Browsing by Supervisor "Steff, Reuben"
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A structural realist assessment of the strategic competition between the US and Iran in Iraq from 2003-2016
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The invasion of Iraq in 2003 sparked a competition between two major Middle Eastern powers, the US and Iran, for influence in the former Ba’athist dictatorship. For the US, influencing Iraq would reinforce its position, ... -
Governance and conflict in Pakistan: Developing a Conflict Prevention and Reduction (CPR) model to promote peace in Baluchistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA)
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Pakistan is an unstable country, home to a single religious nation made up of four major regional ethnic sub-nations. The inability of the political leadership of Pakistan to successfully connect and merge the interests ... -
New Zealand's national security framework: A recommendation for the development of a national security strategy
(The University of Waikato, 2018)New Zealand’s national security system is based upon a collection of siloed plans and policies. New Zealand has adopted an ‘all-hazards/all-risks’ approach to national security that is based upon a reactive system. There ... -
Oil, gas and geopolitical dimensions of the Syrian Civil War: A neoclassical realist assessment
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis considers the geopolitical dimensions of the Syrian Civil War. It addresses three key questions, including: (1) how sectarianism in Syria has impacted the geopolitical landscape; (2) how Iran, Saudi Arabia and ... -
Populism and the domestic-international nexus: The Cases of the United States and Brazil
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Populism has become an increasingly important feature of politics in recent decades due to a rapid wave of populist parties spreading across the world from Europe to the United States, and South America. This motivates and ... -
Religion and political survival: The regional strategies of Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Do Middle Eastern regimes use the contest between secularism and religion as a domestic authoritarian survival strategy, and if so, has this been projected into their regional policies in response to the ‘Arab Spring’? ... -
Sheltering from cyber insecurity? A comparative analysis of New Zealand and Singapore
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Although there is increasing academic research on cybersecurity, very few scholars have investigated the cybersecurity approaches of small states, particularly those in the AsiaPacific region. This thesis attempts to ... -
The evolution of China’s nuclear weapons program and doctrine and its implications for international security
(The University of Waikato, 2022)As China’s power in the international system increases, its strategic policies are changing. This includes its nuclear weapons program and nuclear deterrent policy, viewed as a critical guarantor of Beijing’s security and ... -
The role of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) in US grand strategy
(The University of Waikato, 2021)This Ph.D. thesis examines the role of drones in US grand strategy based on their use by successive US administrations post 9/11 in 'targeted states' (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya) in pursuant of different ... -
Will the US Dollar Remain the Sole Key Global Reserve Currency in the Future? The Implications of Rising Debt, Unorthodox Monetary Policy and Emergence of Alternative Currencies.
(The University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis studies two key risks that have the potential to dethrone the US dollar’s position as the dominant global reserve currency. Specifically, it contends the first risk stems from a future loss of confidence in the ...
