Essays about: "Civil defence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Civil defence.

1. 1. Private-Public Collaboration in Sweden’s Civil Preparedness

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Victor Heidenfors Armblad; [2024]
   Keywords : Private-public collaboration; collaborative governance; crisis management; civil defence; security; theory-testing; nested case study; civil preparedness; contingency sector; total defence;

   Abstract : Recent developments in Sweden’s security policy have prompted the rearmament of the total defence. The total defence comprises both military and civil defence. The civil defence, in conjunction with crisis preparedmess, forms Sweden’s civil preparedness. READ MORE

3. 2. Effects of Prolonged Electricity Supply Disruptions on Critical Entities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : André Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : vital societal function; VSF; critical entity; CE; vital societal entity; VSE; critical infrastructure; CI; critical flow; prolonged outage; electricity supply disruption; preparedness; total defence; civil defence; civil preparedness; crisis preparedness; grey zone; critical entities resilience; CER; hybrid warfare; energy security; societal resilience; cascading effect; dependencies; interdependencies; long-term disruption; power outage; power disruption; consequences; outage; samhällsviktig verksamhet; kritisk infrastruktur; totalförsvar; beredskap; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This study investigates Swedish critical entities (CEs) ability to maintain function during up to three months of electricity supply disruptions. It also examines possible improvement measures, and how contextual cases (grey zone, heightened state of alert, war) influence CEs’ ability to maintain function during electricity supply disruptions. READ MORE

4. 3. Rule of Flaws : Challenges to Revitalizing the International Legal Protection of Search and Rescue Humanitarian Aid Workers Facing Criminalization in the Mediterranean

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Annachiara Ruzzetta; [2023]
   Keywords : Criminalization; policing humanitarianism; search and rescue; humanitarian aid workers; Mediterranean Sea; legal protection;

   Abstract : In the latest years, European governments have increasingly criminalized providing support to displaced people. Humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGO) carrying out life-saving search and rescue (SAR) activities in the Mediterranean Sea have been facing wide obstacles in aiding newcomers, and in many instances have been subject to criminal proceedings. READ MORE

5. 4. Boots On The Ground? How Strategic Culture Influences The Role Of The Armed Forces In Domestic Counterterrorism

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Madeleine Dahllöf; [2023]
   Keywords : Strategic culture; counterterrorism; domestic security; Belgium; Sweden; armed forces; war studies;

   Abstract : Similar countries are often expected to respond to threats in similar ways. Nevertheless, in Europe alone, similar countries have responded significantly different to the threat of terrorism. READ MORE

6. 5. Russia-Ukraine War: A Critical Assessment of Youth’s Security Threat Perceptions in Växjö

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Emmanuel Sitta Ngissa; [2023]
   Keywords : Cold War; Russia-Ukraine war; Security threats; Ontological security; Youths; Crisis preparedness; Perceptions;

   Abstract : Since the end of the Cold War, security and security threats have transcended beyond the traditional security aspects due to changed global interactions in the facets of economic, political, diplomatic and even domestic policies of individual states. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has not only heightened defence and security concerns in Europe and globally but has also revived the Cold War security tensions in some way necessitating an understanding of how contemporary security threats and crisis preparedness are perceived by civilians in this modern day and age. READ MORE