UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #559
Submission information
Submission Number: 559
Submission ID: 9066
Submission UUID: 2fa2481e-eb62-4cb3-bc3e-0ea4830685f4
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
Submission Update: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=AxYpydm62Y81sS9IYvdAmMyKHdqUiDOE_iu8j6esprQ
Created: Wed, 08/23/2023 - 08:58 PM
Completed: Wed, 08/23/2023 - 08:58 PM
Changed: Thu, 08/24/2023 - 09:02 AM
Remote IP address: 95.143.61.125
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
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serial: '559' sid: '9066' uuid: 2fa2481e-eb62-4cb3-bc3e-0ea4830685f4 uri: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal created: '1692838681' completed: '1692838681' changed: '1692882177' in_draft: '0' current_page: '' remote_addr: 95.143.61.125 uid: '0' langcode: en webform_id: urop_project_proposal_portal entity_type: node entity_id: '1116' locked: '0' sticky: '0' notes: '' data: approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '5' are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes' confirmation_1: '1' contact_email_fsu_email: '' contact_email_fsu_email2: '' contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: hm22o@fsu.edu fsu_college: 'Social Sciences and Public Policy' fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Political Science' headshot_optional_: '27071' if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: '' mentoring_philosophy: 'Explain research goals and agenda very well so the mentees'' feel engaged in the research. Make sure that the research question, theory, and methods are well understood by the mentees'' so they take full advantage of the work they are doing. Asking them about their opinion, taking their suggestions, and engage them in the research ideas so they enjoy what they do and feel involved in the process. ' mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1' name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: '' number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '1' other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: '' overall_research_project_description: 'Why some Arab states signed normalization agreements with Israel while other Arab states did not? What explains variation in the behavior of Arab states toward Israel? The American role in altering the calculus of MENA regimes toward Israel is well observed and assumed, but rarely measured. In this research, I propose costly signal argument linking US high-level leader visits and in-person diplomacy to the behavior of MENA regimes toward Israel. I argue that more exchanged visits between US and MENA leaders are associated with more moderate behavior of MENA regimes toward Israel. My approach yields a cross-sectional time-series dataset using data on US diplomatic visits and measures of UNGA voting affinity, latent interstate hostility, and bilateral trade across 22 MENA countries from 1950 to 2020. I find considerable empirical support to the theoretical prediction: diplomatic visits correspond to decreasing distance between the UNGA ideal points of MENA states and Israel and increasing volumes of bilateral trade with Israel. I also find no evidence that these associations are conditional on the amount of received aid from the US as a compensatory material benefit. These findings advance new empirical knowledge about the scope and magnitude of American diplomacy in shaping the politics of the MENA region.' please_add_any_additional_information_here: '' please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: '' please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Fully Remote' please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus' position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule' position_title: 'Graduate Student' primary_research_mentor_name: 'Hashim Malallah ' project_keywords: 'US foreign policy, Diplomacy, MENA, Israel, conflict ' relevant_student_major_s_: | open to all majors; political science is recommended. research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: '' research_mentor_pronouns: '' research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: '' research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: |- data collection (mainly) literature review roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: '' skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: 'Experience with Excel is recommended. ' title_of_the_project: 'IN SEARCH OF THE SOFT EFFECT: US SOFT POWER AND MENA STATES’ FOREIGN BEHAVIOUR' update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=AxYpydm62Y81sS9IYvdAmMyKHdqUiDOE_iu8j6esprQ' urop_performance_evaluation: '1' urop_poster_presentation: '1' when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: '' when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: '' when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: '' would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: 'No' year: '2023'