Essays about: "Chechnya"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Chechnya.

  1. 1. "Cool Neighbours" : How has Sweden’s attitude towards Russia changed since the end of the Cold War?

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

    Author : Karin Lidqvist; [2016]
    Keywords : Sweden; Russia; Attitude; Foreign Politics; Culture;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to describe how the attitude of the Swedish Riksdag towards Russia has changed during the post-Cold War era. Describing the change in attitude is done by using Alexander Wentd's Social theory of international relations, and the constructivist idea of external shocks influencing state behaviour. READ MORE

  3. 2. State Fragility, Migration, Integration and Terrorism? A Historic opportunity towards mutual recognition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Moath Kasasbeh; [2015]
    Keywords : Jihadism; conflicts; wars; political violence; military coups; terrorist groups; Islamist fundamentalism; Iraq; Syria; Yemen; Libya; Somalia; Afghanistan; Caliphate; failed states; Fragile States; State Fragility; Migration; Integration; Terrorism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Jihadism has become a major topic in Western as well as non-western public debate. Many military groups have sprung up in late 20th and early 21st century, claiming legitimacy using jihad for a wide variety of causes ranging from Kashmir, Somalia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Nigeria. READ MORE

  4. 3. Collective Political Violence in the North Caucasus: Chechen Conflict and Insurgency Analysis

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Michael Edwards; [2012]
    Keywords : Chechnya; Basic Needs; Relative Deprivation; Terrorism; Identity; Political Violence; Provention;

    Abstract : This Bachelor thesis is a study of collective political violence in the context of the Chechen conflict which continues to this present day. The information gathered and analysed as well as the frameworks used in the analysis are taken from numerous academic texts written on the subjects of Chechnya, Terrorism and theories on conflict and conflict resolution. READ MORE

  5. 4. Media Portrayals of the Russian-Chechen Conflict. Representations of Political Violence and Identity - a Discourse Analysis

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

    Author : Anja Westberg; [2010]
    Keywords : Chechnya; Identity; Political violence; Media;

    Abstract : Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka diskurser om interna och ”etniska” konflikter som återfinns i representationer av den rysk-tjetjenska konflikten i media. Med diskursanalys som metod analyseras nyhetsrapportering av de två post-sovjetiska krigen i Tjetjenien mellan 1995 och 2009. READ MORE

  6. 5. The right to life in internal armed conflict: a study of the Chechen cases before the European Court

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Dorien van Veelen; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A thesis about the right to life in internal armed conflict must necessarily take both human rights law and humanitarian law into account. Human rights law, which has codified the right to life in its main instruments, is applicable both in time of peace and in time of war, whereas humanitarian law is only applicable during armed conflict. READ MORE