Spring 2010 Thesis Defenses at the School of International Relations |
| Thursday, 29 April 2010 |
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Defenses all take place at AGS in Paris and are open to the public within the limit of space available. To attend, please contact sarah.pedersen@ags.edu. Defenses scheduled through May 27st are the following: Timothy McGowan: "Linking Environmental Scarcity to Violence: A Critical Reevaluation of Environmental Scarcity Theory Using a Multi-Factor Framework in the Case of South Africa" Jenica Jones: "Security vs. Dominance: The Question of NATO Expansion" Brigid O'Grady: "George W. Bush's Iraq War Retoric" Meredith Railey: "International Governance of African Oil: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative" Paula Prince: "The Privatized Military Industry and the Westphalian State system" Amber French: "Do Women Benefit from South-North Migration? A Case Study of Senegalese Migration to France" Wren Sellers: "Does the Convention for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage conform to Oran B. Young's 'Institutional Bargaining Model' and its 'Determinants of successful international regime formation'?" Michael Kithcart: "Why does microfinance fail to contribute to the empowerment of women in rural Rajasthan?" Verena Bibaritsch: "Is the European Neighborhood Policy a Substitute or Prelude to Membership in the European Union?" Amandine Muskus: "Are There Areas of Collaboration (or Synergy) Between Scientific Experts and Policy Practitioners in Motor Vehicle Safety Regulation Harmonization in the European Union?" Nathan O'Neill: "Should the Aral Sea be saved? If so, how?" Chrysann Sutton: "Soldiers for Sale: The Implications of Military Outsourcing for International Humanitarian Law" Anthoula Parianos: "How have changes in U.S. federal aid policy on donor aid during the Bush administration impacted reproductive health in Kenya? An Analysis of the relationship between U.S. Federal Aid Policy and Reproductive Health in Eastern Africa" |
Like every year in the Spring, it is thesis defense time at the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at AGS in Paris. Candidates for graduation in June defend the Master's thesis as a culmination of the two-year M.A. program - and as part of the degree requirements.
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