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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
"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 ... -
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 ... -
From occupation to withdrawal : a short history of the Soviet/Russian Western Group of Forces in Germany 1945-1994
(2012-08)The body of knowledge in the English language concerning the Soviet/Russian Western Group of Forces which occupied Germany from 1945 until the fall of 1994 is virtually non-existent. This thesis is an attempt to begin ... -
Gender, aging, and major depressive disorder in Ukraine
(2011-05)The World Health Organization has made global mental health a priority since making it the center of world health day 2001, yet much of the current literature on mental health examines the subject within the context of the ... -
Genuine Tuvan : producing authenticity in the Republic of Tuva
(2012-05)This thesis provides analysis of the networks of power and authority, which interconnect commonly referenced sources of knowledge about Tuvan throat singing. These sources–books, websites, performances, a documentary film, ... -
Girls interrupted : family, community, and identity in the aftermath of the Holocaust in Poland
(2016-06-23)This thesis examines eleven Polish Jewish women’s Holocaust memoirs, arguing that their Jewish identities were moored to family and community. Because Polish Jewish families and communities were largely destroyed during ... -
The good, the bad, and the Gypsy : constant positive representation and use of reversed negative stereotypes as ‘sympathy triggers’ in Gypsy cinema
(2013-12)Gypsies or Roma are one of the minorities frequently represented in film, whenever we talk about European or American film; within this context Russian and Eastern European cinema seems to offer the richest palette of ... -
A history of the Cossack assembly and its Arthurian connection
(2012-05)The main intent of this thesis is to review the history and roots of the Cossack assembly, and to analyze its connection to western civilization. In terms of the roots of the Cossack assembly, this thesis will explore the ... -
Identifying entrenchment issues in a protected areas dispute : a case study of the Białowieża Forest conflict in Poland
(2011-12)The Białowieża Forest (or Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarusian) is considered the last primeval forest in lowland Europe, straddling the border of Poland and Belarus in a 41/59 percent split. This project investigates the ... -
Introduction to Migration PowerPoint
(2011-12)Download a ready-to-use PowerPoint presentation that explains the causes and effects of human migration. Descriptions and full explanations, along with historical examples, can be found in the notes pages. -
Kyrgyzstan : reshaping elite power structures and other challenges of democratization
(2011-12)Kyrgyzstan has experienced two regime changes since 2005. The first, called the ‘Tulip Revolution’, which was modeled on ‘color’ revolutions aimed at democratization in Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine, changed the arrangement ... -
Lessons in Central Asian Islamic resistance : the Basmachi movement (1918-1931) and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (1991-present)
(2007-08)This study examines the Basmachi resistance against Soviet power in the 1920s in order to provide insight into the motives and aims of their rebellious progeny, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), who currently oppose ...
