The GMAP Thesis
GMAP students choose the thesis on a topic covered during the program. During the midyear residency, participants discuss requirements and topics and a master’s thesis instructor works with students throughout the year to answer questions and facilitate the preparation process. In the third term, students defend the thesis (25-40 pages long) before faculty as well as members of their team.
Examples of recent thesis topics are:
- The New Peacebuilding Architecture of the United Nations: Challenges and Potential for Adding Value
- The Eight Domains of Development: Building an Integrative Model
- A security analysis of Iranian Support to Iraqi Shia Militias
- Sovereign Wealth Funds and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: Need for a Balanced Approach
- Russia's Gas Stoppage to the Ukraine: Aggressive Foreign Policy or Strategic Economic Gambit?”