2014-2015 Honors Students

INTERSCHOOL HONORS PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES

CLASS OF 2015

 

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Honors College 2014

 


 

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Akshai Baskaran
Akshai Baskaran

Chemical Engineering

A Zero-Sum Game: The Energy-Water Crisis in Northwest China

Advisors: John Weyant and Tom Fingar

 

 

 


 

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Patrick Cirenza
Patrick Cirenza

Political Science

An Evaluation of the Analogy between Nuclear and Cyber Deterrence

Advisors: Coit Blacker and Phil Taubman

 

 

 


 

Kelsey Dayton          

English

Phrasing the Enemy: The Evolution of Counterterrorism Language and Policy

Advisors: Vaughn Rasberry, Martha Crenshaw


 

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Taylor Grossman
Taylor Grossman

Political Science

The Problem of Warning: Homeland Security and the Evolution of Terrorism Advisory Systems

Advisor: Amy Zegart

 

 

 


 

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Sean Hiroshima
Sean Hiroshima

International Relations / Arabic

Divided Intentions: Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Policy Between the First and Second Gulf Wars

Advisor:  Scott Sagan

 

 

 


 

Annie Kapnick

MS+E

Choosing Between Prevention and Catastrophe: Analyzing the Transformative Shift from Biodefense to Biosecurity Policy

Advisor: David Relman


 

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Sarah Kunis
Sarah Kunis

Political Science

Minor in Modern Languages

Nonproliferation Sanctions: Taking the "Profit out of Proliferation?"

Advisor:  Stephen Krasner

 

 

 


 

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Teo Lamiot
Teo Lamiot

Political Science / French

When Blue Helmets Do Battle: Civilian Protection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Advisor: Stephen Stedman

 

 

 


 

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Austin Lewis
Austin Lewis

Chemical Engineering

Fingers Crossed: The Effectiveness of the Wassenaar Arrangement as the Nonproliferation Regime for Conventional Arms

Advisor: Judith Goldstein

 

 

 


 

Sam Rebo

International Relations

Minor in Russian and Eastern European Studies

Unenviable Inevitability: The Negative Outlook of Russia's Eurasian Union

Advisors: Coit Blacker and Norman Naimark


 

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Geo Saba
Geo Saba

Political Science

The Power of the National Security Advisor

Advisor: Coit Blacker

 

 

 


 

Eliza Thompson

Political Science

The New Switzerland: German Foreign Polocy in the 21st Century Reconsidered

Advisor: Ken Schultz


 

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Adrienne von Schulthess
Adrienne von Schulthess

Political Science

The Backup Plan: Visualizing Disappearing Groundwater Resources on the US-Mexico Border

Advisor: Bruce Cain