The Program is interdisciplinary and enables you to undertake a wide variety of research projects. Previous students have written theses on topics such as: international political economy, international security, regional integration, human rights, domestic issues in foreign countries, international education and regional Issues this list is by no means exhaustive. To view a catalog of past IR Honor theses, click here. Decisions are made on a "rolling" basis within one week after receiving a complete application.
Are you a declared IR major interested in completing a major independent research project, developing a close relationship with a faculty advisor, and graduating with honors? If so, join us at an information session to learn more about the Honors Program in International Relations. Our program is interdisciplinary and enables students to pursue a wide variety of research projects.
Successful students will possess a high degree of initiative and dedication and also demonstrated skills in research and writing. Contact Erica Gould at: egould stanford. About Us Contact Make a Gift. After decades of the Spanish government blocking legal pathways to criminal prosecution and reparations, opportunities for justice, while limited, have started to become available.
Finally, this thesis concludes by considering domestic, regional, and international options to pursue justice for individuals and communities that have been impacted by sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by Franco's forces and regime. Kashmir has been a cause of continuous strife between India and Pakistan and, consequently, a constant threat to regional peace and stability.
Originating in the ambiguous decision of the British regarding the princely states of India, the dispute has led India and Pakistan, both of whom lay claim to the state, to wage several wars since partition.
Several peace proposals have appeared over the decades. Yet, the views of Kashmiris, particularly Pakistani-held Kashmir, are largely ignored and remain unknown. In this thesis, I utilize primary and secondary historical sources and an original survey to detail the views of Azad Kashmiris on both militancy and the proposals regarding the division of Kashmir and the creation of an independent, united Kashmir. I find that the majority of surveyed respondents from Azad Kashmir oppose the division of Kashmir and support a proposed independent state.
The thesis concludes that no peace process and settlement will be workable and ensure justice and fairness unless it involves and engages the people of Kashmir.
How does China attempt to wield influence in South America? China's economic and political influence has risen rapidly over the past decade. Beijing's growing power has taken overt forms like its rising stature in international institutions, as well as more subtle forms in the media and legislatures of countries all over the world. This thesis analyzes several country case studies to assess how Beijing is exercising power in South America. I find that China has consistently used coercive and manipulative tactics to build its influence abroad.
These findings can help inform policymakers who seek to understand how China is actively expanding its global influence, particularly in those countries with which it has significant trading relationships. Application: Before you submit your application, make sure you have read the IHP Appendix carefully.
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This result is robust to a variety of different specifications, and the magnitude of the effect grows over time. I argue that diversity slows reconstruction because it alters the local dynamics of security and cooperation and alters the strategies of local elites. The Responsibility to Protect R2P doctrine, which was unanimously signed by UN member states in , declared that states have a responsibility to protect their citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity.
R2P was revolutionary for the time given that previously the UN considered domestic state sovereignty as inviolable and was only allowed to intervene if the state threatened international peace and security. This thesis examines how R2P has changed the way the UN performs interventions in conflicts and whether it has succeeded in preventing and abating mass atrocities.
Senior thesis in the International Relations Honors Program. Although there has been extensive documentation of the atrocities committed by the U. In , I identified a massive archive of U. Using these case files as an initial evidentiary basis, my thesis explores the following research question: What is the history of the sexual violence perpetrated by the U. Through qualitative analysis of U. I also evaluate the viability of several different mechanisms of transitional justice within the context of addressing wartime sexual violence in Vietnam.
Ultimately, I outline recommended frameworks for transitional justice for Vietnamese survivors and their families, with the goal of holding the U. While female Congresspersons now compose twenty-three percent of the overall legislative body, the existing gains have not translated to equal participation and legislative productivity.
Through both a quantitative and qualitative approach, this thesis seeks to make the case for Congresswomen. The transition from military regimes to democratic governments is a difficult one for all states, particularly those with a history of human rights abuses.
This thesis explores the differences in human rights prosecutions after military dictatorships in Chile and Argentina through the lens of the following two questions: How did the quantity and judicial mechanism of prosecutions for human rights abuses in Argentina and Chile differ and what was the role of political legitimacy in the decision to prosecute?
To answer the first question, details of how the prosecutorial patterns differed between the two countries are examined, including trial location, level of crime prosecuted, rank of those prosecuted, and verdict. Next, qualitative evidence from newspaper articles, speeches by public officials, and publications from international advocacy groups is used to build a causal story about how the trials were both a reconciliation tool and a political negotiation point in each country. In Argentina, democratic actors found it advantageous to heavily prosecute immediately after the transition; when democratic stability was challenged however, amnesty was granted, indicating political motivations for prosecution trends.
Human rights prosecutions in Chile after the democratic transition were sparse and avoided high ranking officials. The trends were also a political compromise to protect democracy given the negotiating power of the exiting military regime. Argentina and Chile differ in their prosecution details, yet in their causal stories share a similar thread of being heavily influenced by the political repercussions that came with the trials.
The story in these two countries can be used to better understand how, when, why countries use prosecutions for reconciliation as well as how to encourage accountability for human rights violations in the future.
In an age when a politically and militarily resurgent China is beginning to reshape the liberal international order, it is instructive to look backward to a time when a weak and fragmented China turned to foreign powers for tutelage. My thesis explores the evolution of Sino-German military cooperation between , when Germany was stripped of her colonial possessions, and , when the last German military advisors were recalled from service in China, to show how the German military missions created the first truly national Chinese armed forces.
To this end, I use English-, German,- and Chinese-language sources across a variety of media and disciplines to shed light upon this little-known chapter of diplomatic history, about which little scholarly material exists in English. I conclude that the Sino-German was, to a remarkable degree for its time, grounded in reciprocity, and equality, and it was National Socialist ideology, German bureaucratic politics, and a shift in German geopolitical motives that unilaterally ended their military cooperation and possible alliance.
Throughout my examination of what the German military missions to China could and could not accomplish, a recurring lesson is for policymakers to "mind the gap" between expectations and reality.
By examining an earlier period of cooperation with a Western power, I hope my thesis can be of use in predicting how and why China decides to cooperate within the international system. Since , the Sudanese government and its Arab militia proxies have conducted a genocide against Africans in Darfur, killing roughly , people and displacing 2.
Public outcry compelled President George W. Bush to take diplomatic measures to end the atrocities, though they achieved little success. In particular, I focus on four main factors that constrained U. By understanding these policy constraints, we might learn how to end this long and violent genocide, as well as other humanitarian conflicts in areas with little national strategic import.
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