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“Borderland”: What Shaped the EU, China, and USA’s Responses to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and What Makes Ukraine Unique

Scott, Sean (University of Oregon, 2023)

One of the etymological roots of Ukraine, Ukraina, is often interpreted as “borderland,” a diverse place at the center of competing understandings of identity and nationhood. This conception of Ukraine as a borderland works ...
Foreign Policy Strategies of the European Union

Wurscher, Inessa (University of Oregon, 2015-06)

This thesis examines the foreign policy techniques utilized by the European Union (EU) today through the case studies of the current crises in Ukraine (2013-present) and Syria (2011-present). The European Union has been ...
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 ...
Quantifying the Value of Sport Diplomacy to Non-State Actors

Anderson, Peter Hays (University of Oregon, 2017)

The global power structure is evolving. Nations once primarily relied on hard power—the ability to leverage population, natural resources, economic size and military strength—to combat territorial opposition and create ...