Essays about: "ISAF"

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

1. 1. Small States Seeking Status in Afghanistan : A comparative cross case congruence test of the Nordic states' status motivations in the Afghnaistan war

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Hannes Ljungkvist; [2021]
   Keywords : small states; status seeking; alliance dependence; congruence analysis; ISAF;

   Abstract : Why do small states contribute to great power led wars even though they lack the capabilities to determine the success of the war and there are no clear interests to gain? The peaceable states of the Nordic countries could have opted for a free-riding strategy instead of being active participants. Still, the Nordic countries were in relation to their size, some of the top military contributors in Afghanistan. READ MORE

3. 2. Lost in transition? - How the end of the Cold War affected Sweden’s state identity & interests

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Erik Rubaduka; Josef Novak; [2016]
   Keywords : transformation; interest; state; identity; Cold War; ISAF; ONUC; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : During the beginning of the 1990’s the world witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequently the end of the Cold War. This gigantic change within the international system had large ramifications on how states interacted with each other. READ MORE

4. 3. Integrated or Comprehensive sharing? : Drivers, enablers and barriers to civilian-military information sharing

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Adam Waller; [2016]
   Keywords : integrated approach; comprehensive approach; information sharing; MINUSMA; ISAF; institutional analysis and development framework;

   Abstract : The UN and NATO have implemented separate approaches to civilian-military cooperation. Central in both approaches is a need for information sharing between civilian and military actors. Without shared information, cooperative planning becomes impossible. READ MORE

5. 4. Situating Gender in a Postnational Military: An Analysis of Changing Gender Attitudes in Peacekeeping Operations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik

   Author : Marcus Nilsson; [2016]
   Keywords : NCGM; SCR 1325; WPS; peacekeeping; security; Afghanistan; ISAF; NATO; conflict; gender; postnational; human security; critical security; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis looks at the Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations and sees how the centre constructs its own identity to align with the discourse of postna¬tional defense, and how it evaluates NATOs peacekeeping operation in Afghani¬stan. Through this, the thesis aims to analyse the hegemonic struggle between the discourses of traditional military structure and the cosmopolitan postnational de¬fense. READ MORE

6. 5. Teaching Methods of Foreign Languages : Teaching and learning of Spanish language in Kabul

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Freshta Zahir; [2013]
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   Abstract : Second languages which are also called foreign languages are learnt beside native spoken languages and they are learnt in a systematic way (Hinkel, 2005). Spanish and English are widely spoken around the globe and they have improved a lot in Afghanistan, especially SPanish after Spanish military existence in teh country as part of ISAF after 2001 to Afghanistan and after the establishment of some private schools where Spanish is a part of curriculum. READ MORE