Modus Vivendi is the peer-reviewed student journal of international studies at Rhodes College. Published under the auspices of the Sigma Iota Rho honor society, the editorial staff of the journal selects 5-7 articles a year among those submitted anonymously by students. All students are welcome to submit—selection is not limited to IS majors or students enrolled in IS courses. Modus Vivendi has been a tradition in the department since 1995.
Students also have the opportunity to join the editorial board of the national Sigma Iota Rho journal, Journal of International Relations, and submit articles there for review and possible publication. IS students from Rhodes College have an excellent track record of publishing in this journal and working on this board.
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Wataniya V. Qawmiya: The Failure of the United Arab Republic
Salma Abdulrahman '23
Same Coloring Book, Different Crayon Box: A Comparison of the Rise and Fall of
UKIP and Lega Nord in the UK and Italy
Lyon Teesdale '23
Al-Qaeda: A Byproduct of Globalization, Uncertainty, and Insecurity
Mariam Hibah Khayata '22
Comparative Paper: Vietnam and Laos PDR
KhanhTon '23.
The North-South Divide as Illustrated by the Global Mining Industry
Katherine Ryan '23
Comparative Paper: Belarus and Lithuania
Ethan Valbeuna '24
Receive or Reject: Interstate Impacts on Immigration Policy in Latin America
Hanna Nordin '22
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Delta Blues: A Comparative Analysis of New Orleans' and Rotterdam's Responses to Rising Sea Levels
Connor Lambert '22
Violated Borders and Violated Bodies: An Examination of State Security and Gendered Violence Against Migrant Women
Grace Files '21
Religious Tensions in Myanmar: Political, Historical, and Social Implications
Eileen Liu '21
Power, Politics, and Prosperity: Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Through a Structural Realist Lens
Priya Tummalapalli '22
"Restore Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times!" A Look into the Causes of the 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protests
Lauren Yenari '22
The Political Motivations Behind Ascribing "Terrorist"' Organizations
Noor Jaber '21
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A European Regime on the Global Stage: Eurocentrism in International Refugee Law
Jaclyn Flood '21
The Intersection of Security & Insecurity in Bosnia & Rwanda: A Feminist Critique of Traditional Theories of State Security
Grace Files '21
U.S. Export Control Regime in Relation to China
Xiaojie Ji '21
Global Review of the Environmental Impacts & Warming Potential from Intenational Food Waste
Lily Roberts '22
The Dialectic of a Revolution
Phyu Khine '20
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Colonialism’s Shadow: How Algeria’s Colonial Legacy Shaped Its Post-Independence Sociopolitical Development
Alexander Coughlin
Al-Jazeera and Qatar’s Foreign Policy
Ethan Fox
South Korea’s Demographics & National Security: How the Asian Tiger Grew its Teeth
Seongjoon Hwang
UNSCR 1325 and 1820: The Gendered Reality of PKOs in Haiti and Beyond
Dylan Craddock
Police et sécurite: A Multiple Streams Approach to French Anti-Terrorism Legislation
India Nikotich
Cracking the Glass Border: The Refugee Status Determination Process for Women Fleeing Gender-Based Persecution
Lillie Stephens
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Geopolitics on Ice: The Effect of Climate Change on the International Balance of Power in the Arctic Circle
Logan Rogers
Analysis of the Rose Revolution Through the Value Systems Approach
Aemal Nafis
From Partisan to Peacemaker and Back: AIPAC's Influence on the U.S. Stance in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Laura Eckelkamp
The Rise of Private Militaries
Claire Rickard
Resource Mobilization Theory and the Tulip Revolution
Grady Vaughan
Mass Shootings as a Necessary Condition for Reforming Gun Laws: An Australian Case Study
Mitchell Koenig
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To Be or Not to Be: The Radicalization of Indigenous Environmental Social Movements in the United States
Meaghan Waff
Understanding U.S. Rapprochement with Cuba through the Lens of Punctuated Equilibrium Theory
Lucy Right 25
The New Geopolitics: A Comparative Analysis of Artificial Island Construction in China and Dubai
Etta Danielson 40
The Impact of Periods of Political Unrest as an Avenue for Low Fertility Rates in a Country
Kelsea Lewis 66
Social Movement Theory Applied to the 2011 Libyan Revolution
Anna Maldonado 80