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"Beef: It's What's For Dinner:" An Analysis of Beef-Driven Powerlessness As It Relates to Food Insecurity, Climate Change, and Advertising in the United States

Grimaldi, Allison (University of Oregon, 2021)

This thesis explores power and powerlessness with regard to food insecurity, food deserts and food swamps, climate change and methane production, and advertising as they relate to beef and the beef industry. This thesis ...
Building More Bombs: The Discursive Emergence of US Nuclear Weapons Policy

Valdez, John (University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)

This dissertation investigates the social construction and discursive emergence of US nuclear weapons policy against the backdrop of the nuclear taboo and its associated anti-nuclear discourse. The analysis is drawn from ...
ENERGY, ASYMMETRIC DEPENDENCE, AND NATIONAL SECURITY: EXPLAINING HUNGARY AND POLAND’S DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Leof, Nathaniel (University of Oregon, 2023)

On February 24th, 2022, Russia invaded parts of eastern Ukraine, significantly escalating the war that began in 2014 with the Russian annexation of Crimea. Since the invasion, the European Union (EU) has rallied support ...
Explaining Reagan’s Obsession with Nicaragua

Hofmann, Emily (University of Oregon, 2023)

Scholars argue that Reagan was obsessed with Nicaragua, but the nature of this obsession is a matter of debate. The purpose of this study is to explain the true causes of President Ronald Reagan’s obsession with Nicaragua. ...
Fact or Folk: Evaluating Common Theories of Private Interests as the Cause of the Iraq War

Bromham, Jake (University of Oregon, 2021)

Despite theories of private interests as the cause of the Iraq War dominating the public discourse about the war, the academic debate over the true cause of this puzzling war neglects to seriously consider these folk ...
Geopolitical, Domestic, or Humanitarian? Theory-Testing for the United States' 1995 Bosnia Intervention

Ginieczki, Taylor (University of Oregon, 2021)

The multilateral, US-led intervention in Bosnia in 1995 is often upheld as a quintessential example of humanitarian intervention. However, essential questions remain about the precise reasons for US involvement, and this ...
Good Order and Discipline: The Politics of Exclusion in the American Military

Rivera, John (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)

How do systemic and ideational factors shape the composition and effectiveness of the American military? From the American Revolution to the present, the American military has regularly established informal and formal ...
Myths of Missile Defense: International Ambition Driven by Domestic Politics

Baker, Joshua (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

This dissertation investigates the paradoxical revival of strategic missile defense, a resurgence notable for high economic, diplomatic, and strategic costs and a lack of imminent threats. Despite historically incurring ...
Never At Home: Immigrant Integration in Denmark and Sweden

Brown, Crystal (University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)

This dissertation is a comparative analysis of immigration and integration policies in Denmark and Sweden. I compared these countries because they take different policy approaches to integration; Denmark uses assimilationist ...
Swift, Effective, and Genuine: US Foreign Disaster Relief for a Grand Strategy of Restraint

Rosenau, Spencer (University of Oregon, 2023)

In dictating greater focus on soft power and urging reductions to the American overseas military presence, a new grand strategy of restraint may pose a viable alternative to Washington’s foreign policy shortcomings, though ...
Truth Within the Rubble: Understanding the Expansion of the U.S. Targeted Killing Program

Baxter, Corbett (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

Between 2001 and 2008 the U.S. launched approximately 50 lethal strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles, (UAVs) in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. In contrast, the Obama administration has launched over 417 strikes since ...