- A Brief History of Nuclear Proliferation, August 2009 (published on nuclearfiles.org)
An overview of the 64 years of proliferation history intended to help understand the motives behind the decision to acquire the atomic bomb and grasp the subtle causal relationships between all actors involved in the proliferation chain.
- Russia and Ukrainian Denuclearization: Foreign Policy Under Boris Yeltsin. Honors Thesis. May 2009
This is a case study of the evolution of Russia’s policy toward the denuclearization of Ukraine. It is intended to add to our understanding of a broader evolution of Russia’s foreign policy in the 1990s as well as to our appreciation of Boris Yeltsin’s role as a leader and policymaker. I address how this shift in Russia’s attitude toward Ukraine’s denuclearization fits into the overall pattern of Russia’s foreign policy and seek to explain the highlights in this transformation by analyzing the policies of Russian president Boris Yeltsin, accounting for the influence of his personal views and preferences, as well as for the various forces affecting his policy choices.
- A key to EU integration: in the head, in the heart, or in the wallet? May 2008
In “A small city in France” François Gaspard discusses the situation of immigrants who are “economically integrated and culturally excluded.” Can the prospect of making a decent living in a prosperous European economy, and of participating as a citizen in a stable European democracy, facilitate cultural inclusion and turn people away from the more alienated, divisive, and violent aspects of “identity politics” – that is, politics based on such things as ethnicity, race, and religion?
