Some recently completed PhD Theses - London …

1 DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. some recently completed PhD Theses (Amended December 2013). 2013. Name: Manuel ALMEIDA. Supervisor: Dr P Wilson Thesis title: Defective polities: A history of an idea of international society Name: Adel ALTORAIFI. Supervisor: Dr K Dalacoura Thesis title: The Role of State Identity in Foreign Policy Decision-Making. The Rise and Demise of Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement, 1997-2009. Name: Natali BULAMACIOGLU. Supervisor: Dr J Chwieroth Thesis title: Why are we running? Political economy of bank runs and an analysis on the 2007-2009 banking crisis in the United Kingdom Name: Young-Bong CHO. Supervisor: Dr A Walter Thesis title: Why do countries implement Basel II?

2 An analysis of the global diffusion of Basel II implementation Name: Chih-Tung CHUNG. Supervisor: Dr J Haacke Thesis title: The Evolution of Taiwan's Grand Strategy: From Chiang Kai-shek to Chen Shui-bian Name: Klaus DALGAARD. Supervisor: Professor C Coker Thesis title: The energy statecraft of Brazil: Promoting biofuels as an instrument of Brazilian foreign policy, 2003-2010. Name: Kathrin DOMBROWSKI. Supervisor: Dr Daphne Josselin (formerly at LSE). Thesis title: Bringing the democratic gap: Can NGOs link local communities to international environmental institutions? Name: Alexander EDWARDS. Supervisor: Dr K Dalacoura Thesis title: A Neoclassical realist analysis of American 'dual containment' policy in the Persian Gulf: 1991-2001.

3 Name: Georgios EVANGELOPOULOS. Supervisor: Dr S Economides and Prof Christopher Hill (formerly at LSE). Thesis title: Scientific realism in the philosophy of science and international relations Name: Kathryn FISHER. Supervisor: Dr G Lawson and Professor B Buzan Thesis title: From 20th century troubles to 21st century international terrorism: Identity, securitization and British counter-terrorism from 1968 to 2011. 1. Name: Faisal GHULAM. Supervisor: Dr S Woolcock Thesis title: Accession to the World Trade Organisation: Factors shaping the case of Saudi Arabia's accession (1985-2005). Name: Marta INIGUEZ DE HEREDIA. Supervisor: Mr M Hoffman Thesis title: Everyday Resistance in 'Post-Conflict' Statebuilding: The Case of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Name: Andrew JILLIONS.

4 Supervisor: Dr Kirsten Ainley and Professor C Brown Thesis title: From faith in rules to the rule of law: Constitutional responsibilities in international society Name: Outi KERANEN. Supervisor: Mr M Hoffman Thesis title: Acts of Contention: Local Practices and Dynamics of Negotiated Statebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995-2010. Name: Paul KIRBY. Supervisor: Professor K Hutchings and Dr D Hook, Social Psychology Thesis title: Rethinking war/rape: Feminism, critical explanation, and the study of wartime sexual violence, with special reference to the Democratic Republic of Congo Name: Monika KRUESMANN. Supervisor: Professor Chris BROWN. Thesis title: Digging for Compliments: Rio Tinto Group, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Diffusion of International Norms Name: Maiko KUROKI.

5 Supervisor: Professor C Hughes Thesis title: Nationalism in Japan's contemporary foreign policy: A consideration of the cases of China, North Korea, and India Name: Dionysius MARKAKIS. Supervisor: Dr K Dalacoura Thesis title: US democracy promotion in the Middle East: The pursuit of hegemony Name: Arthur MINSAT. Supervisor: Dr J Haacke and Professor K Smith Thesis title: Making EU foreign policy towards a 'pariah' state: consensus on sanctions in EU foreign policy towards Myanmar Name: Kai MONHEIM. Supervisor: Dr R Falkner Thesis title: The 'Power of Process': The Impact of Process Management on Multilateral Negotiations Name: Martin NIEMETZ. Supervisor: Professor K Hutchings and Dr M Koenig-Archibugi Thesis title: Promoting a Deliberative System for Global Peace and Security: How to reform the United Nations' decision-making procedures 2.

