Alright, I know a lot of you are saying, "What the hell is he thinking?" Well, I put a lot of time into these, and I thought other people could use them too. Or failing that, they might be entertaining. Some of this stuff is, in my opinion, pretty damned good. But it's up to you to see if you like it or not. Most everything on here is in Microsoft Word format - sorry, I hate Bill Gates too, but it's universal now. Damnit. But the latest stuff... thanks to OS X... is in PDF. Also easier to read, in my humble opinion. So here we go...

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Deterring Religious Terrorism (PDF) Some of you have already read this one... anyway, it's possibly the basis for my PhD dissertation (whenever the hell I go for that) and definitely is the basis for a paper I'm writing for the Georgetown Student Conference on Security... once I get through finals, that is. Basically using a simple game-theoretic framework to demonstrate that yes, in fact, terrorists can be deterred.

Threats of Third Party Intervention and Territorial Conflicts (PDF) Building on my terrorism research, but less formalized, to look at how states signal intervention in territorial conflicts, and how at least for the US, this is a more persuasive argument than that revolving around the offense-defense balance or the ability to pay aggressors off.

Islam as a Normative Framework in Middle Eastern Politics (PDF) Building on past years' worth of research, a critique of Michael Barnett and an argument for a more nuanced view of norms in Middle Eastern politics, that in fact, religion counts as a very potent normative framework.

Keynote speech on "Resolved: That American Foreign Policy Should Be Dictated By Morality (the resolution was the reverse, but I spoke against the reverse, so it's easier to state it as such) Delivered in the Georgetown University Philodemic Debate Society 1 March 2001. And just for the record, it's the best damn speech I've ever given, in my opinion.

The E-C Theory of Economic Determinism and Extra-Curricular Longing. Who are E and C? If you don't know, then too bad.

A legal opinion I wrote for the Georgetown University Student Association Constitutional Council. Supporting documentation available from GUSA and The Yard. It's dense, I know, but hell, you only get one chance to write a legal opinion, right?

Opacity and The Future of Israeli Nuclear Doctrine for my class on International Security and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Fall 2000, Dean Robert L. Gallucci

It's Been A Long Time Since St. Mihiel for Explorers, Warriors and Statesmen II, Dean Peter F. Krogh, Spring 2000.

The Latin Mass, SSPX, and Schismatic Conservatives in the American Catholic Church for my Catholicism and Society class with Prof. Chester Gillis, Spring 2001.

Argentina Since the End of the Cold War - Democratization for Latin America during the Cold War, Prof. Brian Latell, Spring 1999.

The United States and World War I for my World War I As Historical Watershed class, Fall 2000, Prof. Aviel Roshwald

The Myth of Monolithic Islam for Middle Eastern Civilization II, Prof. Yvonne Haddad, Spring 1999.

Hierarchy and Congregation in the American Catholic Church for Catholicism and Society with Prof. Chester Gillis, Spring 2001.

The Fall of Allende for Latin America during the Cold War with Prof. Brian Latell, Spring 1999.

Nuclear Deterrence, Defense and Nonproliferation and Just War for Just Wars in Theory and Practice, Fall 2000, Profs. Fr. John Langan and Sir Michael Quinlan

General Curtis LeMay and the Cuban Missile Crisis for Cuban Missile Crisis, Prof. Brian Latell, Spring 2000.

The Third World and the Origins of the Cold War, Origins of the Cold War, Fall 2000, Prof. David Painter

The People's Liberation Army and Chinese Foreign Policy Decision-Making for Chinese Foreign Policy, Prof. Robert Sutter, Fall 1999.

Covert Action as an Instrument of US Foreign Policy, Intelligence in the Post-Cold-War World, Fall 2000, Prof. Harold Bean

Future Threats to International Security for Military Security in World Politics, Prof. Michael Brown, Spring 2000.

David Ben-Gurion, Explorers, Warriors, Statesmen II, Spring 2000, Prof. Peter Krogh

Like I said, more to come as I come up with 'em...