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Interest: US Foreign Policy, Conflict & Cooperation
Dissertation Topic: Third-Party Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait
Dissertation Committee: Regina Karp, Chair; Simon Serfaty; Jie Chen
Dissertation Title: "Brain Drain or Gain, An Alternative Theory of Development: United States and India "
Abstract: ‘Brain drain’ or the migration of educated or professional people from one country to the other has become an important component of world politics and academic scholarship. However, an increasing number of developing countries are considering their highly qualified citizens abroad as a potential asset for national development. Renewed policies are consequently being developed in order to recover these expatriated talents. Besides the repatriation – return option generally enacted in these policies with variable success, a second one has recently emerged: the Diaspora option. As a brain gain strategy it differs from the return option in the sense that it does not aim at the physical repatriation of the nationals living and working abroad. Its purpose is the remote mobilization of the Diaspora’s resources and their association to the country of origin’s programs. The migration of skilled human capital from developing countries such as India to developed countries such as the United States has incurred increasing interest among both receiving and sending countries with respect to the benefits that can come out of this migration of people. Popularly termed as ‘first generation effects’ the early 1970s had been rife with discussions of brain drain and how this could potentially be converted into benefits for the home country.
Dissertation Committee:
- Xiushi Yang, Associate Professor, Graduate Program of International Studies/Sociology (Committee Chair), College of Arts & Letters, ODU
- Chandra DeSilva, Dean, College of Arts & Letters, ODU
- Leon Bouvier, Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Letters, ODU
Research Interests: Outsourcing of US Jobs to India and Political Economy; Future of International Institutions and Reform of United Nations Security Council
Teaching Interests:
-Introduction to International Relations
-International Political Economy
-Introduction to Comparative Politics
-Organizations: United Nations
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Chunlong Lu, Ph.D. candidate
Dissertation Title: "Middle Class and Political Change in China:
Chinese Middle Class' Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Democratization"
Abstract: The emergence and growth of the middle class in China has dramatically changed that country's social structure. By inquiring into its attitudinal and behavioral orientations toward democracy, this dissertation lays a solid ground to explore the research question whether the Chinese middle class will promote democratization. This dissertation provides an explanation as to who is middle class in China. In particular, it identifies the Chinese middle class as following three occupational groups: private entrepreneurs of small or medium-size business, managers, and white-collar professionals (including office workers). This dissertation answers the critical research question: does the Chinese middle class think and act democratically? Thus, this dissertation first measures the democratic orientations of the Chinese middle class and assesses whether the Chinese middle class individuals are more democratic attitudinally; secondly, this dissertation measures the political behavioral orientations of the Chinese middle class and assesses whether the Chinese middle class individuals act in a more democratic way and in a more collective way in defense of their democratic ideals and material interests.
Dissertation Committee:
- Jie Chen, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Political Science, Director, GPIS
- Francis Adams, Associate Professor of Political Science
- Kurt Taylor Gaubatz, Associate Professor of Political Science
- Kae H. Chung, Professor of Management, Director, Ph.D. in Business Administration, College of Business and Public Administration, ODU
Research Interests: East-Asian and Chinese Politics, Democracy and Democratization, Public Opinion
Teaching Interests: East-Asian and Chinese Politics, Comparative Politics Theory, Research Methodology
George T. Hodermarsky, Ph. D. candidate
Dissertation Title: "The Application of a System of Systems Analysis to Assessments of National Power"
Abstract: This dissertation proposes an approach and methodology for the utilization of the fundamentals of systems theory as an aid to national security decision-making. At its core is an examination of the elements of nations’ or non-state actor's power resources. The product of the analysis is the compilation of a set of nodes, and the relationships between these, upon which actions may be taken to achieve desired effects. Since the boundaries between the subsystems of power resources are flexible and permeable, and there will be interactions between elements in different subsystems, a system of systems approach is essential so that the functioning of the system may be better understood and the secondary consequences of actions considered. The premise is that changes cannot occur in isolation, and that alterations in one component will result in modifications (intended or unintended) to related elements. The goal of the approach is not precise prediction of the effects of actions, but rather to provide for understanding of the relationships between elements of national power that will lead to expectations of the consequences of those actions.
Dissertation Committee:
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Kurt Taylor Gaubatz (Chair), Associate Professor of Political Science
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Steven A. Yetiv, Professor of Political Science
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David Dryer, Senior Research Scientist, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, ODU
Research and Teaching Interests: American Foreign Policy; National Security Decision Making; Defense Transformation; North Atlantic Treaty Organization, European Security Initiatives; Interagency Coordination; Research Methods
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