Browsing Supervised Theses by Title
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Advocacy groups versus state power : creating global politics of the environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999) -
Alcohol as fuel in Brazil : an alternative energy policy and politics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
Bahrain's competitiveness in the aluminum industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
Between global flows & territorial control : the state, tourism development, and the politics of reterritorialization in the Middle East
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)This dissertation presents a new type of theory about the impact of increased transnational capital flows on state building processes. Most of the political science literature about globalization has been focused on debating ... -
Dependence, independence, and interdependence in world politics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)We implement techniques of graph theory to international trade in order to empirically inspect the international system of trade. Examining macro and submacro levels of the international system of trade from 1962-2003, we ... -
Development of a Bayesian Network to monitor the probability of nuclear proliferation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Nuclear Proliferation is a complex problem that has plagued national security strategists since the advent of the first nuclear weapons. As the cost to produce nuclear weapons has continued to decline and the availability ... -
The dilemmas of United Nations peacekeeping in the post Cold War era
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001) -
Does it take one or two to tango? : language skills, physical appearance, and immigrant integration in Germany
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Breaking with a long-held political stance that Germany is, despite a sizeable share of permanent immigrant residents, not a country of immigration, the German legislature has drawn up a new immigration law, which entered ... -
The effect of property rights protection on economic growth and environmental pollution : a cross-sectional time-series analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001) -
Effective information integration and reutilization : solutions to technological deficiency and legal uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The amount of electronically accessible information has been growing exponentially. How to effectively use this information has become a significant challenge. A post 9/11 study indicated that the deficiency of semantic ... -
Feedback complexity in integrated climate-economy models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Finding order in a contentious Internet
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)This inquiry started with the simple question, "Who manages the Internet infrastructure and how?" Since, this question evolved into an evaluation of the routing system and the institutions that manage it. This institutional ... -
The future of Bahrain as a financial center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
Global Knowledge Network
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)The convergence of Digital Economy, Globalization, and Knowledge-based Economy, creates the potential for Global Knowledge Networks and e-Knowledge Commerce. "The e-knowledge markets will grow to be a $1 trillion global ... -
Global knowledge networking for the multinational enterprise
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis proposes a technology strategy that is formulated to serve as the foundation for a holistic. global knowledge networking strategy for multinational enterprises (MNEs). This thesis is framed in the context of ... -
Information networking as an instrument of sustainable development : the photovoltaic example
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Information technology and sustainable development : understanding linkages in theory and practice
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003) -
A matrix based integrated framework for multi disciplinary exploration of cyber-international relations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)Cyberspace is the most pervasive and rapidly adopted communication media and the most disruptive until date. It is now indispensable for almost every facet of modern society and touches, practically, everyone by providing ... -
Nuclear non-proliferation regime effectiveness : an integrated methodology for analyzing highly enriched uranium production scenarios at gas centrifuge enrichment plants
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The dramatic change in the international security environment after the collapse of the bipolar system has had a negative impact on the effectiveness of the existing nuclear non-proliferation regime. Furthermore, the success ...
