Browsing by Department "Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies"
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Are HIV prevention programs effective in addressing rising HIV/AIDS rates among Central Asian labor migrants?
(2011-05)Within the last ten years HIV rates in Central Asia have more than quadrupled amongst the general population. Labor migrants from the region who are working in Russia are considered at high risk of HIV infection due to ... -
A bear in the mountains : Russian policy in the Caucasus
(2012-12)The Caucasus region is an integral part of Russian history, politics, and culture, both in the arenas of internal and external policy. Throughout the centuries, Russia has spent much blood and treasure to maintain its ... -
Belarusian government's persecution of the first Polish foreign satellite channel Belsat TV
(2018-12-03)Belsat TV is one of the most successful projects of the Polish government, created with a goal of providing Belarusians with an alternative source of news that is broadcast in the Belarusian language. An enormous contribution ... -
Between then and now, there and here, guilt and innocence : Škvorecký’s Two murders in my double life and the ambiguities of transitional justice
(2013-05)I situate Škvorecký’s novel as both a primary document in the historical record of transitional justice and as a literary creation in the author’s larger oeuvre. In creating this work of autobiographical fiction, Škvorecký ... -
Beyond the spectrum : understanding Czech Euroscepticism outside left-right classification
Commonly known as Euroscepticism, critical views of the European Union have grown significantly in the thirteen years since the Czech Republic joined the EU. Especially in light of the United Kingdom’s recent vote to leave ... -
Blurred lines : effects of the Soviet nationality policy on ethnic conflicts in the South Caucasus
(2016-05)This thesis will examine the ethnic conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Adjara, and how the Soviet nationality policy affected each of these conflicts in the following ways. First, the policy placed ... -
Bulgarian brain drain : the flight of human capital from the “world’s fastest-shrinking” nation
(2018-06-19)Bulgaria is in the midst of a demographic crisis which is, in part, due to an annual net population loss from emigration. Many of these emigrants are highly-educated, highly-skilled, or are students that that attend ... -
Central-Asia energy geoeconomics and geopolitics : Central Asia’s pursuit of sovereignty and prosperity
(2012-12)The former-Soviet states that make up Central Asia are among the most challenging group of countries to understand in the twenty-first century geopolitical and geoeconomic context. As one of the last of the world’s frontiers, ... -
Civic education as an approach to democracy in Russia and Ukraine
(2021-05-06)This thesis uses historical and qualitative content analysis to understand the role that civic education has played in the development of democracy in Russia and Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union. It draws on ... -
Contemporary political opposition in Russia’s competitive authoritarian regime
(2019-05-10)Since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the Russian political opposition has faced increasing levels of oppression by the state. As elections have become less democratic and the governing practices of Putin have become ... -
Contesting détente : European challenge to the Yalta order in the late 1960s
(2020-05-06)This master’s thesis analyzes the tensions and anxieties that surrounded the term “détente,” particularly when it came to European affairs, in the late 1960s. It argues that during the last years of the 1960s, 1966-1969, ... -
The cornered bear : the August 2008 war in Georgia as the culmination of Russia’s western security dilemma
(2012-12)In 2008 Russia surprised the West by going to war with Georgia. While several analyses have pointed to separate actions by NATO and the West as having influenced the 2008 war, this paper endeavors to show that the combined ... -
Croatian, Dalmatian, queer : new post-Yugoslav film and literature
(2021-08-02)This thesis examines select post-Yugoslav film and literature from the period 2010-2020 produced in Croatia, specifically works that are set in Dalmatia or autobiographical/autofictional works by queer authors. This thesis ... -
The cry of the wolf : Islamism in Post-Soviet Chechnya
(2015-08)Chechnya today has been operationalized as a hub of Islamic radicalism that threatens a global jihad force. How did this region become a link in terrorist networks such as Al Qaeda? And how did a Chechen nationalist movement ... -
Cultural identity and the people of the North Caucasus
(2011-05)During Soviet Russia, there was an active policy of forced assimilation of minorities into one cultural identity: Russian. This loss of cultural identity came in many forms of resettlement, deportation, discriminatory ... -
Culture in the crucible : Pussy Riot and the politics of art in contemporary Russia
(2013-08)There is a consistent thread throughout Russian history of governmental management of culture. Tsars and Communist bureaucrats alike have sought to variously promote, censor, or exploit writers, filmmakers, and musicians ... -
"Dal'she deistvovat budem my" : the evolution of Viktor Tsoi's sociopolitical commentary during Perestroika
(2012-05)This report examines the themes presented over the course of Viktor Tsoi's (1962-1990) career during the 1980s. During his nearly 10 year career, the themes and sociopolitical messages of his music change drastically in ... -
“Deutsche zeitung” the hopes and fears of a new minority : a German language newspaper in Yugoslavia, 1926-1937
(2018-06-26)The purpose of this research is to identify the key interests, themes and fears related to ethnic German minorities in the former Yugoslavia between World War I and World War II. The research analyzes hundreds of editions ... -
Ethnic conflict and its connection to terrorism in the republics of Ingushetia and North Ossetia
(2012-08)Violence in Russia’s North Caucasus region has not been limited to Chechnya since the early 2000’s. The generally accepted theory on violence in other North Caucasus republics is that it has spilled over from Chechnya and ... -
Eurosodom : examining weaponized sexuality and gender-based narratives in Russian and pro-Russian disinformation
(2020-08-14)The Kremlin, under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, has sponsored a resurgence of political warfare against Western targets. This analysis will focus on a particular aspect of Kremlin-sponsored political warfare: ...
