Global Topics is a peer-reviewed undergraduate electronic journal featuring writing on international, transnational, global, and comparative topics from a variety of disciplines. It is produced by the Center for International Affairs at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Articles are written by undergraduates or are the product of collaborative undergraduate/faculty research.
 
Contents of Volume 7, 2009

Introduction (PDF/11KB)
Dr. Christine Gustafson, Faculty Advisor

Article # 2009-1 (PDF/87KB)
Dangerous Bedfellows: Asymmetric Warfare and Rising Chinese Power
By Colin Cronin, University of Puget Sound 

Article # 2009-2 (PDF/38KB)       
Defying Modernization Theory: The Case of India
By Emily Dubie, Saint Anselm College

Article # 2009-3 (PDF/108KB)
A Transatlantic Strategy to Reducing Security Concerns in the Middle East
By Garrett Heilman, University of Puget Sound

Article # 2009-4 (PDF/110KB)
Inaction through Tears: Realism and U.S. Policy on Genocide
By Charlotte Hill, University of California, Berkeley

Article # 2009-5 (PDF/39KB)
Internal Incongruities: An Examination of Sanctity, Profanity,
and Islamic Ritual Purification
By Alexa Hoyne, College of William & Mary

Article # 2009-6 (PDF/98KB)
Islamic Origins: A Study of Shari’ah’s Compatibility with
International Human Rights Standards
By Alexa Hoyne, College of William & Mary

Article # 2009-7 (PDF/210KB)
Soldiers for Hire: The Role of Private Military Contractors in Iraq
By Rossella Maria Moyer, University of Southern Maine

Article # 2009-8 (PDF/66KB)
Operation Iraqi Freedom: Liberal Folly and the Neorealist Perspective
By Connor P. O’Brien, Saint Anselm College

Editorial Board Members 2009

Student Members
Mary Donahue (co-editor)
Sarah Gingerella (co-editor)
Alejandro Echeverri
Oleg Firsin
Alanna White
Catherine Daggett
Katelyn Fair
Grace Harrington
Stephen Shorey
Charles Hall

Faculty Advisor
Dr. Christine Gustafson
Associate Professor, Politics