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  1. 1. Publicly approved wars : How soft power is used to sway public opinion

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ville Sternbeck; [2024]
    Keywords : Soft Power; Public Opinion; American Military Intervention; Afghanistan War; Taiwan Crisis;

    Abstract : The United States has always been a very prominent user of hard power and has in most of its existence wielded a great amount of it, seen by their long military history. Another power the United States has a vast amount of is soft power, begging the question how this power has been utilized in the past, to for example create public support for military intervention. READ MORE

  3. 2. Why the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021) Collapsed? The Path to Peace after the Rise of the Taliban 2.0

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sultan Ghulam Dastgir Sani; [2023-06-20]
    Keywords : Collapsed State; The Role of Parliamentarians in Peace Processes; Autocratization; Fundamentalism; Armed Politics;

    Abstract : With the fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021, Afghanistan has been back to where it was in 2001, a closed autocracy ruled by the Taliban. However, it was required to search out why the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 2004-2021 collapsed. READ MORE

  4. 3. When They Count : Civilian Casualty Tracking and Restraint in Partnered Military Operations - A Qualitative Analysis of Afghanistan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Madeline Wiedemann; [2023]
    Keywords : Partnered Military Operations; Restraint; Civilian Casualty Tracking; Afghanistan;

    Abstract : Contemporary conflicts are marked by support relationships between partners for the purpose of achieving common goals, namely partnered military operations. These have been seen to amplify positive or negative repercussions of conflict, like civilian harm and restraint from such. READ MORE

  5. 4. Stalling Democracy in the Middle East : Failure of US Foreign Policy or Absence of Democratic Culture?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Erik Paananen; [2022]
    Keywords : Middle East; United States interventions; Democratic culture; Case studies; nationally representative public opinion surveys.;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to investigate whether the repeated failures to democratize in the Middle East depends on the United States' unsuccessful foreign policy or if it is caused by an absence of democratic culture, focusing primarily on Afghanistan whilst also including Iraq and Libya based on the criteria of having been the subject of US military incursion(s). The research made for this paper is based upon the case study method combined with a quantitative dataset from the Arab Barometer in order to measure democratic culture. READ MORE

  6. 5. The end to the forever war : A content analysis of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hampus Håkansson; [2021]
    Keywords : FPA; Afghanistan; Joe Biden; leadership trait analysis; bureaucratic politics model;

    Abstract : To analyse the war in Afghanistan from different theories is nothing new to the studies of international relations. However, one aspect that yet has been studied regarding the Afghan war is the withdrawal of troops and civilian personnel and why it occurred in August 2021 and not earlier or later. READ MORE