Browsing Department of Political Science by Title
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Evaluating New Voting Technologies in Latin America
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2009-12-14)Having remained virtually unchanged since the enactment of universal and secret suffrage at the end of the nineteenth century, voting procedures are undergoing a radical transformation in many countries through the ... -
The evolution of network based cybersecurity norms: An analytical narrative
(© IEEE, 2014-08-13)We examine coordination dilemmas in cybersecurity policy by using an already developed evolutionary game theoretical model [2]. We suggest that norms to encourage network based security systems may not evolve independently ... -
Experiences and challenges with using CERT data to analyze international cyber security.
(© Elsevier B.V., 2009-09)With the increasing interconnection of computer networks and sophistication of cyber attacks, it is important to understand the dynamics of such situations, especially in regards to cyber international relations. The ... -
Explorations in cyber international relations (ECIR)—data dashboard report #1: CERT data sources and prototype dashboard system
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009-08-10)Growing global interconnection and interdependency of computer networks, in combination with increased sophistication of cyber attacks over time, demonstrate the need for better understanding of the collective and cooperative ... -
Explorations in international relations: Final program report
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)In international relations, the traditional approaches to theory and research, practice, and policy were derived from experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries. But cyberspace, shaped by human ingenuity, is a venue for ... -
Exploring terms and taxonomies relating to the cyber international relations research field: Or are "cyberspace" and "cyber space" the same?
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-08)This project has at least two facets to it: (1) advancing the algorithms in the sub-field of bibliometrics often referred to as "text mining" whereby hundreds of thousands of documents (such as journal articles) are scanned ... -
February 2008 Survey of the Performance of American Elections
(2009-11-25)The February 2008 Survey of the Performance of American Elections studied experiences with election administration during the "Super Tuesday" presidential primary in 2008. The survey covered the 15 states that held primaries ... -
Feedback complexity in integrated climate-economy models
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Finding order in a contentious Internet
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)This inquiry started with the simple question, "Who manages the Internet infrastructure and how?" Since, this question evolved into an evaluation of the routing system and the institutions that manage it. This institutional ... -
Flooding The Vote: Hurricane Katrina and Voter Participation in New Orleans
(Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2008-11-10)The flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina resulted in a massive and rapid exodus of individuals from New Orleans to locations around the United States. In the midst of the hurricane recovery, the City of New Orleans ... -
Forecasting in international relations: Problems and prospects
(© Gorden and Breach Science Publishers Ltd., 1974)The author argues that forecasting is a problem of reasoning, of reducing uncertainty, and of bounded speculation, and she identifies four types of forecasting goals: (1) understanding the unknown (i.e., prophecy), (2) ... -
Forecasting in international relations: Theory, methods, problems, prospects
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Framework for an AI international accord
(Boston Global Forum/United Nations Academic Impact / © 2021 Nazli Choucri, 2021-07-01)Advances in information and communication technologies – global Internet, social media, Internet of Things, and a range of related science-driven innovations and generative and emergent technologies – continue to shape a ... -
Global accord: Environmental challenges and international responses
(© MIT Press, 1995-09)Global Accord is the first holistic assault on a complex set of environmental issues. It provides a much-needed analytical framework for examining how individuals, groups, and nations create environmental dislocations, and ... -
Global accord: Imperatives for the twenty-first century
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Global e-readiness—for what? Readiness for e-banking
(© Wiley Periodicals Inc., 2005-07-19)With the rapid diffusion of the Internet worldwide, there has been considerable interest in the e-potentials of developing countries giving rise to a first generation of e-readiness studies. Moreover, e-readiness means ... -
The global environment & multinational corporations
(© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991-04)Global companies must forge a partnership to manage the environment. The fact of human intervention in ecological processes is not in doubt. Despite uncertainties and continued controversy, human influences on the global ...
