Essays about: "foreign policy elite"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words foreign policy elite.

  1. 1. From Mandate to Influence: The Role of the EEAS in Shaping EU Foreign Policy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Stina Kinnerbäck; [2023]
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    Abstract : The Lisbon Treaty reformed the institutional design of the EU's foreign policy, expanding the mandate of the HR/VP and establishing a new foreign service to assist the HR/VP, the European External Action Service (EEAS). Concerns by other EU actors to delegate too much power and independence resulted in the EEAS being characterized by multiple control mechanisms and vaguely formulated tasks. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Construction of Security : A Discourse Analysis of Sweden’s Foreign and Security Policy between 2014 and 2023

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för informatik; Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Jarl Hulterström; Matteus Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : Swedish Foreign and Security Policy; Securitisation; Discourse Analysis; Speech Acts; Shifts;

    Abstract : This thesis is conducted as a descriptive single case study to establish empirical knowledge regarding how securitisation is expressed in discourse by the Swedish policymaking elite, in other words “securitising actors”. The thesis takes an ontological approach of interpretivism with a theoretical approach of securitisation theory. READ MORE

  3. 3. ASEAN in a Changing Asia-Pacific

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Erik Franzén; [2023]
    Keywords : Asia-Pacific; AUKUS; Foreign relations; International relations; Security policy; Quad; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how contemporary ASEAN security and defence policies are impacted by a growing external influence in the region. The thesis relies on elite interviews conducted with academic scholars within Southeast Asia. The findings both confirm previous literature and add new insights. READ MORE

  4. 4. How Will the Geopolitics in Assam, Shaped by Religious Mobilization, Affect Bilateral Relations Between India and Bangladesh?

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

    Author : Nikhil Gupta; [2022]
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    Abstract : Religious polarization and its impact on foreign policy in South Asia is a severely underrepresented area of research amongst International Relations scholars. As the nominal hegemon of the region, the transformation of India’s foreign policy into one that prioritizes domestic goals and incorporates ‘civilizational’ conceptions of religion will have a profound impact on its relationships with its neighbors, and stability in the region. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Disguised Variable - The Influence of Russian Elite Clans on Russian Foreign Policy

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

    Author : Domininkas Deksnys; [2020]
    Keywords : Russia; elite clans; Ukraine; NATO; neo-classical realism; neo-realism; Syria; Georgia; pragmatism; transimperialism; systematic process analysis; foreign policy;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the influence of Russian elite clans on Russian foreign policy-making. The goal of this paper is to discover the missing link that connects the changes in the International System to the formation of Russian foreign policy, more specifically the Russo-Georgian War, the occupation of Crimea, and the intervention in Syria. READ MORE