Honors Theses

 

Camille Gitow ’25                                                                                                                               Democratic Backsliding in Hungary During the Contemporary War in Ukraine

Olivia Puzio ’25                                                                                                                                                   The Changing Landscape of Abortion Policies and Politics in Democratic Poland

Skye Loures ’24                                                                                                                                                          Moral Nationalism and the Anti-LGBTQ Regime: How the Leadership of Viktor Orban turned Hungary Against its LGBTQ+ Population

Dylan Gooding ’23
Pipeline Politics: Analyzing the German-Russian Natural Gas Relationship

Shiloh Harrill ’23
Systemic Racism and Discrimination against the Czech and Slovak Roma through Enduring
Socioeconomic Disparities

Nathan Kornfeind ’23
Moral Conflict: How Bavarian and Hungarian Churches Influenced the 2015 Migrant Crisis

Jacob Potter ’23
LGBT Movement Organizing as Litmus Test for Democratic Backsliding in Hungary and Poland

Greg Giraldo ’22
Homicide Ecology: Analysis of the Interactions between Colombian Federal Governments and Drug Cartels

Henry Morgan ’22
Harm Reduction or Prohibition? A Comparative Analysis of US and Swiss Drug Policies

Mikaela Hong ’22
Migrant Labor Exploitation in Contemporary Russia

Michael Butler ’22
Alliances as Causes or Elimination of Wars

Nicole Harry ’19
Soviet Diplomacy and Radio Free Europe

Andrew Wargofchik ’17
The Visegrad Curtain? The Response of Central Europe to the Migration Crisis

Jeff Wheeler ’16
The Fall of Yugoslavia and the Rise of Milošević: The Unintended Consequences of Western Intervention

Audrey DaDalt ’15
The Development of Indigenous Rights in Brazil and the United States: From Rhetorical Appeals to Genuine Political Goals (scholar spotlight)

Anda Totoreanu ’15
Romania’s Integration in the EU: Debates on Freedom of Movement

Joshua Feinberg ’14
The Foreign Policy of Contemporary Russia: How Did Cold War Diplomacy Transpire to a Perturbing Alliance with Syria? (NCUR abstract here)

Paul Hadzewycz ’13
Is Georgia “European”? An Analysis of Integration Efforts

Glenn Chabora ’12                                                                                                                                                    “A Comparison of the Environmental Movements of Soviet and Present-Day Russia”

Cara Sullivan ’11
The Path of Political Transition in Tajikistan: How Did the Unique Interaction of Post-Soviet Conditions Produce Unexpected Results?

Eva Neykova ’10
The European Union’s Regional Policy: Lessons from the Mediterranean Expansion

Ivan Dimitrov ’10
Critical Geopolitics of the Black Sea Region: 1989-2009

Sara Bussiere ’09
The Relationship between Great Britain and the European Union: How Have British Interests Changed with the Development of the European Union?

Katherine Milot ’09
Improving the Condition of the Roma in Romania and Slovakia: What Makes Government Policy Successful

Lisa van Batavia ’08
The Role of Resource Scarcity in Violent Conflict: The Cases of Darfur and Sierra Leone
News item: Conflict Resolution on a Global Scale

Brendan Meighan ’08
The Transformational Effects of Nongovernmental Organizations on Conflict: The Case of Kosovo and Transnistria

Matthew Gyory ’07
Internal Migration Policy of the European Union: An Escape from the Past?
News item: Mathew Gyory ’07 Studies Internal Migration in European Union

Mila Tzolova ’06
The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union: The Challenges to the Common Agricultural Policy (NCUR abstract here).

Benjamin Hauser ’06
Turkey and the European Union: Political, Economic, and Social Factors for Accession

Sarah Gregory ’04
An Examination of the Controversy Surrounding the Benes Decrees and the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans

Miina Oks ’04
NATO’s Post-1991 Expansion: Increased European Security or a Decaying Military Alliance?
News item: Miina Oks ’04 Will Present Research on NATO Expansion at National Conference

Jonathan Cohn ’04
Gender Assessment: The Changing Social Roles in Poland and Hungary and the Influence of the European Union
News item: Jonathan Cohn ’04 Presents Economics Paper at National Conference on Undergraduate Research

Doug Burke ’04
Thesis title: “In the Pursuit of Glory in the Soviet Union”
News item: Douglas Burke ’04 Shares Research on Sports and Politics in Russia at National Conference

Silvia Veltcheva ’03
The Struggles of Transition: Privatization in Russia and Bulgaria

Kate Cimino ’02
Comparative State Responses to the AIDS Epidemics: Case Studies of Thailand and Uganda

Alan Sky ’01
Foreign Direct Investment in Russia: Case Studies of Success and Failure

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