• Troubled waters : the political and legal aspects of Israel's violations of the Palestinian's right to water 

  Bou Khalil, Joe-Anna (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)

  This study presents and analyzes the political and legal aspects of the violations committed by Israel regarding the Palestinians’ right to water. The study introduces the geography of Palestine and its water sources; tackles the historical background underlying the value and significance of water in religious and Zionist thought; assesses the political impact of the recognition of Palestine as a nonmember observer state in the United Nations on Palestinian water rights; evaluates the legal dimensions of the Israeli violations of the Palestinian people's right to water resources starting ...
• The evolution of Israel's economy 

  El Khoury, Gebran Youssef (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 1994)
• The diplomacy of the Holy See in Lebanon : challenges and endurance 

  El Hindy, Elie K. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2001-06-25)

  Throughout its history, Lebanon has had diverse relations with a multitude of countries. Many of these relations faded away, others have changed drastically. However, one that has remained little changed and is today as strong as ever, is the relationship with the Holy See. This makes any observer wonder about the reasons for this solid relationship. While reviewing the long years of the history of the relationship between the two countries, this paper aimed at showing how stable and unchanged the Holy See diplomacy was in Lebanon. To do that, it was necessary to start from the very beginning, ...
• Variables shaping U.S. Foreign policy in the Middle East in Post-WWII Period 

  Metrebian, Seza Z. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2003)

  The United States has direct interests in the Middle East due to the region's strategic and economic importance in the world. Following the end of the World War II, with the newly acquired American supremacy in the Middle East, several principle concerns made the region crucial to the US¹. First, beginning in the 1950s there was a bipolar competition between the U.S. and the threat of confrontation in the Middle East. The US was threatened by the Soviet Union, a nuclear power, perceived as having expansionist goals, which, if not contained, would lead to serious consequences. Since World War ...
• The role of U.S. covert action in a changing world order 

  Assaf, Susan Lynn (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 1995)

  This thesis assesses the changing dynamics of covert action as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Four primary variables are researched in the context of the Cold War period and the emerging new world order. These variables include: (1) the broad characteristics of the international environment that guide relations between international actors; (2) the primary U.S. foreign policy objectives as examined through presidential doctrines; (3) the acceptance of interventionism in both domestic and international domains, and; (4) moral considerations in the policymaking process of a democratic ...
• Population growth in relation to resources, environment and sustainable development 

  Bassil, Janet (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 1995)
• The current status of the Lebanese nationality and its future in light of the presidential decree # 5247, June 20, 1994 

  Labaky, Sabine Y. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 1997)

  Nationality issue goes back to the early dawn of mankind. It was formed with the creation of state. Therefore, nationality is directly related to the municipal law of each and every state. Nationality problem arise from these different nationality definitions. Some of these problems were dealt on international basis; however, no supreme power could implement these solutions whats over beneficial. Lebanon is one of the states that is still dealing with nationality issue. Lebanon has an old body of rules taken from the French legislation and was not yet adapted to the Lebanese situation which ...
• Political leadership in Lebanon 

  El Asmar, Carla B. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2004)

  Even though there is a strong disagreement in the Lebanese political system over what precisely leadership is; most agree it remains the basic and key factor in the quality of performance and effectiveness of Lebanese institutions. It is generally asserted that the Lebanese government, the private sector's socio-economic conditions, and education, would improve much under a competent leadership. The study of leadership is not a mathematical or scientific application of rules and logarithms, rather it is an art. It is the art of influencing and motivating followers to achieve common goals ...
• Lebanese prisons conditions : comparative study with the French regulations 

  Rizk, Jessy (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)

  A growing number of Lebanese inmates are incarcerated in congested and poorly maintained prisons. Poor imprisonment conditions and ill-treatment of inmates are key factors catalyzing further social delinquencies and mental health deterioration among prisoners and released detainees. Away from being a rehabilitation period, the prison sentence is a chance for reform and correction, a time where inmates are granted the education, mental and emotional support to come out as self-conscious and socially responsible individuals, ready to contribute to their surrounding communities. In this scope, the ...
• The future of the international trade system 

  Chemali, Elie-Charbel A. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2019)

  Today, the world is witnessing a debate between free trade (doctrine) and protectionism (doctrine). Those two are, opposite trade policies. The world’s main concern is the future of the international trade system. The issue of Trade is a global modern phenomenon that has an immense impact on countries and international relations. Changes came along the election of Donald Trump as the 45th US president. Among those changes, is Trump’s adoption of protectionist policies in opposite to Obama’s liberalist policies taken during his presidential term. One of those protectionist policies Trump has ...
• The impact of leaders' credibility on the success of psychological media warfare : the case of Hassan Nasrallah's rhetoric during the July war, 2006 

