Essays about: "world peace and security"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words world peace and security.

  1. 1. Regions as Security Providers: The Evolution of the West African Regional Security Complex

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jan Persson; [2013]
    Keywords : Regions; West Africa; Security; Constructivism; Norms; Institutions; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the region in its role as a regional security provider through a within-case study of West Africa. The point of departure is on one hand that contemporary threats to international peace and security are increasingly regional, arising within states rather than from a global or out-of-region origin, and on the other hand that the regions among the world has become salient security providers. READ MORE

  3. 2. An army of working individualists? : A phenomenological interview study of Swedish soldiers going to, working and being in Afghanistan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Emet Brulin; [2012]
    Keywords : Swedish soldiers; phenomenology; Afghanistan; Swedish Armed Forces; qualitative interviewing; Svenska soldater; fenomenologi; Afghanistan; Försvarsmakten; kvalitativa intervjuer;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the lived life-world of Swedish soldiers that have worked in Afghanistan as part the ISAF mission. It studies the soldiers' experiences by drawing on five qualitative, open interviews and analyses these from a phenomenological perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Evolution of a Responsibility to Protect in Africa : The African Unions Emerging Peace and Security Regime

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Veronica Hjälm; [2010]
    Keywords : International law; Humanitarian interventions; Responsibility to protect; AU; UN;

    Abstract : The thesis focuses on, and tries to evaluate, the role that the African Union (AU) plays in protecting the peace and security on the African continent. The thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach to the topic by both utilizing international relations and international law theories. READ MORE

  5. 4. Can nationalism be justified as a tool for human organization in a globalizing world? If not what are the alternatives?

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle

    Author : Guy Henderson; [2010]
    Keywords : nationalism; cosmopolitanism;

    Abstract : The goal of the thesis is to provide a critique of nationalism and its effect on international relations. It is also to look at alternatives to nationalism as human forms of organization and to see if they are viable. The main theories employed here are those of realism, which is tied to theories of nationalism, and cosmopolitanism. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Evolution of a Responsibility to Protect in Africa : The African Unions Emerging Peace and Security Regime

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Veronica Hjälm; [2010]
    Keywords : International law; Humanitarian interventions; Responsibility to protect; AU; UN;

    Abstract : The thesis focuses on, and tries to evaluate, the role that the African Union (AU) plays in protecting the peace and security on the African continent. The thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach to the topic by both utilizing international relations and international law theories. READ MORE