Every Carthage student is required to submit a senior thesis or capstone project to demonstrate their mastery of their chosen area of study.

Here is a look at recent projects by Carthage international political economy majors:

2020

• The Development and Evolution of Neoliberalism: The United States, Great Britain, and the World Stage — Madeline Anderson ’20
• The Energiewende Initiative: A Political Economy Analysis of What Led Germany to Pursue Renewable Energy — Shawn P. Klein ’20
• The Belt and Road Initiative: Furthering Interdependence in the Global Economy — Levi Latoz ’20
• The World Trade Organization and Its Influence on Trade Multilateralism — Zach Schoonaert ’20

2019

• What Are the Economic Impacts of Undocumented Workers in the United States Labor Market? — Maham Ali ’19 
• Venezuela’s Economic Freedom – Examining Which Structures Promote Growth — Jackson Bailey ’19
• The Influence of Religion on the Politics, Economics and Foreign Affairs of America — Dallas Clevenger ’19
• A Curse in Disguise: The Resource Curse, Impacts on Algeria and Venezuela — James Durdan ’19
• The Sun Rising in the East: Regional Development and the Need for Regional Cooperation — James Meason ’19

2018

• The Political Economy of The Dragon’s Ascent: An Expansion on China’s Economic Rise and Threat to U.S. National Security Interests — Owen Myers ’18
• Modern Nationalism and Undocumented Immigration in the United States — Margaret Wixted ’18

2017

• Making Somalia Safe Again – State-Building in the Horn of Africa — Carlos Daez ’17 
• Responsibility to Protect: The European Union and Syria — Stephanie Flores ’17 
• The Deal of the Future: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Its Impact on Asia-Pacific Trade — Logan Frank ’17
• Assessing the African Union’s Global Influence — Monica LaFaive ’17 
• Stuck on Oil: A Case Study on the Venezuelan Oil Crisis — Lorena Retana ’17

2016

• The Two Sides of Energy Security: Political and Economic Implications for Nuclear Power in Japan — Victoria Dillinger ’16
• International Governmental Organizations’ Role in the Growth and Crisis of South Korea — Isaac Smith ’16

2015

• Energy Deregulation in the United Kingdom and United States — Sean Connelly ’15
• Germany’s Economic Miracle — Ben Ertl ’15
• Roles of Women in China — Cecilia Hernandez-Ruiz ’15 
• Economic Bubbles — Ian Johnston ’15
• Guatemala and Political Economy of Civil War — Katherine Schlinder ’15
• South Korea and IGOs — Isaac Smith ’15
• Colombia and the Drug Economy — Kaitlin Theobald ’15
• Education Deregulation: United Kingdom and United States — Allison Von Borstel ’15

2014

• Singapore‘s Economic Development — Michael Hoefler ’14
• Economic Development in Meiji Japan — Erika Larsen ’14
• Economic and Political Effects of the One Child Policy in China — Jacque Lunney ’14
• Global Agricultural Efficiency: Diet on the World Stage — Ashley Mikkola ’14
• United States Trade Policy: The Present and Expansion for the Future — Lauren Waligorski ’14
• The United States and Germany: A Comparison of Financial Regulation and the Great Recession — Jennifer Weiss ’14

2013

• Failed Transition and the Way Forward for Ukraine — Lexi Neumann ’13
• The Economics of Food Aid and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa — Katie Niemeyer ’13
• The Causality of Interventionist Policies: The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran — Megan Neacy ’13
• Turkish Immigration in Germany: an Institutional Examination on the Success of Turkish Immigration in Germany — Adam Marshall ’13
• The Case of a Disappearing Nation: A Critical Review of International Environmental Politics — Megan Phelps ’13

2012

• Regional Trade and Latin America — Mike Gillespie ’12
• China and Study in the United States — Jason Hartfield ’12
• The Reagan Administration’s Economic Policies — Austin Krueger ’12
• China and the World Trade Organization — Kaitlin Lowry ’12
• Turkey and the European Union — Lauren Schoepke ’12
• Russia and the World Trade Organization — Adam Sachs ’12
• Greece, Financial Crisis and the European Union — Kirsten Thomas ’12

2011

• China and Foreign Investment — Jenessa Puno ’11

2010

• Globalization and Women in India — Charlotte Finch ’10
• Brazil Ethanol Program — Kate Frese ’10
• International Monetary Regimes and a Central Bank — Jared Fryksdale ’10
• The Military-Industrial Complex — Cody Hilton ’10
• Past and Present Comparative Advantage — Chumley Hodgson ’10
• Impediments to Economic Development in Afghanistan — Adeeba Karimi ’10
• Laws and Statutes as Means of Development — Josh Lamers ’10
• China’s Economic Development — Trevor Lipsett ’10
• Ethics and Corporate Governace — Amy Santiago ’10
• Balkanization and Regionalism in Spain — Ana Soskic ’10
• Human Trafficking or Role of Women in the Middle East — Nicole Elise Victoria ’10