Nicole Mariam Heydari

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Speeches, Publications and Commendations

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Speaking Engagements:

 Commendations/Awards: 

  • Paul Harris Fellow, September 20, 2014
  • Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for service with NATO in relation with the ISAF operation, December 7, 2012 
  • Recipient of 10,000 USD Humble and Houston Rotary Clubs district funds for Master’s Degree at DA in Vienna, September 7-8, 2011 
  • Ambassador For Peace, Universal Peace Federation, Austria, July 2, 2011
  • Brigadier General Pierre CHAVANCY, Task Force La Fayette Commander, ISAF Regional Command East, October 26, 2010
  • Brigadier General Marcel DRUART, Task Force La Fayette Commander, ISAF Regional Command East, April 26, 2010
  • Chairman of Nijrab District Council, Afghanistan  (ASOP Shura), 2010
  • Ed Roth, Special Agent, Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance, Diplomatic Security Service, US Department of State, June 7, 2007
  • Ronald L. Martinson, Staff Director, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, US Congress, August 4, 2006   

PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS
 
2016
They Know Our Pain- Small Wars Journal Blog 
 
2014
Why Join ISIS?-Published in Polemics, The Magazine of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
 
2013

MASTER THESIS: "Don't let them rot." Battling for Minds in Afghanistan 

Fighting with a velvet glove- Published in Polemics, The Magazine of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

Why Democracy might not work in Afghanistan /

Supporting Democracy through Security, NATO’s Role in Afghanistan

 
2012
America, don't forget your backyard!- Published in Polemics, Volume III, Issue I
Can Germany Become a World Leader?
Meet the Most Powerful Drug Cartels in Mexico
Winning the Drug War in Mexico-Policy Paper for US Secretary of Defense
Can Human Development Save Dictators?
Colonel Gaddafi's case: a double standard of justice?- Published in Polemics, Volume II, Issue II 
Framing the Drug War in Mexico 
 
2011
The UN's Role in Maintaining Global Security with the Emergence of Trans-state Terrorist Actors  
Strategizing US-Taliban Negotiations in Afghanistan: Post Osama Bin Laden
Fujimori’s Evolving Leadership and Machiavellian Downfall- A Charismatic, Transactional and Amoral Leader
 
2010
Strategy for Addressing Road Compensation Issues in Nijrab District, Afghanistan; Female Engagement Strategy for Kapisa Province;The Nijrab Road Compensation Model;;Road Compensation Final PaperRoad Maintenance Teams in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan;US Diplomatic Cable on Road Compensation   
 
2009
Final Report for Anticorruption Initiative Madagascar (AIM) Country Program- USAID   
 
2008
Afghanistan Development Assistance Strategy;The Need to Refocus Aid in Afghanistan: Women Empowerment Through Education;Why is Afghanistan a Failed State? Institutions, Culture and Traps;The Women's Movement under the Islamic Regime: Leaders of a democratic political transition? ;The Cost of China's One-Child Policy--What can China learn from India? 
 
2007
Colombia and Venezuela- The Evolution of the Party System; Das demokratische Defizit der Europäischen Union nach dem Reformvertrag; Der Konflikt in Sri LankaHow Nationalism Determines Outlooks on Immigration in the United StatesI;ran- The Paradox of Pro-AmericanismIst die Politik in der EU mehr als die Summe ihrer Teile?;The Cuban and Singaporean Health Systems-How Financing Affects Performance;The Evolution of the Relationship between Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran
 
2006
FARC- Terrorists or Not? History of the Middle Sector in Latin America;Iran and Turkey- The rise of Islam explained;Neo-Shiism- How did a theological vision become a national agenda?; The Promotion of Islamic Culture through Iranian Films;United States’ Influence on the Establishment of Military Dictatorships in Latin America