Essays about: "Alignment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 890 essays containing the word Alignment.

  1. 11. Sweden´s Process to Enter the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) : Decision-making and Bounded Rationality in Times of Crisis

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Moa Hartman; Nadia Akrami Hasan Kiadeh; [2024]
    Keywords : Bounded Rationality Theory; Sweden´s NATO process; Government in Crisis; Sweden´s NATO application; Decision-making Process; NATO Debate; Non-alignment; Non-belligerency; Begränsad Rationalitetsteori; Sveriges NATO-process; Regering i Kris; Sveriges NATO-ansökan; beslutsprocess; NATO-debatt; alliansfrihet; icke-krigsförande;

    Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 set Europe in sorrow, distress, and emergency. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is something Sweden has refrained from joining due to the country’s neutral stance. However, despite Sweden's long-standing neutrality of over 200 years, it was abandoned within only weeks. READ MORE

  2. 12. A secure or sustainable world? : How Sweden’s policies on nuclear proliferation affect the Sustainable Development Goals

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Frida Blomér; [2024]
    Keywords : Nuclear Proliferation; Sustainable Development Goals; Sweden; Security; Development;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to evaluate Sweden’s policies on nuclear proliferation and create a better understanding of how these policies affect Sweden’s work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Amid global concerns about nuclear weapons and their impact on peace, security and sustainable development, Sweden stands as a global leader both regarding disarmament and non-proliferation and sustainable development. READ MORE

  3. 13. NATO or Not

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anton Näslund; [2024]
    Keywords : NATO; Securitization; Multiple Streams Framework; Security; Policy Process; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Using a framework for analyzing security policy consisting of a synthesis of the Multiple Streams Framework by Kingdon (2014) and Securitization theory as described by Balzacq (2010), this study aims to explain the process of Sweden’s national security policy between 2014 and 2022. Such an investigation has relevance particularly for studies of peace, security and policy processes, since it relates to the broader question of what conditions make military alignment possible or impossible. READ MORE

  4. 14. The swing of the pendulum: Sweden's pivot to NATO : A case of small states' shift in security policy

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Irena Bonnier; [2024]
    Keywords : Security and defence policy; Sweden; NATO; Small states studies; Deterrence; Shelter theory s political military dimension; Realism; Foreign Policy Change; Domestic determinants of small states security policy; Process-tracing; Säkerhets- och försvarspolitik; Sverige; NATO; Småstatsteori; Avskräckning; Vindskyddsteorins politiska militära dimension; Realism; Utrikespolitisk förändring; Inhemska påverkansfaktorer på småstaters säkerhetspolitik; Processpårning;

    Abstract : Sweden is the only state in the Baltic Sea region currently not under NATO protection, which puts the state in a particularly vulnerable position. On 18 May 2022, Sweden officially deemed NATO alignment a more effective option of security strategy in projecting deterrence and dealing with the security challenges the state is facing, compared to a strategy of non-alignment which has been Sweden’s security posture for over 200 years. READ MORE

  5. 15. Framing the Olympics: RT’s Responses to Controversies Linked With Russia’s Presence at the Winter Games from 2014-2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier

    Author : Colin Fritz; [2024]
    Keywords : RT; Politicisation of Sport; News Framing; The Olympic Games; Doping; Framing;

    Abstract : The Russian Federation’s presence on the global stage of the Olympic Games has been linked with considerable controversy from 2014 onwards. The nation’s use of international sport for promoting its image, state-sponsored doping, and Russia’s illegal occupations of Ukraine staged in close time proximity with the Games are all controversies which have taken their toll on the country’s image, both within and beyond the context of sport. READ MORE