Essays about: "Changes in the concept of international security"

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  1. 1. Building resilience in Malawi. The prominence of resilience in international development, how it is performed, and its potential and consequences

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Daniel Wallinder; [2014]
    Keywords : Resilience; vulnerability; governmentality; food security; poverty reduction; Malawi; Foucault; Dean; Reid; Joseph.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the reasoning behind the prominence of resilience building in Malawi’s development strategies, how resilience building is performed in Malawi, and what the potential and consequences of resilience in Malawi might be. In observations of a resilience building project and interviews with development practitioners, it was found that resilience had become prominent in Malawi primarily since it is advocated by donors. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Exercise of Power through Creation of Knowledge: A Narrative of Environmental Change During Colonization in Kiambu, Kenya

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kristin Follis; [2012]
    Keywords : environmental narratives; colonization; soil erosion; Kenya; knowledge power; sustainable development;

    Abstract : Ongoing environmental change is one of the greatest barriers facing programs and policies aiming to achieve sustainable development today. While the concept of sustainable development is relatively new, the threat of environmental change is not. READ MORE

  4. 3. The security conceptualization by NATO, Canada, and Afghanistan's Local Perceptions. Comparative study in a context of multiple stakeholders

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Jonathan Abitbol; [2010]
    Keywords : Afghanistan; securitization; civil-military; NATO; Canada; development; militarization;

    Abstract : Canada took part in NATO's mission to restructure Afghanistan. The coalition removed the Taliban Government and made-way for a new Afghan Authority. Canada and its NATO allies identified the predominant issues it considered in the planning and implementation of its intervention. READ MORE

  5. 4. Legal Protection of Trade Secrets: Case Study of Latvia, Present Issues and Perspectives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Julija Menise; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The topic of this graduate essay is 'Legal Protection of Trade Secrets: Case Study of Latvia, Present Issues and Perspectives'. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how trade secrets are protected at the international and regional level&semic to analyze how international requirements are implemented in Latvia as well as to propose feasible improvements in a model of legal protection and regulation of trade secrets in Latvia, which take into account the international requirements. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Mortality or Pre-Emtive War : In search of Justifications and Guidelines for Pre-Emptive Warfare

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Sarunsiri Srimuang; [2007]
    Keywords : Morality of war; Ethics of war; Rights to national self-defense; Jus Ad Bellum; Jus In Bello; Jus Post Bellum; Warfare; International Security; Principle of Double-Effects; Reflective Equilibrium; Nuclear threats; Modern threats.; Just war tradition; Pre-emptive war; Just Pre-emptive war;

    Abstract : The thesis argues that, as a tradition, the concept of just war is socially and contextually sensitive and revisable. It explores the relevance of theory according to the dynamic changes in the nature of threats in the international arena and concludes that the just war tradition is still relevant to the contemporary modern threats that require an act of pre-emptive warfare. READ MORE