and Human Security, Sam Meade

The CNN Effect and State Violence Against Muslim Ethnic Minorities, Sydni Resnick

Theses from 2020 2020

Remittances and Development: Local Empowerment and National Dependency, Abby Foy

Neoliberal Development: Capability Deprivation and Barriers for Positive Mental Health, Kate Roscher

The Past and the Present: Two Paradigms of the Sino-African Investment, Emma Weirich

Theses from 2019 2019

Demystifying Poverty in Tourism: Looking into Pro-Poor Tourism in India, Sara Burke

Public Authority and Private Prisons: How Private Prison Labor Contributes to National Employment Precarity, Kaitlyn Oder

Theses from 2018 2018

Chinese Government’s Inability to Use Film – One of the Most Powerful Cultural Tools of Soft Power Expansion – to Achieve Its Soft Power Expansion Goals: Lessons for China to Tackle Its Soft Power-Deficit Problem, Kyungin Kim

Strategic Puzzle in the South China Sea: Perception, Power, and Money. Chinese Plans for Hegemony?, Robert Kelly Stewart

Theses from 2017 2017

Behind Germany’s Willkommenskultur and Hungary’s Xenophobic Sentiments: Responses to the Syrian Refugee Crisis within the European Union, Mia Kelliher

Winning the Virtuous Battle, but Losing the War? The tradeoffs of humanitarian aid and its impact on human development, Sierra Miller

Theses from 2016 2016

Avoiding Turmoil: A Comparative Exploration of the ‘Resource Curse’, Ian Latimer

Theses from 2015 2015

“There is No Difference:” Neoliberalism and Latin American (Police) State Legitimacy, Max Estevao

Intervention and Sectarian Conflict: Fear and Loathing in the Levant, Jacob Karson

Moral Sanctions With Immoral Impacts, Camille Sachs

Theses from 2014 2014

The persistence of the drug trade in Colombia: The political, social, and economic dimensions of new illicit business paradigms in Colombia, Tess Davis

Limited Trade and the CITES Ivory Trade Ban: Sustainable Use As a Viable Means of Conservation, Nina Forbes

Compatibility Between Business and the Environment: Examples from a case study of Patagonia, Ellesha Gasperini

Theses from 2013 2013

Cause-Related Marketing: A Fantastic Fundraising Tool or a Corrupter of Philanthropy?, Taylor Beard

Imperfect Yet Indispensible Financial Integration, Jacob R. Snider B.A.

The Impact of Authoritarian Rule on the Success of Global City Branding Efforts: Dubai, Singapore, and Mumbai, Abigail Struxness

Theses from 2012 2012

Power in Networks: Considering Castells’ Network Society in Egypt’s January 25th Movement and America’s Occupy Wall Street Movement, Marina Balleria

Reinterpreting Nuclear Consequences: Realism, Constructivism, and the Iranian Crisis, Harrison Diamond

Un-Obtainium: The Quest for Rare Earth Elements, Brahm Heyman

Public and Private Firms in Natural Resource Industry: Comparing the Development of the Lithium Industry in South America, Mike Knape

Globalization, Health and the Nutrition Transition: How Global TNCs are Changing Local Food Consumption Patterns, Morgan McCloskey

China to the Rescue? The Implications of China’s Engagement with Resource-Rich Countries, Sean Rice