Honors Theses (Global Studies)https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/93342024-03-29T09:34:17Z2024-03-29T09:34:17Z“Russian Heroes, French Zombies”: Diplomatic Tensions Between Great Powers in the Central African RepublicWickstrand, Justinhttps://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/284642023-07-04T07:31:32Z2023-06-01T00:00:00Z“Russian Heroes, French Zombies”: Diplomatic Tensions Between Great Powers in the Central African Republic
Wickstrand, Justin
This honors thesis examines the respective approaches of diplomatic engagement by
Russia and France in the Central African Republic (CAR). Given the present competition
between great powers on the African continent, much of the current discourse on this topic has a
tendency to view this competition as a reemergence of the Cold War struggle over the “Third
World,” specifically that which occurred in Africa. This thesis seeks to add to the present
discourse by arguing that the notion of a Cold War redux in Africa is a reductionist approach that
neglects the domestic priorities that are the veritable catalysts behind Russian and French
engagement with Africa, specifically in the Central African Republic.
The central aim of this project has been to analyze the motives and modes driving
Russian and French engagement with the nation of the Central African Republic. By beginning
with the historical background of France and the Soviet Union’s diplomatic engagement with
Africa, I contextualize their patterns of diplomatic outreach and posit that the respective foreign
policy legacies of the two powers contribute to their ability to act on the African continent today.
Following this, I analyze the contemporary modes of engagement by France and Russia in the
Central African Republic and evaluate the ways in which this has impacted their bilateral
relationships with the CAR.
By using a multimedia approach to primary source analysis in both English and French, I
have been able to evaluate a wide-range of sources that contribute to the broader understanding
of how diplomacy is being conducted on the African continent using the tools of the twenty-first
century.
80 pages
2023-06-01T00:00:00ZAmnesty’s Success in Transitional Justice and Human Rights; Spain, Chile, and South Africa as Case StudiesFeuerherdt, Lucyhttps://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/279152023-01-11T08:27:26Z2022-06-01T00:00:00ZAmnesty’s Success in Transitional Justice and Human Rights; Spain, Chile, and South Africa as Case Studies
Feuerherdt, Lucy
This honors thesis examines the success of amnesty laws, relative to other mechanisms of transitional justice and redressing past human rights violations; it is my intention to understand if amnesty is a successful mechanism for countries transitioning to democracy after repressive periods. I demonstrate my research through a literature review of subjects and academic principles related to amnesty including concepts of justice, the human rights system, state- sanctioned violence, transitional justice, and amnesty laws.
In addition to a review of the relevant literature, I utilize a case study analysis of three countries: Spain, Chile, and South Africa all used amnesty laws during their transitions to democracy in ways that are distinct from one another. These case studies provide a greater understanding of what makes an amnesty law successful and effective.
The insight from the relevant literature along with the comparison and analysis from the case studies demonstrate that amnesty laws can be successful if implemented under a specific set of principles. I argue that the essential factors to an amnesty law’s success include the circumstances and state of the nation when amnesty is implemented, how additional transitional justice mechanisms are used, and if there are specific criteria within the amnesty law.
76 pages
2022-06-01T00:00:00ZVietnamese Americans and the myth of the model minorityLi, Meredith A.https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/99732015-06-18T01:24:24Z1993-05-01T00:00:00ZVietnamese Americans and the myth of the model minority
Li, Meredith A.
The modem popular press has portrayed Asian Americans as a "model
minority" whose phenomenal academic and professional achievements prove
that they have assimilated into white middle-class society. However, the
perpetrators of this model minority myth exaggerate the success of Asian
Americans with misleading statistics. Furthermore, by focusing attention on
only the achievements of Asian Americans, the model minority myth not only
obscures the many serious socioeconomic problems in the Asian American
community, but it also promotes discrimination. The model minority image
is particularly inaccurate and damaging when it is applied to the Vietnamese
Americans, who are even more disadvantaged than other Asian Americans by
their lack of acculturation.
iii, 91 p. A THESIS Presented to the Interdisciplinary Studies Program: International Studies and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, May 1993. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: SCA Archiv Li 1993
1993-05-01T00:00:00ZDeveloping a European security and defense identity : past failures, present dilemmas, and the future of EU military cooperationSpath-Espiau, Reneehttps://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/98042015-06-17T20:28:10Z2001-08-01T00:00:00ZDeveloping a European security and defense identity : past failures, present dilemmas, and the future of EU military cooperation
Spath-Espiau, Renee
The European Union (EU) is an alliance of 15 Westem European nations that
coordinate on economic, social, judicial, and political issues. In 1991, the EU decided to
begin collaboration among its members' foreign and security policies. The goal of a
common European military identity had been previously attempted by several EU
members, but with little success. The early 1990s Balkan crisis provided the EU with a
perfect opportunity to unite on a plan for concerted military action, yet the European
countries could not agree on how to address the situation. This failure highlighted the
EU's need to refine its decision-making process and work with an existing security
organization in order to accomplish its ambitious goal of military cooperation. By
examining past relations, present developments, and future plans between organizations,
it became obvious that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would be the most likely
partner for EU military cooperation.
iv, 49 p. A THESIS Presented to the Department of International Studies and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, August 2001. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: SCA Archiv Spath-Espiau 2001
2001-08-01T00:00:00Z