Essays about: "nuclear policy discourse"

Found 5 essays containing the words nuclear policy discourse.

1. 1. Understanding Military Implications of Nuclear Weapons : A Frame Analysis of U.S. and Russian Nuclear Policy Discourses 2017-2020

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Larisa Saveleva; [2021]
   Keywords : nuclear weapons; nuclear policy discourse; the United States; Russia; framing theory; nuclear realism;

   Abstract : The paper discusses how strategic nuclear capabilities possessed by the world’s largest nuclear powers, the United States and Russia, affect how their state leadership makes sense of the role of military force in international politics. Using the theoretical framework of the theory of nuclear revolution (Jervis 1989) and nuclear realism (van Munster & Sylvest 2016), the author parses the ways in which the role of military force is framed in U. READ MORE

3. 2. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - A Silver Lining in the Mushroom Cloud?

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

   Author : Lydia Ekvall; [2021]
   Keywords : public international law; nuclear weapons; treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force on 22 January 2021, a new legal instrument regulating nuclear weapons entered the international arena. With considerations of the humanitarian and environmental consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, the new Treaty aims for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. READ MORE

4. 3. Depoliticising Energy : A Review of Energy Security in Swedish Policy-Making

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Erik Melin; [2018]
   Keywords : Content Analysis; Deregulation; Depoliticisation; Electricity; Energy; Energy Policy; Energy Security; Energy System; Energy Transition; EU ETS; Green Certificates; Hydropower; Liberalism; Neoliberalism; Nuclear Power; Oil Crisis; Politicisation; Rapid Transitions; Re-politicisation;

   Abstract : In order to cope with the changing climate, there will be a need for mitigating transformations of a scope, speed and magnitude that are unprecedented in human history, but the consensus- and market-driven approach is inhibiting this transformation. This thesis reviews how various discourses and debates on energy policy within Swedish governments have changed between 1974 and 2017, through the lenses of energy security and depoliticisation, and how a better understanding of these debates and discourses may inform the impending large-scale transformation required to meet the challenge of climate change. READ MORE

5. 4. 0 to 100 / The Catch Up : The Securitization and Desecuritization of the Iranian nuclear program in U.S. Presidential Discourse

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Erik Rubaduka; [2017]
   Keywords : President George W. Bush; President Barack Obama; Securitization; Desecuritization; Iranian nuclear program; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : From 2002 to 2015, the Iranian nuclear program was a central issue of U.S. foreign policy. This issue was addressed by the administrations of Presidents George W. READ MORE

6. 5. Transatlantic convergence, divergence and drift : A discourse analysis of the Iranian nuclear weapons program and its effects on transatlantic relations

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Elin Schiffer; [2017]
   Keywords : Transatlantic relations; EU foreign policy; U.S foreign policy; convergence; divergence; drift; Iran; JCPOA;

   Abstract : This study offers a glimpse into how the transatlantic relationship between the European Union (the EU) and the United States of America (the U.S.) has developed during the last three presidential administrations, including the Trump administration. READ MORE