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Division of Humanities and Social SciencesThe Internet and Youth ParticipationResearcher: Professor Stephen E. FrantzichThis is an extensive analysis of poll data from the 2000 and 2004 elections to determine the degree towhich Internet access and usage affects political participation, especially among youth. Given the growingdependence on the Internet, it is important to determine which Internet usage is correlated with political interest,political information gathering and specific types of political behavior. Earlier analysis by the researcher CyberagePolitics 101, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002) indicated that for the general population heavy internetusage retarded political interest and participation.Brian Lamb: Political EntrepreneurResearcher: Professor Stephen E. Frantzichsetting.The biography of Brian Lamb, the founder of C-SPAN, explores the strategies of innovation in the politicalCovert Biowarfare Programs:Lessons form the Past and Current Trends in BiotechnologyResearcher: Professor Helen E. PurkittThis study analyzed current information about efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency and USGto locate biowarfare research and development in Iraq and civilian biotechnology trends in the developing world toassess the feasibility, desirability, and future potential for a set of policy proposals generated by an earlier study ofcivilian biotechnology trends in the developing world. The final report is available from International AtomicEnergy Agency at the U.S. Air Force Academy.Lessons from Iraq, Emerging Biosecurity Issues, and Ways to Monitor Dual UseBiotechnology Trends in the FutureResearcher: Professor Helen E. PurkittThe study discusses lessons learned from efforts by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the USGto locate biowarfare research and development in Iraq and recent trends in civilian biotechnology research in thedeveloping world to evaluate the feasibility, desirability, and possible effectiveness of proposed ways to understandemerging dual use biotechnology proliferation issues in the future.Infrastructure Development in Gazain A Hostile Geopolitical EnvironmentResearcher: Professor Rodney G. TomlinsonThis research examines the challenges facing the Palestinian Authority as it assumes political control ofGaza, but does so in the shadow of a hostile geopolitical environment. While Israel may be ceding directpolitical/policing authority it will remain in control of two infrastructure resources, water and electric power. Thispaper examines the extent of Israeli control and how this enables Israel to effectively control Palestinianmanagement of Gaza.. This paper argues that permanent peace in the Holy Land can only be achieved when politicscan encompass the technology of water making (and electric generation) into the peace plan and suggests means bywhich this might be accomplished in Gaza as the test bed for economical water and energy creation.4
Division of Humanities and Social SciencesThe Structure of International Events:The WEIS Model of World Political Behavior Code RevisionResearcher: Professor Rodney G. TomlinsonThis research is ongoing and focuses primarily on maintaining the World Events/Interaction Survey datafiles. Since August, 2003, over four months of coded events (July – October 1994) have been reviewed and in somecases revised. When the review is completed WEIS will have a run from January, 1965 through December, 1995.This project, along with three requests for extractions of WEIS data suggests that a website could be created and theolder and revised WEIS data could be loaded for public access. An evaluation is underway to determine whether toinclude the data extraction and modeling programs on the website. A correlate research project is intending toexamine the correlation between analyst-coded events data and machine coded event streams from the Kansas EventData System.Analysis of the Mainland Chinese LeadershipResearcher: Professor Rodney G. TomlinsonThe Chinese Leadership project contains some of the most versatile and complete biographies of theChinese leadership of the Mao and Deng Xiaoping era. The files have been demothballed with a view to placing iton the “ISI” website for public access. It contains many features not generally available, including tracking the riseand fall of leaders and political factions. It covers an important era of Chinese politics that should be furtherscrutinized. The trend towards liberalization noted in 1991 ceased with the removal of some progressives in 1992but major changes appeared in 1994 with significant liberalization in the economic realm, which is reflecting intothe political leadership. Some younger conservatives appear to be compromising with economic realities, therebyheralding a subtle move towards greater liberalizationMidshipman Capstone ProjectsEvery Political Science major (152 in Class of 2005) completes a major capstone project during First Class year.Midshipman Research Course ProjectsIntegration and the Indian: The Impact of Indigenous Resistanceto Globalization in Latin America on the International CommunityResearcher: Midshipman 2/C Paul Angelo, USNAdviser: Assistant Professor Rebecca B. ChavezThroughout the 20 th century, the international community consistently overlooked indigenous demands forrights and recognition. International policymakers and world leaders frequently insisted that indigenous concernswere domestic matters - a tendency that, in many ways, tacitly permitted the subjugation of indigenous populationsthroughout the world. In the 1990s, Indian groups began to contest institutions that did not serve their interests and,encouraged efforts to secure rights and protections for indigenous peoples. After encountering a barrage of domesticobstacles, Indian populations appealed to international actors and have since solidified their presence in theinternational realm. The focus is the circumstances and the manner in which indigenous people have emerged as aninternational force, and considers the role of economic globalization as a stimulus that challenges and then motivatesindigenous groups. By examining the October 2003 protests and riots in Bolivia, the paper comments on theinternational implications of an emerging Indian voice and highlights the challenges that the internationalcommunity may soon face if the treatment of the world’s indigenous populations is not soon addressed.5
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