Essays about: "Swedish arms trade"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Swedish arms trade.

1. 1. Behind Closed Doors : Analysing the Ethical Dilemma of Swedish Arms Export to Saudi Arabia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Anna Wikner; [2023]
   Keywords : Swedish arms trade; Saudi Arabia; international ethics; Swedish foreign policy; security policy; military equipment; human rights; democracy;

   Abstract : This study aims to shed light on the ethical implications of Sweden’s arms export to Saudi Arabia. It compares the compatibility of such exports with fundamental human rights standards and analyses the Swedish Government's justification of arms trade to Saudi Arabia in relation to international and local ethics, considering the principles of human rights, conflict resolution, states’ responsibility in promoting peace and conflict resolution and the recognition of people’s shared responsibility for the well-being of all people. READ MORE

3. 2. The Rise and Fall of the First Feminist Foreign Policy : Understanding Sweden’s Unprecedented Policy Approach Between 2014 – 2022 and the Role of Norm Entrepreneurship

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Hanna Walfridsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Feminist Foreign Policy; Norm Entrepreneurship; Gender; WPR; Sweden;

   Abstract : In 2014, Sweden created the first feminist foreign policy (FFP). Other states have since adopted FFPs as tools to further gender equality at a time of women’s rights regressions. Following a government shift in 2022, Sweden also became the first to dismantle the framework. READ MORE

4. 3. Arms Trade & Democracy : How Sweden justifies weapons exports to non-democracies.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Amanda Luboya; [2018]
   Keywords : weapons trade; democracy; framing theory; argumentation analysis;

   Abstract : Sweden is top ranked in indexes measuring democracy, but the country is also a major weapons exporter. The contradiction is reflected upon in this paper, where Sweden as a well established democracy seems to be going against its own democratic values when exporting weapons to non-democracies. READ MORE

5. 4. Masters of war : Sweden’s dual role as a humanitarian superpower and arms exporter

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Milla Kreander; [2018]
   Keywords : Sweden; Saudi Arabia; Saab; arms export; cosmopolitanism; global responsibilities; CSR; stakeholder analysis; human rights; democracy; dictatorship; foreign policy; Business and Economics; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Context/Purpose/Material: Sweden, portrayed as a humanitarian superpower, has been widely criticised for the export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, a state on the other side of the spectrum, as a human rights-violating authoritarian regime. Sweden is still continuing the export to Saudi Arabia, despite Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations both within and outside the country. READ MORE

6. 5. Development and Legitimacy of Export Credit Agencies: A case study of the Swedish Export Credit Guarantee Board’s Exportkreditnämnden policy objectives and their compatibility with the Swedish policies for global development

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Sara Bergdahl; [2017]
   Keywords : ECAs; policy for global development; sustainable development; Agenda 2030; Legitimacy theory; EKN; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyze in which principal ways the Swedish Export Credit Guarantee Board’s Exportkreditnämnden (EKN) policy objectives are compatible and incompatible with Sweden’s Policy for Global Development (PGU). The study is conducted as a qualitative case study with secondary sources as empirical foundation. READ MORE