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 6, 2008

Introduction (PDF/9.75KB)
Dr. Christine Kearney, Faculty Advisor

Article# 2008-1 (PDF/53KB)
Ukraine: A Transitional Democracy
By Brian Lawson, Saint Anselm College

Article# 2008-2 (PDF/1.53MB)
A Pragmatic Conception of China’s Involvement in the United Nations “Oil-for-Food” Programme
By Clayton W. Skinner, Georgia Institute of Technology

Article# 2008-3 (PDF/59.4KB)
Continuing Democratization
By Elissa Rauth, Saint Anselm College

Article# 2008-4 (PDF/77KB)
Hegemony: the U.S. Nation-State, Global Capitalism, and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
By Brian Thiede, Bucknell University

Article# 2008-5 (PDF/62KB)
Analyzing the Ultimate Threat: “Rogue States” and Nuclear Dissemination to Terrorist Networks
By Stephen M. Herzog, Knox College

Article# 2008-6 (PDF/54KB)
Pakistan’s Problem of Consolidation
By Michael Bouton, Saint Anselm College