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• “We are just at the beginning of this process.” An agency-level interrogation of women in U.S. counterterrorism efforts

  Cook, J. (Author), Jabri, V. (Supervisor), 1 Apr 2018

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• “Soja Come, Soja Go”: military withdrawal from government in Nigeria (1999)

  Ubani Jr, J. (Author), Mitton, K. (Supervisor) & Hiribarren, V. (Supervisor), 1 Jun 2021

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• “Partners, Not Allies”: Understanding Alignment in China’s New Era of International Relations

  Grace, A. (Author), Leveringhaus, N. A. (Supervisor) & Brown, K. (Supervisor), 1 Jul 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• “Fixing Intel” or Fixing the Force? US Military Adaptation for Intelligence Requirements in Afghanistan

  White, N. (Author), Tripodi, C. W. E. (Supervisor), 1 May 2024

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• “Determined to Fight Determined to Win”: The combat experience of the People’s Army of Vietnam at Điện Biên Phủ

  Hunt, P. (Author), Busch, P. (Supervisor), 1 Oct 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• ‘Your country is my country': civil-military relations as social reproduction, 1880-1920

  Phillips, M. (Author), Foley, R. (Supervisor) & McCartney, H. (Supervisor), 1 May 2021

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• ‘Whatever it Takes’: How American Popular Culture Moderates and Diminishes Torture and its Consequences

  Brown, E. (Author), Gow, J. (Supervisor) & Birchall, C. (Supervisor), 1 Oct 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• ‘The Paradox Of U.S. Security In The 1990s: Trans-Border Challenges From Mexico In The Context Of Nafta’

  MacIel-Padilla, A. (Author), Dandeker, C. (Supervisor), Hills, A. (Supervisor) & Philpott, W. J. (Supervisor), 1 Oct 2012

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• ‘Silence is like our mother tongue’: An ethnography of distress and care amongst Eritrean diasporic women in the UK

  Mengistu, B. (Author), Kelly, A. (Supervisor) & Ansems De Vries, L. (Supervisor), 1 May 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• ‘Scientifics’ and ‘Wycombites’: a study of the Quartermaster General’s Department of the British Army, 1799-1814

  Fletcher, W. (Author), Davies, H. (Supervisor) & Lambert, A. (Supervisor), 1 Dec 2019

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• ‘More Bang for the Buck’: Examining the Determinants of Terrorist Adoption of New Weapons Technologies

  Ackerman, G. (Author), Neumann, P. R. (Supervisor) & Bowen, W. Q. (Supervisor), 2014

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• ‘Listen to our thoughts’: counter-conduct, genealogy and the politics of democratic dissent

  Barrett, J. (Author), Bolt, N. (Supervisor) & Betz, D. (Supervisor), 12 Dec 2016

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• ‘Designs against a common foe’: the Anglo-Qing suppression of piracy in South China

  Kwan, N. (Author), Jackson, A. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2020

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Worlds of Military Targeting : Martial Epistemologies, Technologies and the Production of the Enemy

  Reichborn-Kjennerud, E. (Author), Hirst, A. (Supervisor) & Aradau, C. (Supervisor), 1 Apr 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Women in UK and US Naval Communications and Intelligence during the Second World War: WRNS and WAVES and the Emergence of Modern Warfare

  Miller, S. (Author), Maiolo, J. (Supervisor) & Easter, D. (Supervisor), 1 Jul 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Why does the UK have the Military that it has?

  Curtis, A. (Author), Uttley, M. (Supervisor) & Dorman, A. (Supervisor), 1 Jun 2020

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Why culture matters?: an analysis of complexity, acceptance and effectiveness of security sector governance in Ghana and Nigeria

  Addo, P. (Author), Podder, S. (Supervisor) & Olonisakin, F. (Supervisor), 1 Jan 2021

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Why, and how effectively, did the Royal Navy procure, and then use, escort carriers in the Second World War?

  McMeekin, D. (Author), Benbow, T. (Supervisor) & Robb-Webb, J. (Supervisor), 1 Jun 2024

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Who was Leading Whom?: Assessing the Organizational and Strategic Dynamics Between Al Qaeda Central and its Affiliates, 2004 - 2014

  Hensel, D. (Author), Gearson, J. (Supervisor) & Rainsborough, M. L. R. S. (Supervisor), 1 Jul 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Who Are Anonymous? : A Study Of Online Activism

  Collins, B. T. (Author), Rid, T. (Supervisor), Bolt, N. (Supervisor) & Betz, D. J. (Supervisor), 2017

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Where is security in hostile environments? Tracing and understanding necropolitical security through everyday life in the United Kingdom’s immigration and welfare environments.

  Zuber, L. (Author), Chisholm, A. (Supervisor) & De Carvalho, V. (Supervisor), 1 Apr 2025

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Where economy and security meet: How Chinese Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) have become a security threat in Europe (2016-2020)

  Ghiretti, F. (Author), Leveringhaus, N. A. (Supervisor) & Knoerich, J. M. (Supervisor), 1 Jun 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• When Rambo Meets the Red Cross: Exploring the civil-military relationship in fragile and low-intensity conflict affected areas

  Mladenova, S. (Author), Betz, D. (Supervisor) & Chisholm, A. (Supervisor), 1 Mar 2023

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• What impact did US Ballistic Missile Defence have on post-Cold War US-Russian Relations?

  Zielke, I. (Author), Deyermond, R. M. (Supervisor) & Bowen, W. Q. (Supervisor), 2016

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• What Good are Alliances in Great Power Relations?: Explaining the Transformative Nature of Alliance Politics

  Matsuda, T. (Author), Ladwig III, W. (Supervisor) & Patalano, A. (Supervisor), 1 Dec 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• What factors influence resilience in tactical-level NATO military logistic units and how can resilience awareness be established at this unit tactical level to improve survival in potential Article V NATO Large Scale Combat Operations?

