Browsing Diplomacy and World Affairs URC Student Scholarship by Issue Date
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European Defense Integration:The Search for Common Ground.
(1999-01-01)While Europe has sought true political unity in some form for at least fifty years, developments in late 1998 and the first half of 1999 have placed integrationists closer than ever to the realization of this dream. The ... -
The Fight for Khalistan: Sikh Separatism in Punjab, India from 1984-1999.
(1999-01-01)Since 1973, Sikh separatists in Punjab and their diasporan counterparts in the British Commonwealth and North America, have campaigned to secede from the Indian Federation to form an independent Khalistan - a "pure place" ... -
Reform and Anti-Reform Trends in Russian Politics in 1996-1997
(1999-01-01)Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian domestic politics have been characterized by two trends- reform and anti-reform. Every new wave of both reforms and anti-reform could be explained by the creation of new ... -
Catalonia in Post-Franco Spain: Autonomy, Identity and Language-Based Nationalism.
(1999-01-01)Catalan nationalism has achieved a renewed vigor in the democratic era of post-Franco Spain. Nationalists have revived the history of self-rule, economic success and cultural vitality of Catalonia in the XIIIth and XIVth ... -
Rape, a war crime: The case of Burma.
(2000-01-01)In the post-Cold War era, the politicization and political mobilization of ethnic identities has been used by ethnic entrepreneurs, like Slobodan Milosevic, to emphasize the ethnic "difference" between the majority and ... -
The Role of the Outside World in the Economic Development of Post-Communist States: The Russian Case.
(2000-01-01)Currently Russia is one of the world's developing countries that relies on outside world assistance to regain its power. IMF & the US have been very active in loaning money to Russia to make improvements in the economy ... -
The Nature and Future of European Security Integration.
(2000-01-01)The European Union (EU) has a complex and somewhat overlapping structure, largely as a result of the evolutionary process of the last fifty years. While each of its bodies shares responsibility for a number of policy areas, ... -
Non-Governmental Organizations and AIDS Orphans in Nairobi and Kampala.
(2000-01-01)The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have proliferated in Sub-Saharan Africa to such a disastrous extent that the problem has been labeled pandemic in nature. Despite ... -
Sikh Women: Discourses of Religion, Politics, and Social Activism.
(2000-01-01)Gender equality is implicit in the belief of "oneness" that forms a central part of Sikh theology since its creation in Northern India in 1469. This project explores the role of Punjabi Sikh Women in the religious text, ... -
Women in Armed Conflict: The Story of Kosovo
(2000-01-01)In the post-Cold War era, the politicization and political mobilization of ethnic identities has been used by ethnic entrepreneurs, like Slobodan Milosevic, to emphasize the ethnic "difference" between the majority and ... -
The Israeli Female Soldier: An Analysis of the Role of Women in the Israeli Defense Force and the Implications for Israeli Society
(2001-01-01)The Israeli Defense Force is celebrated in Israel and throughout the world as the primary example of an army that has successfully combined military might with gender equality. Because women, like men, are drafted into ... -
Russian political influence in the development of the peace process in Kosovo.
(2001-01-01)The political interests as well as historic country affiliations between Serbia and Russia go back hundreds of years in history. Two of the major reasons are the commonalities in religion -- both countries are Eastern ... -
National Environmental Career Conference
(2001-01-01)The 2001 National Environmental Career Conference in Oakland on October 19-20 enables students interested in beginning environmental careers to gather calculable knowledge and information on potential opportunities. The ... -
The Evolvement of Indigenous Movements in Ecuador from Passive Political Figures to being on the Forefronts of Political Activism, Headed by the CONAIE
(2002-01-01)I will conduct research in Quito, Ecuador focusing on the indigenous organization, the CONAIE (The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) to see why they have become a potent political figure in Ecuador and ... -
The Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan:a Multilevel Model of Deadly Hatred
(2002-01-01)The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh was caused by ethnic and religious hatred, the unfavorable socio-economic conditions, and the imperial policy of Stalin's Russia in the 1920?s. ... -
Macro-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
(2002-01-01)My senior comprehensive writing requirement for my major in Diplomacy and World Affairs focuses on the relationship between trade related aspects of intellectual property systems under the World Trade Organization and the ... -
National Environmental Career Conference
(2002-01-01)The 2001 National Environmental Career Conference in Oakland on October 19-20 enables students interested in beginning environmental careers to gather caluable knowledge and information on potential opportunities. The NECC ... -
The Study of Religious Freedoms in Russia
(2003-01-01)In modern democracies, religious freedoms are fundamental. Thus, as Russia is shedding its Communist ideology and emerging as a democratic state, religious freedoms have become essential. With this in mind, I traveled to ... -
The Study of Religious Freedoms in Russia
(2003-01-01)In modern democracies, religious freedoms are fundamental. Thus, as Russia is shedding its Communist ideology and emerging as a democratic state, religious freedoms have become essential. With this in mind, I traveled to ... -
Increased Restitution Claimsand the Asian Art Market in London
(2003-01-01)The increased demand for Asian art in the West has led to rising nationalism and desire of source countries to protect their national treasures from being exported for sale at auction. An increased global awareness of ...