Essays about: "Barack Obama"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the words Barack Obama.
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1. The Role of US Foreign Policy, 2013-2022, In the Construction of the Media Image of Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikationAbstract : Reports of smear campaigns and manipulated narratives about Sweden unfolding online, following a few derogatory comments by US President Donald Trump (2017-21), provided this thesis with three research aims. (1) To investigate the framing of Sweden in some of the most influential US newspapers, (2) to examine the agenda-setting role and influence of the president through US foreign policy, (3) to construct a comprehensive US media image of Sweden. READ MORE
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2. “We have to make decisions based not on fear, but on hard-earned wisdom.” : President Obama’s use of historical analogies when justifying the use of weaponized drones in the War on Terror
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : The continued use of weaponized drones in the War on Terror has stirred up a heated debate, both in the scholarly and academic world, and there is still no conclusive empirical evidence to suggest that they are effective. As such, there ought to be factors other than efficacy that impact the decision-making process. READ MORE
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3. Leadership in times of terrorism threat : An Analysis of George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s leadership qualities concerning counterterrorism
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : While the US-presidency comprises the most powerful office of leadership in the world and has also been investigated at various angles in personal, biographical approaches as well as comparative studies, this research paper specifically lays focus and compares the two presidencies of President Bush and President Obama in regard of their leadership qualities and counter-terrorism strategies. Because counterterrorism seems to be a good example of how presidents perform crises-management and because the subject by itself is critical in the perspective of human rights and security concerns, the research paper has chosen to focus on President Bush and President Obama who are known to have chosen different routes and strategies in countering terrorism. READ MORE
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4. The United States and Israel : A study of attitude of the past five United State presidents toward Israel and the Middle East conflict
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Throughout the past eighty years, the United States and Israel have had a close relationship. This study aims to understand and define patterns of behavior from presidents of the United States in their relation with Israel. READ MORE
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5. International Anarchy & the American Leviathan : A study in the moral and empirical applications of Hobbes’ concept of anarchy to American Foreign policy
University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politikAbstract : The current president of the United States, Donald Trump, has been identified as the reason for a large shift in American foreign policy towards a doctrine closer to that of political realism. This claim has led us to examine if this transformation could be detected and described if we analyzed and compared Trump’s foreign policy doctrine with his predecessor, Barack Obama, through the lens Thomas Hobbes, whose ideas are at the core of the three modern schools of political realism. READ MORE
