Paper investigates the relationship between levels of globalization and indigenous conflict in Latin America.

Paper investigates the effect that women’s inclusion in the public sphere has on reconciliation in post-civil conflict countries.

This research proposes that monetary policy is more than a technical economic policy. Since it is politically controlled, political variables should affect it. In this analysis, the monetary policies of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and West Germany are described in detail. Political variables potentially affecting this policy are reviewed. Political variables, such as political party in power, electoral competition, electoral cycles, and political instability, are employed in a time series regression analysis of monetary aggregates. Various economic variables are also included to aid model specification. While cross-national variations occur in monetary policy determination, this research shows that political parties follow ideologies in monetary policy-making. Other political variables are not strongly related to monetary aggregates.

Of the plethora of social problems with which government has had to contend in recent history, few have generated more controversy than the non-therapeutic use of drugs. Many of those which are currently in common use did not exist fifty years ago; but the most dramatic growth in non-therapeutic use has been experienced with a drug that man has known for centuries: marijuana.1 Known generically as Cannabis sativa, internationally as Indian hemp, popularly as marijuana, and in American slang as "pot" or "grass," the drug was introduced to the United States as an intoxicant by itinerate Mexican farm workers in the early decades of this century. The acknowledged use of marijuana in the ghettos and communities of ethnic minorities for several decades stimulated no public outcry with the exception of the sensational press campaigns which led to the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.

Paper examines the effectiveness of post-9/11 counterterrorism policies in Western Europe.

Paper explores the relationship between foreign aid and civil war outcome and analyzes the impact these factors have on peace duration in a post-conflict environment.

Paper describes research that tests the effectiveness of a military approach versus an approach of social and judicial reform for fighting drug cartels.

Paper investigates the relationship between the granting of indigenous rights and indigenous conflict in Latin America.

Paper analyzes humanitarian peacekeeping interventions led by regional organizations in the developing world and presents results seeking to shed light on the success of these humanitarian interventions and whether they are the better option versus allowing the conflicts to evolve.

Paper explores why some countries experience protests in response to global food price shocks while others do not.

Paper explores the impact of repatriation on peace durability.

Paper explores the interaction effect of tangible and intangible salience on the management of contentious issues between countries.

Paper examines perceptions of globalism among young Bolivians, aged 18-27, who are living in their home country, and how those opinions impact their perception of the new Bolivian constitution.