Essays about: "Just War Theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 42 essays containing the words Just War Theory.

  1. 16. Intervention? Yes, it’s Just War : Analyzing the possibilities of justifying a U.S. intervention according to the Just War Theory

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carl-Christian Nasri; [2019]
    Keywords : Just War Theory; Thomas Aquinas; Syria; Chemical Weapons; legitimacy;

    Abstract : This study will focus on examining the probabilities of justifying military interventions. In order to conduct this study, the U.S. will be the subject of interest. READ MORE

  3. 17. Can securitization be just? A case study of the U.S securitization of bioterrorism post 9/11

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ellen Edman; [2019]
    Keywords : Al-Qaeda; Anthrax; Biodefense; Bioterrorism; Just Securitization Theory; Securitization; War on Terror; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study investigates the morality of securitization. More specifically, it examines the possibility of a just securitization. Using Just Securitization Theory, developed by Rita Floyd, it analyzes the morality of a case of securitization. The selected case for testing Just Securitization Theory is the U. READ MORE

  4. 18. Decision-makers’ Use and Abuse of Human Rights - A study into the role of human rights in the political decision-making process leading up to Denmark’s military engagement in Iraq

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Hansine Kryhlmand Jørgensen; [2019]
    Keywords : Danish foreign policy; just war theory; activist military politics; human rights; decision-making;

    Abstract : The thesis critically assesses the decision-making process leading up to the acceptance of bill B 118 which approved Danish military action in the American-led multilateral coalition ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’. The analysis will use coding through a qualitative content analysis to investigate the potential use and abuse of human rights framework by decision-makers, during this process. READ MORE

  5. 19. How to justify an intervention: The Saudi Arabian arguments for military intervention in the Yemen Civil War

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Knut Bonde; [2018]
    Keywords : Yemen; military intervention; Saudi Arabia; just war theory; jus ad bellum; legitimacy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2015, a coalition comprised of Saudi Arabia and its allies, conducted a military intervention in Yemen to protect the internationally recognized government. This study aims to analyse how Saudi Arabian officials has justified the intervention to fight against the Houthi rebels through three principles of just war theory. READ MORE

  6. 20. Looking for Mrs Dalloway

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Ethel Schols; [2018]
    Keywords : philosophical; relativism; aftermaths of the war; oppression; dichotomy; fear of living and fear of dying; suicide and revival; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay examines the philosophical questions posed in Virginia Woolf’s famous novel Mrs Dalloway (1925) set in London in the aftermath of World War I. In her unique tone and poetic aesthetics, Woolf deals with questions about war and its aftermaths, evil and oppressive power, time and temporality, duality of life, fear of suffering and death, sacrifice and suicide but also, most importantly, love of life. READ MORE