  Boutros, Wissam M. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2012)

  The main focus of this thesis originates in the idealistic perspective of international affairs, emphasizing not just the states’ interactions but a diversity of domestic and transnational channels, organizations, and individuals. Idealism has held a unique conceptualization of international relations. Depending on the pillars of the global system, it’s interdependent and cooperative structure, and the integrative functionalism of international players. Hence, Idealism promoted the role of individualism, voluntarism and the leaders’ genuine role and impact throughout history, especially on the ...
• Trade among the Arab countries: directions, trends, and prospects, 1990-2004 

  Raad, Rima R. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2004)

  The thesis studies the directions, trends, and prospects of trade among the Middle Eastern Arab countries between the years 1990 and 2004. For analytical purposes the Arab region is divided into three sub-regions: the Levant states, the gulf Cooperation Council states, and North African Arab states. Improving economic performance in the Arab countries is seen, at the moment, more critical than ever, since the region faces high population growth rates, rising unemployment, and modest economic growth coupled with increasingly intense competition from emerging markets in Europe, America, and asia. ...
• Dispute settlement process in WTO 

  Bechara, Claire Mansour (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2004)

  The power to settle international disputes with binding authority distinguishes the World Trade Organization from most other intergovernmental institutions. The Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes gives the WTO unprecedented power to resolve trade-related conflicts between nations and assign penalties and compensation to the parties involved. A Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) that consists of the WTO's General Council administers dispute settlement. The DSB has the authority to "establish panels, adopt panel and Appellate Body reports, maintain ...
• International cooperation for road safety 

  Akl, Ziad Mikhael (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2003)
• Globalization and its effects on Lebanon 

  Khoury, Marie Helen (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2002)

  This thesis critically evaluates the impact of globalization on different issue areas in the world. It is intended to present a picture of the outcome of the globalization process from the perspectives of the developed and developing countries. It starts with a historical background on globalization, a definition of globalization, and a discussion of its main features and aspects. These aspects are: economic, financial, and environmental. One major focus of this study is on the latest financial turmoil that hit East Asia in the 1990s. The effects of volatile capital flows and the negative ...
• A sustainable solution for the Lebanese eduction sector : a public policy approach 

  Karam, Johnny (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)

  Lebanon has swiftly turned from an inspiration to the region in terms of its educational policies and academic achievement since the 16th century, to a country lingering way behind. The analysis of a data set describing the Lebanese public education sector showed aggressively low student per teach ratios in several public schools with the cost of a student in some public schools tripling that of the average cost of a student in the private sector. Those numbers could well describe the high levels of corruption and the severely harmed accountability system. Adding to that an almost obsolete ...
• Prospects for voluntary refugee returns to Syria in international law 

  Ankrah, Francisca Balmores (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018-09)
• Down and out in Syria and Lebanon : media portrayals of men and masculinities. Towards a research agenda 

  El-Helou, Rouba (Analize – Journal of Gender and Feminist Studies, 2019)

  This essay explores some directions for future research of media coverage of male refugees, particularly from Syria. I link the narration of refugee stories to their mobility, their loss of home, belonging, possessions, people and social networks. However, these stories also entail the discovery of new territories and locations, of families in transition, of men whose ongoing mobility constantly impacts their ability or inability to take care of their loved ones and thus live up to the prescribed roles of men in the constructed conservative society from which they came.
• Masculinity and affectedness : an intersectional perspective on gender, power, and activism in the global south 

  Sensenig, Eugene Richard (Analize – Journal of Gender and Feminist Studies, 2019)

  Based on the concept of ‘affectedness’ (or ‘Betroffenheit’, Mies 1978), this article attempts to demonstrate how all participants in research, education, and social activism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are impacted by the lack of a stable social environment, which is seen as the bedrock of scholarship by mainstream Northern theories and scientific methodologies. Researchers, academics and activists – as part of civil society – must deal with this intentional lack of security, social justice and freedom. In it we can recognize a form of elite-produced, and potentially indefinite, ...
• Mental health and psychosocial support to displaced people : the case of displaced syrians in Lebanon 

  Khalil, Wissam (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)

  There has been a huge influx of displaced Syrians which is considered to be the biggest since WWII and this is due to the ongoing conflict in Syria since 2011. The majority of the displaced population is located in low-income countries with limited resources in mental health care. This qualitative research tackles the mental health and psychosocial support provided to displaced Syrians by different international organizations and NGOs operating in this field in Lebanon. The aim of this research is to study the correlation between these programs and the ability to cope with the new lifestyle the ...

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