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1. 1. Reluctant Europeans : A Study of Brexit and Its Origin in the Classical Liberal Tradition

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Harry White; [2023]
   Keywords : Brexit; liberalism; English; French; Rationalism; Empiricism; legitimacy; Europe; leave; remain.;

   Abstract : Brexit, a highly contested issue, sparked discussion on the future of not only the United Kingdom but also the European Union and its role as a political actor. The attempts to explain the phenomena have been plentiful, and within the discipline of political science, the discussion largely focuses on the political preferences of different identity groups. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Energy renovation packages for the decarbonisation of Swedish multifamily buildings

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign

   Author : Bhavik Daya; Hugh Nolan; [2022]
   Keywords : Decarbonisation; Renovation; Multi-family homes; Life Cycle Assessment; Life Cycle Costing; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Sweden and Europe aim to be carbon neutral by 2045 and 2050 respectively. Upgrading the existing building stock has been identified as having great potential in assisting to realise these goals. READ MORE

5. 4. Migrant in Limbo : An investigation into the dehumanisation of the migrant figure during migration and integration as shown through the short stories of Hassan Blasim

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

   Author : Rowena Blythe; [2022]
   Keywords : Migrant; migration; integration; dehumanisation; animalisation; performance; limbo; belonging; trauma; commoditisation; literature; Hassan Blasim; Iraq; Europe.;

   Abstract : In 2000, Iraqi-born film director, poet and author Hassan Blasim fled Iraq to escape persecution for his films on the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling through Europe for four years, he was granted asylum in Finland. READ MORE

6. 5. Russia's Near Abroad

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anton Håkansson; [2022]
   Keywords : Spatiality; Security Cultures; Critical Geopolitics; NATO; Russia; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This essay combines theoretical insight from critical geo-politics and security studies to create a framework by which Putin’s Russia, his political prescriptions and actions in the international space can better be understood. It describes how the sociospatial entanglement of the post-soviet region that is today known as Russia's ‘near abroad’ intersects with questions about history, identity, ethnicity on the one hand, and security and geo-political anxiety on the other. READ MORE