Essays about: "Crimea"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the word Crimea.

  1. 1. Constructing Capabilities : Military Strategies of Small States in an Age of Transition: Examining the Influence of Strategic Culture

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Lara Kristjansdottir; [2024]
    Keywords : Strategic culture; neorealism; military strategy; defence planning; small state security; Sweden and Denmark.;

    Abstract : Scholars tend to approach small states’ military strategies in terms of restraints and opportunities in the external security environment, largely overlooking the influences of a state’s domestic particularities. This thesis aims to explore how the theory of strategic culture, regarded here as an inherent, domestic context in which strategy is formulated, can add nuance to such realist analyses of how small states build and adjust their defence capabilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Russia’s embrace : Crimean mythology in Putin’s public communications 2014-2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Dennis van der Laan; [2023]
    Keywords : Crimea; Putin; mythology; political communication; Russia; annexation;

    Abstract : This dissertation is aimed at investigating which elements from the Russian mythology about Crimea appear in Putin’s public political communications in the period 2014-2022, how they are used and for which reasons they are used. Crimea has been a crucial region in history-making throughout the past decade and has played an important role in Russian politics, Russian-Ukrainian relations and Russian-Western relations. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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 media

    Author : Elvira Sitkevica; [2023]
    Keywords : USA; Russian Federation; National Security Strategy; international politics; international relationships; framing analysis; qualitative study; social constructivism;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. In Trade and War : An analysis of interdependence theory and Russo-German gas relations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Beatrice Björkman; [2023]
    Keywords : interdependence; interdependence theory; trade expectations; Keohane; Nye; Dale; power and interdependence; economic interdependence and war; trade; energy trade; conflict; energy conflict; natural gas; Germany; Russia; congruence method; interdependens; interdependensteori; Keohane; Nye; Dale; handel; energi; konflikt; naturgas; Tyskland; Ryssland; kongruensmetod;

    Abstract : The European security order has for an extended period of time time rested on the assumption that interstate trade, and other economic ties, will lower the incentives for conflict initiation and thereby result in peace. This assumption was called into question on February 24, 2022, by the Russian re-invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE

  6. 5. Disinformation in a Time of War : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Russian Disinformation Strategies During the Russo-Ukrainian War of 2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Laura de Boer; [2023]
    Keywords : disinformation; Russo-Ukrainian war; information warfare; hybrid warfare; positive Self-representation; negative Other-representation;

    Abstract : This paper examines Russian broadcast media's disinformation strategies after the Ukraine invasion in 2022. In the past decade, Russian disinformation has been recognized by scholars and policymakers as a danger to European security and order. And it has made it harder for Europeans to access reliable and factual information. READ MORE