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1. Framing Russia in the National Security Strategy of the United States of America
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : Historically, the USA and Russian Federation have been two world powers that used to compete for a dominant power position in the bipolar world and spread influence on less developed countries. Relationships between the USA and Russia have mostly been complex and tense,with several escalation periods during the Cold War. READ MORE
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2. National identity construction from non-alignment to Nato membership
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : How can we understand the historical development of the Swedish national identity construction in terms of non-alignment and internationalism in the media discourse on Nato membership? Since the end of the Cold War, Sweden has been conducting increasing cooperation with Nato, putting its non-alignment and related internationalist identity narrative into question. Starting from the social constructivist assumption that national identity narratives interact with foreign policy through constructing boundaries for possible behavior, I argue that insights about the Swedish advancement towards Nato can be gained from studying how its national identity is constructed in the newspaper debate. READ MORE
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3. Small State Relations in a Post-Cold War Order : A Case Study of North Macedonia
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : During the Cold War, small states were often side-lined as unimportant or too weak to make an impact on the world stage. However, as the Cold War ended, more smaller states emerged along the emergence of several international institutions and increased focus on international laws, which smaller states sought to uphold through participation in the international forums such as the UN. READ MORE
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4. Constructed Threats : Analyzing how China and North Korea are securitized in Japanese conservative newspapers in relation to the topics of Japan’s constitutional amendment
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : Achieving constitutional amendment has been a goal for the Japanese conservatives for a long time, especially after the Cold War, because Japan’s peace identity has been perceived increasingly “abnormal” by the conservative elites in Japan. It thus engendered the heated debates surrounding whether Japan should change its peace identity via controversial constitutional amendment, which conflicts against established the norm of peace. READ MORE
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5. The Korean Peninsula: Where the Cold War Never Ended : The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea on a peaceful reunification with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
University essay from Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)Abstract : This paper examines different foreign policies of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) with regards to a peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula. The paper uses the theoretical framework of Social Constructivism to analyze what impact the different foreign policies of South Korea towards North Korea have had on their relations, thus providing an understanding of what impact those foreign policies have had on the peaceful reunification process of the Korean Peninsula. READ MORE
