Modus Vivendi

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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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

Volume XXIII, Spring 2017
 

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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 

Exploitation and Denial of Citizenship: Applying Marxist Revolution Theory to the Problems of the Kafala System in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates
   Simon Boles 55

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