6 Name: Elizabeth O'CASEY. Supervisor: Dr K Ainley and Professor C Brown Thesis title: A Theory of Need in International Political Theory: Autonomy, Freedom, and a Global Obligation Name: Roberto ORSI. Supervisor: Professor K Hutchings Thesis title: Rethinking the Concept of Order in International Politics: Carl Schmitt and J rgen Habermas Name: Oscar PALMA. Supervisor: Professor C Coker Thesis title: Transnational networks of insurgency and crime: Explaining the spread of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia beyond national borders Name: Silvia PEPINO. Supervisor: Dr A Walter (formerly at LSE). Thesis title: Sovereign risk and financial crisis: The international political economy of the euro area sovereign debt crisis Name: Elke SCWARZ.

7 Supervisor: Professor K Hutchings Thesis title: The Biopolitical Condition: Rethinking the Ethics of Political Violence in Life-Politics Name: Benedetta VOLTOLINI. Supervisor: Dr F Bicchi and Professor K Smith Thesis title: Lobbying in EU foreign policy-making towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Exploring the potential of a constructivist perspective Name: Anna WIELOPOLSKA. Supervisor: Prof Lord W Wallace; Dr U Sedelmeier Thesis title: Causes and consequences of ambivalence in Germany's policy towards the eastern enlargement of the European Union Name: Shuxiu ZHANG. Supervisor: Dr S Woolcock Thesis title: The 'Dragonomic Diplomacy' (De)Code: A Study on the Causal Relationship between Chinese Economic Diplomacy Preference Formation and the Influence of Multilateral Economic Regimes 2012.

8 Name: Ana ALVES. Supervisor: Dr C Alden Thesis title: China's Oil Diplomacy: Comparing Chinese Economic Statecraft in Angola and Brazil Name: Hanna BENNETT. Supervisor: Dr U Sedelmeier Thesis title: Leverage and Limitations of the EU's Influence in the Eastern Neighbourhood: A Study of Compliance with the EU's Justice and Home Affairs' Standards in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine 3. Name: Gregorio BETTIZA. Supervisor: Dr K Dalacoura Thesis title: The Global Resurgence of Religion and the Desecularization of American Foreign Policy, 1990-2012. Name: Annie BIRD. Supervisor: Professor C Brown Thesis title: US Foreign Policy and Transitional Justice: Case Studies on Cambodia, Liberia and Colombia Name: Michael BLOOMFIELD.

9 Supervisor: Dr R Falkner Thesis title: Power, profit and principles: Industry Opportunity Structures and the Political Mobilisation of Jewellers Name: Richard CAMPANARO. Supervisor: Dr R Falkner Thesis title: Socio-Ecological Coevolution: An Ecological Analysis of the Historical Development of International Systems in the Circumpolar Arctic Name: Filippo DIONIGI. Supervisor: Dr K Dalacoura Thesis title: The impact of international norms on Islamist politics: The case of Hezbollah Name: Annette F RSTER. Supervisor: Professor C Brown Thesis title: Decent Peace, Stability and Justice: John Rawls's International Theory Applied Name: Carmen GAYOSO. Supervisor: Dr R Allison Thesis title: Russian hegemony in the CIS region: An examination of Russian influence and of variation in consent and dissent by CIS states to regional hierarchy Name: Rebecca HOMKES.

10 Supervisor: Dr D Josselin Thesis title: Analyising the role of public-private partnerships in global governance: Institutional dynamics, variation and effects Name: Zeynep KAYA. Supervisor: Professor F Halliday; Professor J Sidel Thesis title: Maps into Nations: Kurdistan, Kurdish Nationalism and International Society Name: Altin Naz MASRAFF. Supervisor: Dr U Sedelmeier Thesis title: Why Keep Complying? Compliance with EU Conditionality under Diminished Credibility in Turkey Name: Sean McFATE. Supervisor: Professor C Coker Thesis title: Durable Disorder: The Return of Private Armies and the Emergence of Neomedievalism 4. Name: lvaro M NDEZ. Supervisor: Professor M Cox; Dr C Alden Thesis title: Negotiating intervention by invitation: How the Colombians shaped US.