Essays about: "Bilateral cooperation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 essays containing the words Bilateral cooperation.

  1. 21. High North - low tension? A case study of the Norwegian-Russian bilateral relation in the Arctic through the theoretical lens of securitisation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Therese Ekfeldt; [2017]
    Keywords : Securitisation; political threats; bilateral relation; Russia; High North; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The High North has gained a top priority position on the Norwegian political and security agenda in a context of the Arctic region’s growing geopolitical importance. As a result of this, Norway deems that it is ‘necessary’ to maintain close bilateral relations with Russia as some issues in the Arctic region can only be solved through bilateral cooperation. READ MORE

  2. 22. Is BEPS Action 6 “Preventing Treaty abuse” compatible with the EU Law concept of abuse?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Amela Juka; [2016]
    Keywords : Treaty shopping; Treaty abuse; Anti-abuse rules; Double non-taxation; CJEU; LOB Clause; PPT rule; wholly artificial arrangements ; GAAR; BEPS; BEPS action 6; OECD; EU Fundamental Freedoms; EU law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In September 2015, the OECD released the final report on BEPS action 6. The main purpose of the action 6 is the prevention of "granting treaty benefits in inappropriate circumstances". Regarding the prevention of treaty abuse the OECD presented three main recommendations. These actions are only proposals and therefore they constitute soft law. READ MORE

  3. 23. Bilateral interactions and governability of complex environmental issues : A case study of Swedish bilateral environmental cooperation

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Anna George; [2016]
    Keywords : Governability; interactive governance; environmental policy; international cooperation; environmental governance; Internationellt miljösamarbete; miljöpolitik; globala miljöproblem;

    Abstract : While domestic environmental agencies are still responsible for follow up the progress of environmental policy, the context of complex and large-scale environmental problems strongly influence the possibility to fulfill policy objectives. This thesis explores a case of bilateral environmental cooperation carried out by Swedish environmental authorities, to analyze how it contributes to governance and governability of environmental issue areas. READ MORE

  4. 24. Sino - Indian Mutual Perceptions : Intercultural Students’ Discourse on Ontological Security and Identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Lukas Nagel; [2015]
    Keywords : Sino-Indian Perception; Ontological Security Theory OST ; ‘Othering’; Autobiographical Self; Critical Discourse Analysis; Intercultural Students; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A critical review of the history of the discursive formation of Sino-Indian relations suggests that the largely negative mutual perceptions by the Chinese and Indian public and media are opposed by an optimistic discourse of both nations’ political and economic elites. This is also accompanied by a juxtaposed, binary discourse of the bilateral relation by members of the Liberal and Realist camp in academia. READ MORE

  5. 25. Driving Forces Influencing Debate on Intensified Finnish-Swedish Defence Cooperation

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Ville Suominen; [2014]
    Keywords : Finland; Sweden; military cooperation; defence alliance; driving forces; public debate;

    Abstract : This descriptive study focuses on analyzing the factors influencing public debate on intensified Finnish-Swedish defence cooperation, using qualitative abductive content analysis (a combination of Grounded theory analysis and text/content analysis) as the research method. The study was conducted using a model adapted from Tomas Valasek’s hypothesis on pooling and sharing (Surviving Austerity - The case for a new approach to EU military collaboration, 2011), inducted from a corpus collected from Finnish and Swedish public defence debates from 1. READ MORE