WRITING SAMPLES

Excerpts

“These institutions are, however, designed to work in conjunction with each other and are designed to slow down the decision-making process and incentivize patience and deliberation. This gives the appearance of ineffectiveness, which erodes the EU’s credibility. ”

POL 542A - European Politics and Society

An Energy Crossroads for Turkey: The Coincidental Reform of Turkish Climate Policy

Turkey sits at the nexus of East and West, and is seated perilously atop the crest of modernity - a position it maintains at great cost, both in terms of the burden presently carried by the Turkish people and by its geopolitical neighbors. This is indicatively present in the state's energy infrastructure.

The Structure of the EU and its Role in Global Affairs:

A Relationship of Convenience in the Facing of Growing Tension

The European Union simultaneously represents a departure from the continent's past and the sum of its entire historical experience. Given the complexities this arrangement affords observers, one might find it prudent to examine the Union's founding principles and the threats which presently beseige Europe.

In an effort to effectively demonstrate the focus of my research interests, and what will ideally be perceived as their forward-thinking nature, I am providing a small collection of my graduate-level writing assignments. The aim is to highlight both the breadth and the timely application of my work.

Suicide Bombs as Statecraft: Critiquing Pape’s Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

As geopolitics align, new light can be shed on old scholarship related to the seemingly omnipresent spectre of international terrorism. It is, therefore, appropriate to reexamine foundational scholarly works so as to perpetuate good findings and to offer alternatives as the updated historical record warrants.

“The claim ... that authoritarian regimes are less likely to be targeted by suicide attacks depends on either a peculiarity in the nature of authoritarian regimes, or within the stated purposes of suicide terrorism.”

POL 550A - Research Design in the Social Sciences

Charles Allport

Graduate Portfolio

Excerpts

“These institutions are, however, designed to work in conjunction with each other and are designed to slow down the decision-making process and incentivize patience and deliberation. This gives the appearance of ineffectiveness, which erodes the EU’s credibility. ”

Writing Samples

“The claim ... that authoritarian regimes are less likely to be targeted by suicide attacks depends on either a peculiarity in the nature of authoritarian regimes, or within the stated purposes of suicide terrorism.”

Excerpts

​“These institutions are, however, designed to work in conjunction with each other and are designed to slow down the decision-making process and incentivize patience and deliberation. This gives the appearance of ineffectiveness, which erodes the EU’s credibility. ”

Writing Samples

“The claim ... that authoritarian regimes are less likely to be targeted by suicide attacks depends on either a peculiarity in the nature of authoritarian regimes, or within the stated purposes of suicide terrorism.”

“These institutions are, however, designed to work in conjunction with each other and are designed to slow down the decision-making process and incentivize patience and deliberation. This gives the appearance of ineffectiveness, which erodes the EU’s credibility. ”