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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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