  Ti, R. (Author), Kinsey, C. P. (Supervisor) & Uttley, M. R. H. (Supervisor), 1 Mar 2025

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• What does it mean to be a soldier?: Negotiating identities in the British Army

  Goodley, H. (Author), Uttley, M. (Supervisor) & McCartney, H. (Supervisor), 1 Apr 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• What determines resilience in military Class 8B logistic systems, and knowing these determinants, how can we enhance Estonian military Class 8B logistic system resilience?

  Ti, R. (Author), Murphy, D. (Supervisor), 28 Oct 2021

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Philosophy

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• WE SELF-CATEGORISE, THEREFORE WE THINK: The Chinese Government and IR Scholars’ Ways of Thinking concerning the Post-Cold War Japan-U.S. Alliance (1992-2012)

  Huang, W. (Author), Pacheco Pardo, R. (Supervisor) & Patalano, A. (Supervisor), 1 Apr 2017

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Wearing the Red Cross: The relationship between military and civilian healthcare workers across aid, development and peacebuilding.

  Horne, S. (Author), Sullivan, R. (Supervisor), Bricknell, M. (Supervisor) & Sullivan, R. (Supervisor), 1 Sept 2023

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Was the Dhofar War of 1965-1975 a British victory?

  Quick, S. J. (Author), Ladwig III, W. (Supervisor) & Anglim, S. (Supervisor), 1 Oct 2021

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Wartime tactical adaptation and operational success: British and Japanese armies in Burma and India, 1941–45

  Van Ess, B. (Author), Philpott, W. (Supervisor) & Betz, D. (Supervisor), 1 Jun 2019

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Warrior-Maverick Culture: The Evolution of Adaptability in the U.S. Marine Corps

  Connable, A. B. (Author), Farrell, T. G. (Supervisor) & Stone, J. G. (Supervisor), 2016

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• War on its Head: An Oral History of the Helmandi Conflict 1978-2012

  Martin, M. P. (Author), Farrell, T. G. (Supervisor), 2013

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Wargaming in Military Education for Army Officers and Officer Cadets

  Elg, J. E. (Author), Chin, W. A. (Supervisor) & Sabin, P. A. G. (Supervisor), 2018

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• War at Home: Strategic Narratives of the War on Terrorism

  Romarheim, A. G. (Author), Busch, P. E. (Supervisor) & Betz, D. J. (Supervisor), 2015

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Victory and Strategic Culture: The Marines, the Army and Vietnam; First Corps Tactical Zone 1965-1971

  Velicogna, A. (Author), Holden Reid, B. T. (Supervisor) & Sabin, P. A. G. (Supervisor), 2014

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Variations in Organisational and Employee Responses to High-Impact, Low-Probability Events

  Riddle, L. I. (Author), Rogers, M. B. (Supervisor), 2015

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• US National space policies (1960 – 2010): a longitudinal study of civil, national security and space industry influences

  Presley, M. (Author), Hilborne, M. (Supervisor) & Rofe, S. (Supervisor), 1 May 2020

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Unorthodox warfare in the Age of Chivalry : surprise and deception in the Hundred Years war

  Whetham, D. G. (Author), 2005

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Understanding the United States Marines’ strategy and approach to the conventional war in South Vietnam’s Northern provinces, March 1965 – December 1967

  Nevgloski, E. T. (Author), Foley, R. (Supervisor) & Robb-Webb, J. (Supervisor), 1 Jul 2019

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Understanding the impact of emotional stress on crisis decision making

  Sawatzky, N. A. (Author), Lebow, N. (Supervisor) & Dylan, H. (Supervisor), 1 Jan 2020

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Understanding Strategic Surprise: Using Scripts and Empathy to Explain US Security Policy Failures

  Bennett, M. (Author), Payne, K. (Supervisor), 1 Jun 2023

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Understanding Prejudice: Stigma, Self-Esteem and the Dynamics of Antisemitism & Islamophobia 

  Mehmood, M. (Author), Lebow, N. (Supervisor) & Chaudhuri, R. (Supervisor), 1 Feb 2018

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Underlying dynamics of regional (dis-)integration in post-Soviet Central Asia

  Hagelund, C. (Author), Kuhrt, N. C. (Supervisor) & Pacheco Pardo, R. (Supervisor), 2015

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Two Sides of the Same COIN? Compare and Contrast British Political Warfare in Southern Arabia from 1959 to 1977

  Mason, D. (Author), Goodman, M. (Supervisor) & Easter, D. (Supervisor), 1 Jul 2023

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Turkey’s State-Business Relations Revisited: Islamic Business Associations and Policymaking in the AKP era

  Ilhan, E. (Author), Park, W. H. (Supervisor) & Sayigh, Y. J. (Supervisor), 1 Feb 2014

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Trust and the Politics of Security Risk Management: The European Union’s Engagement of China in Africa

  Barton, B. (Author), Patalano, A. (Supervisor) & Gower, J. (Supervisor), 2016

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Transnational Legal Feminism – Beyond Western Hegemonies in Crossborder Feminist Research and Practice in International Law

  Ghadery, F. (Author), Zumbansen, P. (Supervisor) & Friedman, R. (Supervisor), 1 Sept 2023

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Transforming military power in contemporary Latin America: Army reform and the diffusion of military innovations in Brazil

  Lima, R. C. (Author), De Carvalho, V. M. (Supervisor) & Betz, D. J. (Supervisor), 1 May 2025

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy