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Dependence, independence, and interdependence in world politics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)We implement techniques of graph theory to international trade in order to empirically inspect the international system of trade. Examining macro and submacro levels of the international system of trade from 1962-2003, we ... -
Detecting Voter Fraud in an Electronic Voting Context An Analysis of the Unlimited Reelection Vote in Venezuela
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-06-23)Between December 2007 and February 2009, Venezuelans participated twice in constitutional referenda where the elimination of presidential term limits was one of the most salient proposals. Assuming voter preferences did ... -
Development of a Bayesian Network to monitor the probability of nuclear proliferation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Nuclear Proliferation is a complex problem that has plagued national security strategists since the advent of the first nuclear weapons. As the cost to produce nuclear weapons has continued to decline and the availability ... -
The Development of the Senate Committee System, 1789–1879
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The dilemmas of United Nations peacekeeping in the post Cold War era
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Dimensions of national security: The case of Egypt
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Does it take one or two to tango? : language skills, physical appearance, and immigrant integration in Germany
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Breaking with a long-held political stance that Germany is, despite a sizeable share of permanent immigrant residents, not a country of immigration, the German legislature has drawn up a new immigration law, which entered ... -
Domestic energy pricing: Trends and implications for the Arab world
(© International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development (ICEED), 1985)Energy use everywhere is tied to population growth, industrialization, expansion of urban centers, and development of industrial and infrastructural facilities. The decade of the 1970s saw dramatic changes in the economic ... -
Dynamics of international conflict: Some policy implications of population, resources, and technology
(© Trustees of Princeton University, 1972)International conflict has been accounted for in many different ways—in terms of aggressive “instincts,” territoriality, population growth, the search for basic resources or seaports, the protection of trade routes, ... -
The dynamics of managing undersea cables: When solution becomes the problem
(Explorations in Cyber International Relations, 2012-11-06)In the U.S., approximately 95% of all international Internet and phone traffic travels via undersea cables. Nearly all government traffic, including sensitive diplomatic and military orders, travels these cables to reach ... -
The dynamics of undersea cables: Emerging opportunities and pitfalls
(© The System Dynamics Society, 2012-07-26)Cyberspace is built on physical foundations that support the “virtual” manifestations we know of and use in everyday computing. Physical infrastructure can include wired, fiber optic, satellite and microwave links, as well ... -
ecir.mit.edu
(2020-09-21)Exploration in Cyber International Relations (ECIR), is the label of a multidisciplinary and multidimensional research project initiated under a grant from the Minerva Program, Department of Defense. A joint project of ... -
Economic and political factors in international conflict and integration
(© International Studies Association, 1983)In earlier efforts to explain international conflict and integration, the central focus was upon national attributes and decisionmaking as crucial to understanding the actions of states in war- and peacemaking. Recently, ... -
The effect of property rights protection on economic growth and environmental pollution : a cross-sectional time-series analysis
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The Effect of Voter Identification Laws on Turnout
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2007-10)Since the passage of the “Help America Vote Act” in 2002, nearly half of the states have adopted a variety of new identification requirements for voter registration and participation by the 2006 general election. There has ... -
Effective information integration and reutilization : solutions to technological deficiency and legal uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The amount of electronically accessible information has been growing exponentially. How to effectively use this information has become a significant challenge. A post 9/11 study indicated that the deficiency of semantic ... -
Election Administration during Natural Disasters and Emergencies: Hurrican Sandy and the 2012 Election
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2013-09-04)The conduct of elections is constrained by a myriad of factors that vary greatly across the 3,000+ jurisdictions authorized to administered elections in the United States. Among these factors are anticipated and unanticipated ... -
Election Day Voter Registration in the United States: How One-step Voting Can Change the Composition of the American Electorate
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2002-06)For most Americans, voting requires two steps. First, an eligible citizen must register in some manner with an appropriate government agency. Second, once registered, the citizen can then cast a ballot on or before election ... -
Election Fraud References
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Election Technology and the Voting Experience in 2008
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-03-25)The 2000 election brought the issue of voting machine performance to national attention. According to the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project (2001), up to 2 million votes were lost in 2000 owing to problems associated ...