Essays about: "critical military studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words critical military studies.

  1. 1. Peace-washing : The pacifization of the Swedish arms export

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Freja Wehrling; [2024]
    Keywords : Sweden; pacifization; militarization; critical peace studies; critical military studies; semiotics; arms export; defense industry; Sverige; militarisering; försvarsindustri; vapenexport; fredstudier; kritiska säkerhetsstudier; semiotik;

    Abstract : Sweden’s role internationally is often cited as a paradox which is argued to have its origin in the opposition between the state’s international humanitarianism and its large arms export. The tension here has often been examined from the perspectives of militarization in research on the subject. READ MORE

  3. 2. The concept of civilians in terrorist thought : A multiple case study on the discourse of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Rebecca Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Terrorist Discourse; Civilians; Critical Discourse Analysis; Al-Qaeda; Islamic State;

    Abstract : Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, studies on Islamic terrorism and terrorist ideology dramatically increased. Although the term has been difficult to define, "terrorism" is commonly used to describe unlawful violence against civilians for political aims. READ MORE

  4. 3. Neutrality 2.0: Redefining the Law of Neutrality in a Changing World - A Critical Analysis on the Validity and Relevance of the Law of Neutrality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecka Margolin; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; law of neutrality; international armed conflict; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The unprecedented military and economic support provided by non-participating States to Ukraine following the Russian aggression has reignited the debate surrounding the law of neutrality. The law of neutrality, first codified in the Hague Conventions of 1907, defines the legal relationship between States involved in an international armed conflict (IAC), known as belligerents, and States not taking part in such hostilities, commonly known as neutrals. READ MORE

  5. 4. What’s harm got to do with it? The framing of accountability and harm in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act Proposal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Yasmin Omar; [2022]
    Keywords : artificial intelligence; European Union; regulation; accountability; harm; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The European Union released an Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation proposal in April 2021 aimed at laying down harmonised rules for AI circulating the Union market. The purpose of this study is to critically examine how accountability and individual, collective, and social harm was approached and framed by the proposal. READ MORE

  6. 5. Russia's Near Abroad

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anton Håkansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Spatiality; Security Cultures; Critical Geopolitics; NATO; Russia; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay combines theoretical insight from critical geo-politics and security studies to create a framework by which Putin’s Russia, his political prescriptions and actions in the international space can better be understood. It describes how the sociospatial entanglement of the post-soviet region that is today known as Russia's ‘near abroad’ intersects with questions about history, identity, ethnicity on the one hand, and security and geo-political anxiety on the other. READ MORE