Bates College Journal of Political Studies
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The Costs of Selective Intervention: Why the Obama Administration Chose to Intervene in Libya Over Syria
Rayanne Attar
Weaknesses of Opponents, Strengths of the Taliban: The Success of the Taliban Insurgency
Isabella Ryan
Exploring Saudi Arabia’s Failed War in Yemen Through a Civil-Military Relations Lens
Zachariah Richards
Transforming Ivan the Terrible: History, Memory Politics, and Monuments in Putin’s Russia
Lena LaPierre
Everybody Wants to Rule the World: How Ballistic Missile Defenses Can Reduce the Risk of War
Aanya Ghosh
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