Charlie Hope

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• Answer added in Political Theory
  35 What political theory can explain Egyptian revaluation ?
  By Fouad Darwish · Cairo University
  Charlie Hope · Troy University

  To begin with one could examine it with Constructivism because it was a social movement that got everything started…it involved the middle class and... [more]

  To begin with one could examine it with Constructivism because it was a social movement that got everything started…it involved the middle class and economic equality…but if the Egyptian Military had not turned it would have been drawn out like Libya and Syria…in the end though I think what we are seeing now is classic Realism…all sides vying for power with it appearing the Muslim Brotherhood taking the lead which will lead to a theocracy… in my opinion Egypt, with the rest of the “Arab Spring” countries, will not end up being democratic…I hate to sound so Hobbesian but this may all end up with Israel nuking someone…interesting days we are living in especially with the stupidity of the international leaders at this point in time…
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• Answer added in International Relations
  3 Do you think that power is changing among international actors?
  By Eduardo Apango · Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
  Charlie Hope · Troy University

  I think the players are changing…not only does the International Community have to deal with other States but now there are non-state actors and “... [more]

  I think the players are changing…not only does the International Community have to deal with other States but now there are non-state actors and “Crazy States”…I think the so called “Arab Spring”, especially in Syria, is a good example of the “world powers” not being able to control everything…I am hoping in the future the United States will finally wise up and realize how advantageous a hegemon of the Western Hemisphere would be…but I will probably be waiting a long time…
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• Question asked in Political Economy
  8 Why does the Political Class continue to push industries that the country no longer has the comparative advantage?
  Especially in the United States and other Global North countries... 
  Especially in the United States and other Global North countries...
  By Charlie Hope · Troy University
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• Answer added in Social Movements
  6 Can you say nowadays that popular support of guerrillas (i.e. Colombian FARC or ELN) could be explained by inequality factors (health, GDP per cápita,...
  By Iván Higuera Mendieta · Los Andes University (Colombia)
  Charlie Hope · Troy University

  Here are some to get you started...most of them are from a paper I wrote last semester where I was examining the effectiveness of Plan Colombia…wish... [more]

  Here are some to get you started...most of them are from a paper I wrote last semester where I was examining the effectiveness of Plan Colombia…wish I had met you last semester because I did some surveying of Colombia Soldiers that were here in Columbus, Georgia attending the Western Hemisphere Institute of Security Cooperation (WHINSEC)…I tried to get some of my wife’s friends in Colombia, for the civilian view, to do a survey also but none of them sent it back…that left a big hole in my research =(…I am deciding now whether to write my dissertation on "Plan Colombia and its Effect on the Drug Wars in Latin America" or "The Bolivarian Revolution and its Threat to Democracy and Security in the Western Hemisphere"...plan on going to Colombia either this spring or at Christmas because I need to do first hand interviews and visit relatives…I am hoping that when I graduate in March that I can get a job with the US State Department or USAID in Colombia…need to be where my research is…may I also recommend a book written by one of my mentors Dr. Russell Ramsey called “Essays on Latin America” it is an outstanding book and he has written extensively about Colombia…let me know if I can help further… Bagley, Bruce Michael. 2001. Drug Trafficking, Political Violence and U.S. Policy in Colombia in the 1990s. School of International Studies University of Miami. Buckman, Robert T. 2010. Latin America. Baltimore: United Book Press, Inc. Print. pp 110-126 GAO. 2000. Drug Control: Challenges in Implementing Plan Colombia. United States General Accounting Office. 12 October 2000 Felbab-Brown, Vanda. 2009. The Violent Drug Market in Mexico and Lessons from Colombia. Foreign Policy at Brookings. Policy Paper Number 12 March 2009 Holmes, Jennifer S. 2002. Drugs, Violence and Development in Colombia: A Department-Level Analysis. Latin American Politics and Society: University of Miami School of International Studies. pp 157-181 Richani, Nazih. 2007. Caudillos and the Crisis of the Colombian State: Fragmented Sovereignty, The War System and the Privatization of Counterinsurgency in Colombia. Third World Quarterly, Volume. 28, No. 2, 2007, pp 403-417 Saab, Bilal Y and Taylor, Alexander W. 2009. Criminality and Armed Groups: A Comparative Study of FARC and Paramilitary Groups in Colombia. Studies on Conflict and Terrorism. Volume 32. pp. 455-475. Stokes, Doug. 2001. Better Lead Than Bread? A Critical Analysis of US’s Plan Colombia. Civil Wars. Volume 4. No 2 (Summer 2001) pp. 59-78. Manwaring, Max G. 2005. The New Master of Wizard’s Chess: The Real Hugo Chavez and Asymmetric Warfare. Military Review. September-October 2005. P 40-49 Walser, Ray. 2008. Hugo Chavez, Colombia, and FARC. The Heritage Foundation. June 23, 2008.
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• Answer added in Social Movements
  6 Can you say nowadays that popular support of guerrillas (i.e. Colombian FARC or ELN) could be explained by inequality factors (health, GDP per cápita,...
  By Iván Higuera Mendieta · Los Andes University (Colombia)
  Charlie Hope · Troy University

  In my opinion the FARC has survived because of their violence towards the people ...cocaine trafficking and Hugo Chavez ....when I get home from work ... [more]

  In my opinion the FARC has survived because of their violence towards the people ...cocaine trafficking and Hugo Chavez ....when I get home from work I can cut and paste some of my references...my wife is Colombian that is why my MS in International Relations is focused on Latin America and most of the papers I have written have been on Colombia because I am going to do my Dissertation on Colombia.
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