Essays about: "Alexander Brännlund"
Found 2 essays containing the words Alexander Brännlund.
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1. He who desires peace? : A comparative case study analysis of why national nuclear weapon doctrines and evolving strategies change, application in relation to offensive and defensive neorealist theory
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : This essay bases itself on a qualitative method and a case study analysis of seven objects of analysis, partly the nations who are identified as superpowers among nuclear weapons states, long term possessors of nuclear weapons, and new players. It also examines the historical and contemporary nature of national nuclear doctrine with the aim of conceptualising change and why they occur in doctrines, as well as testing these changes against theories of offensive and defensive neorealist assumptions on what drives states to act within the sphere of nuclear force. READ MORE
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2. Israel's Best Offense is a Good Defense : Assessing defensive realism as applied to the Six-Day-War and the Israeli-Arab peace treaties
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : In the form of a theory testing case study based upon the seminal works of Kenneth Waltz and Stephen Walt, this thesis seeks to uncover whether defensive realism can be applied with focus on Israeli international conduct. This is defined by their wartime actions as well as their peacekeeping efforts. READ MORE
