Essays about: "Internal Conflict"
Showing result 26 - 30 of 172 essays containing the words Internal Conflict.
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26. Komstroy: Invalidating investor-State Arbitration Under the Energy Charter Treaty in intra-EU Disputes : Manifesting the Principle of Autonomy of the EU Legal Order, the International Law Infraction and the Investors Caught in Between
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis analyses the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) recent ruling Komstroy on the compatibility between the EU Treaties and the investor-State arbitration mechanism contained in Article 26 of the multilateral 1994 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The Court determined that Article 26 ECT is inapplicable in intra-EU disputes, albeit the European Union (EU) being a Contracting Party to the ECT, because such alternative methods for dispute settlement threatens the autonomy of the EU legal order. READ MORE
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27. Pipeline demagogy? : The EU’s framing of Russia in the policy realms of decarbonization and energy security before and after the annexation of Crimea in 2014
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : How the EU frames Russia before and after the Crimean annexation betters our understanding of the motives and incentives behind a securitized unanimity in EU energy policy and decarbonization given previous internal dissensus. Europe’s energy transition and security policy is contingent upon Russian relations, considering its gas dependency. READ MORE
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28. (Mis)recognition of Female Combatants in Armed Rebellion Groups : Status Subordination Through Discursive Practices in the EZLN and the PKK
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Women in combat roles are present in at least 40% of armed rebellion movements, yet the narrative of women outside of traditional roles in conflict is invisible in various discursive communities of practice. Silence and misrecognition are the root of this issue: to be considered as agents and full partners of social interaction, female combatants need to exist in the discourse of leaders and institutions. READ MORE
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29. Climate Variability and Interstate Conflict : In the Arctic Region
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This thesis draws on the climate-conflict research field to explore the question how does climate variability affect interstate conflict? This thesis contributes to various gaps in previous research by studying interstate conflict while most climate-conflict research investigates internal conflict, by using a new operationalization of climate variability as sea ice extent, and by studying an understudied case, the Arctic region. The theoretical argument consists of two parallel processes, a background mechanism focused on long-term climate change and a main mechanism focused on short-term climate variability. READ MORE
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30. Projecting Power in the Fifth Domain : An assessment of why states use proxies for offensive cyber operations
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : In the 21st century, cyber operations have become the modern manifestation of political warfare between great powers. Many states have made considerable efforts to build up their respective cyber commands. Contrary, or as a complement to this, some states choses to rely upon actors detached from the state for conducting their operations online. READ MORE
