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1. China's Soft Power in Africa : A Qualitative Content Analysis on China's Strategic Narrative Projection in Ethiopia and South Africa
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : China is believed to employ soft power in international politics to facilitate its peaceful riseand enhance its global appeal by leveraging numerous soft power resources. This study challenges the prevailing resource-centric understanding of China’s soft power by employing a constructivist framework wherein soft power manifests via the deployment of strategic narratives. READ MORE
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2. Sports & politics : Legacy, rights, and labour within the soft power mechanisms of the United Bid 2026
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : The 2022 World Cup, a major opportunity for Qatar to enhance its soft power, had recently concluded with a victory that was as heavily contested as it was celebrated, namely the crowning of Argentina as world champions. Argentina’s win comes as a culmination for over a decade of continuous debates on critical topics that disempowered Qatar on the global stage, such as the exploitation of labor during the preparation for the 2022 WC which led to thousands of deaths of migrant workers, or the briberies offered by the Qatari government in order to influence the votes for the hosting rights. READ MORE
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3. Smart Power: Bridging Inconstancies in Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Feminist foreign policy initiatives have since they first appeared weathered criticism when put in relation to an active weapons export often to non-democratic states violating women’s rights. This paper then examines the Swedish case by using argumentation analysis as method to test the moral commitments of Sweden’s foreign policy initiative against recent arms deals. READ MORE
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4. FPGA Implementation of the ORB Algorithm
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknikAbstract : Image feature extraction has become a key technology in the field of autonomous Artificial Intelligence. The algorithm Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF (ORB), uses established technologies in image processing to allow a computer to ”see” and navigate its surroundings. READ MORE
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5. The European Union Strategy for International Cultural relations : Origins and response to the role of the EU in cultural diplomacy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : After years of fragmented and unsuccessful attempts to put culture at the top of the EU agenda for external relations, on the 8th of June 2016 something changed. That day the HR/VR Federica Mogherini addressed the European Parliament and the Council with the 2016 Joint Communication ‘Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations’. READ MORE
