Mission Statement
Graduate and undergraduate students from the Department of International Relations at San Francisco State University biannually publish the International Relations Journal.
The Journal contains in-depth articles on political, historical, economic, legal, philosophical, diplomatic and theoretical issues concerning world affairs. The Journal is distributed free to students and faculty at SFSU and is mailed to universities world-wide.
If your department or organization would like to join our mailing list, drop us a note at irjournal@gmail.com. Please indicate your name, institution, and postal mailing address. You may also email submission requests or contact us by mail.
The International Relations Journal
San Francisco State University
Department of International Relations, HSS 336
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco CA 94132 USA
The San Francisco State University International Relations Journal is the result of a collaborative student effort to contribute to the literature in the field of International Relations. The journal does not subscribe to a particular theoretical or political position, but rather, seeks to reflect the diverse range of student opinions at San Francisco State University. Each student writer assumes a term-long partnership with an editor under the supervision of the managing and senior editors, who are in turn guided by a faculty adviser. From amongst the candidates for publication, several articles and/or book reviews are presented to the readers of the journal in an annual issue that showcases undergraduate and graduate student work.
Acknowledgements
The staff of The International Relations Journal is grateful for the funding allocated by the Instructionally Related Activities Committee and the Department of International Relations at San Francisco State University for the production of this journal. The managing editor would like to especially thank all of the members of the editorial board and the contributing writers.
The guidance and advice of Dr. Burcu Ellis in the International Relations Department have been indispensable to the successful publication of the Journal. The staff of the International Relations Journal is most grateful to her for her outstanding effort.
About the International Relations Journal
Graduate and undergraduate students from the Department of International Relations at San Francisco State University publish an annual issue of the International Relations Journal.
The Journal contains articles on political, historical, economic, legal, philosophical, diplomatic and theoretical issues concerning world affairs and is distributed to the students and faculty of San Francisco State University, as well as to universities worldwide.
Current San Francisco State University students from any major or program are encouraged to submit papers and book reviews pertinent to the field international relations for consideration. If your department or organization would like to contact the journal, you may e-mail us at irjournal@yahoo.com. Please indicate your name, institutional affiliation (if any) and your mailing address. You may e-mail submission requests or contact us by mail.
International Relations Journal
San Francisco State University
Department of International Relations, HSS 336
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco CA 94132, USA
Advising
IR Journal 2010
IR Journal Syllabus 2010
IR Journal 2009
IR Journal 2008
Grameen Bank: Women’s Empowerment and Poverty Reduction in Rural Bangladesh Leanne Jones
The British Invasion of Iraq: Tony Blair’s Poor Conceptual Understanding of the World
Ida L. Jorgensen
From Truman to Lyndon Johnson: An Analysis of Presidential Powers
Joe Payne
International Environmental Agreements and U.S. Participation: The Montreal and Kyoto Protocols Require Hegemonic Influence to Attain Success
Alexander Spencer
The Orange Revolution: Identity Creation and the Use of Nationalism in the Rise of Ukraine’s pro-Western Alliance
Mark Terame
Africa is in a Vicious Cycle of Economic, Political, Ethnic, and Health Crises
Lauren Woodlock
The Unipole Brand: Identity and the Scapegoat Mechanism in Lahore, Pakistan
John Yarnall Pryce
Rhoades Resistance Through Interconnection
Sara Blowers
The Mass Killing and Genocide Index
Tyler Stansfield Jaggers
A Look at India’s Water Shortage
Christopher Lockrem
The Threat of A Generation
Kenneth Kosakowsk
Reforming UN Peacekeepers
Denis Rajic
US Torture Policy on Non-Combatant Detainees & the UN Role Protecting Their Rights
Veronica Canton
Are They Worth Exercising? a Study on the Side Effects of Economic Sanctions
Miwa Kurabayashi
Humanitarian Intervention: When is it Legal?
Ted Henning
The ‘Miracle’ of Resisting the ‘Washington Consensus’ How East Asia Developed
Dan Scully
Managing the Debt: Exploring Solutions for the World’s Poor Countries
Dominique Koenig
In the Midst of the Swarm: Reconceptualizing the ‘Mislabeled’ Global War on Terrorism
Daniel J. Riveong
What Happened to the Crisis of the Social Democratic Model? Globalization and Norwegian Labor Market Policy in the 1990s
Bjørn Nuland
The Unsuccessful Secession of Chechnya
Brian Stormo
Operation Iraqi Freedom: The Challenge of Creating a New Democratic Security Regime
Daniel Riveong
United Nations in a Divided World
Max Orkis
European and United States Relations: Cooperation, Competition, or Both?
Nadiya Kravets
Can International Cooperation Stop Global Warming?
Norbert Scheunemann
The International Criminal Police Organization: Interpol And Terrorism
Tera Gross
Humanitarian Intervention: A Post Cold War Misnomer
Robert Hsu
The Free Trade Area of the Americas: Latin America’s Future?
Pascacio Rangel
Persian Iranians Versus Islamic Iranians: 1978 Social Movements in Iran
Shahin Ayazi
Assessing the Situation in Russia
Ruslan Valeev
Question and Perspectives of the Role of Knowledge and Technology in Development
Ricardo Valverde
Russia and the US: Birds of a Feather?
Max Orkis
New Allies: An Analysis of Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy
Anna Radivilova
