Millie Tran

This column was first published in the UCLA Daily Bruin on September 21, 2009.
What’s the home page of your browser? Whatever it is, that window is a subtle window to your accumulated interests or your way to get the news and, by a long shot, maybe even your appreciation for a faster load time.
Those interests [...]

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This paper was submitted for “Political Science 20: World Politics” with Professor Richard Anderson in Spring 2009. The PDF will be available shortly.
Before 1648 and the Peace of Westphalia, states were grouped in geographical blocks, with a focal point usually being the capital of the empire. However, following the treaty, which recognized the territory and [...]

This paper was submitted for “Political Science 20: World Politics” with Professor Richard Anderson and Michael Stone in Spring 2009. The PDF will be available shortly.
Globalization, as suggested by Nau, is the process of consolidating into a single global economy (273). Nau uses Thomas Friedman’s The Earth is Flat as the framework for the history [...]

This paper was submitted for “Global Studies 100B: Globalization – Contemporary Issues” with Professor Russell Burgos, Professor David Rigby, Professor Dominic Thomas and Aron Ballard in Spring 2009. The PDF will be available shortly.
Globalization has increased communication and decreased transportation costs throughout the past decade, enabling countries to prosper and thrive. Why, then has African [...]