Essays about: "military intervention"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 72 essays containing the words military intervention.

1. 21. “We Are Together” : cultural trauma and discourse of collectivism in Chinese video representation of the COVID-19 epidemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Shujing Zheng; [2021]
   Keywords : risk society; ontological insecurity; cultural trauma; collectivism; COVID-19; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis has two aims. One is to situate COVID-19 in a macro narrative that characterizes our time as a risk society or reflexive modernization. The other is to bring public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic into the sharp focus of cultural trauma study which is closely related to media representations. READ MORE

3. 22. The Power of Values in Determining Interstate Threat Perception

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

   Author : Katrīna Marija Sitniece; [2021]
   Keywords : Threat perception; Values; Interstate; Conflict; Threat; Pre-emptive war; Peace and conflict; International relations; Russia; Military intervention; Regional security complex; Value congruence; 2014; Ukraine 2014; Belarus; Poland; Sweden; Europe; Perception;

   Abstract : Interstate threat perception plays a vital role in peace and conflict, having the potential to lead to pre-emptive war.  Despite the significance of the theme, little is known about the elements and mechanisms at play guiding threat perception at the state level. READ MORE

4. 23. Fighting Wars to End Wars : A Critical Discourse Analysis of George H.W. Bush’s justification for U.S. Intervention

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

   Author : Sacida Bile Osman; [2021]
   Keywords : CDA; Persian Gulf War; Somalia; George H.W. Bush; The U.S.;

   Abstract : Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is an interdisciplinary approach that studies the relationship between power, language, ideology, and social structures in the various forms of discourse.  Fairclough’s three-dimensional model was employed as the foundation and van Dijk’s ideological square as an assist to deepen the analytical focus on the speeches held by George H. READ MORE

5. 24. The imitation game : An analysis of Russian and Anglo-Saxon strategic narratives in connection to military intervention abroad

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Frida Granath; [2021]
   Keywords : imitation theory; strategic narratives; soft power; military intervention; the United States; the United Kingdom; Russia; Libya; Syria;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the similarities and differences between Russian and Anglo-Saxon strategic narratives in relation to the interventions in Syria 2015 and Libya 2011. The aim is to investigate the imitation theory further as it has been described by Krastev and Holmes (2019) and if it is possible to claim that the Russian regime has used imitated strategic narratives from the United States and the United Kingdom as a soft power tool in the Syrian intervention. READ MORE

6. 25. A Forever Superior French Self in its former pré carré africain? : A post-structuralist foreign policy analysis of Emmanuel Macron's legitimation discourse around Operation Barkhane in Mali

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

   Author : Kira Pakarinen; [2021]
   Keywords : Franco-African relations; Operation Barkhane; Emmanuel Macron; France; Mali; Sahel; post-structuralism; foreign policy analysis; international intervention; legitimacy;

   Abstract : Notwithstanding the promises of an end to the Françafrique era, France remains the desired external security actor in francophone Africa. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the discursive legitimation strategies of Emmanuel Macron on France’s military activism in Mali, inquiring ‘How did the French President Emmanuel Macron discursively legitimize France’s military presence in Mali before the announcement of the end of Operation Barkhane?’. READ MORE