Category: Student Essays

Superpower Diplomacy: Offensive Realism and the Thucydides Trap Theory on Potential Future Strife between China and the U.S.

The proposition of the Thucydides Trap is that the chances of war increase when a state comes closer to becoming the new hegemon. China and the U.S., when evaluated as offensive realist powers that prioritize power as a precursor to national security, are moving towards the dangerous prospect of a military conflict.

Africa Economics Student Essays

The Impact of Elections on FDI in East Africa

Post author By Daniel Grasso
Post date April 5, 2021
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Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions suffer from a lack of foreign direct investment. This paper analyzes how democracy and certainty factors in elections impact FDI inflows in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from 1971-2015.

Tags Economics, elections, fdi, global economics

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Reassessing Why States Build or Forgo Nuclear Weapons

Post author By Taylor Fairless
Post date March 31, 2021
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Combining Leading Nuclear and International Relations Theories under a Three-Pronged Model Explaining Nuclear Proliferation