On April 26, students in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Pro-Seminar (INTA 4500) class presented their semester-long research projects at Poster Day.

The purpose of a project-based course taught by Associate Professor Mikulas Fabry is to enable students to produce a research paper based on their specific interests within international affairs. Throughout the spring semester, they collected and processed relevant sources; wrote clearly and concisely; enhanced their analytical, critical, and methodological thinking; practiced their public speaking; and provided constructive feedback to others. 

The course offered to International Affairs majors helps students enhance their essential skills and build an application portfolio for a job or graduate school. 

Poster Day Presenters:

• Andrew Coco, “Are increasingly advanced and accessible improvised weapons systems a key causal factor behind modern sub-state armed groups (SSAGs) operating in an increasingly symmetrical way?”

https://youtu.be/WaKfJq59g7g

• Noah Crafts, “What is the role of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and recipient governments in the development and execution of Chinese cross-border infrastructure projects?” 

https://youtu.be/7r5lf9GlaRk

• Samuel Ellis, “Should South Korea and the US have completed deployment of THAAD and how should the two nations split costs of joint military exercises going forward?”

https://youtu.be/uIijjL4oJRs

• Shannon Fraser, “Did the sanctions against South Africa cause the end of apartheid, or was it the result of other factors?”

• Annie Gillani/Hana Manjusak, “Is there a link between Cuba’s struggles to provide public goods and services to its citizens and the United States’ economically-driven embargo and sanctions against the country?”

https://youtu.be/M7JIXwfvgEE

• Anika Gouhl, “How can we adjust the mandate of international criminal law so that it addresses the largest contributors of criminality?”

https://youtu.be/_vy_pbU204Q

• Jacob Harrison, “Are the US Freedom of Navigation exercises in the South China Sea worth the risk of confrontation with China?”

• Laila Jarrad, “How were some matriarchal ethnic groups in Africa able to prevent the patriarchal influences imposed by colonialism?”

• Rachel Mohr, “To what extent do Baltic Russians identify with their nations of residence in light of Russia’s compatriot policy?”

https://youtu.be/rBKu-fNlCEg

• Brian Summers, “What explains the US-South Korean alliance dynamics?”

https://youtu.be/U1CbR6sNsRs

• Faiz Syed, “Have right-wing populists abandoned liberal democracy and pivoted towards illiberal governance?: The case of India”

• Rachel Titshaw, “To what extent did the introduction of US Christian culture impact South Korea’s approach to the social discrimination of sexual minorities?”

• Maria Winstead, “Which securitization theory of migration best explains the European migrant crisis of the 2010s?”

https://youtu.be/cOq_DHXFHVc