Essays about: "Military Modernization"

Found 5 essays containing the words Military Modernization.

  1. 1. Friends or Foes? Examining 10 years of U.S Intelligence assessments on the China threat, 2013-2023

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mir Rashid; [2024]
    Keywords : United States; China; U.S Intelligence Community; US-China relations; Qualitative document analysis; Threat perception theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how China has been portrayed in the Annual Threat Assessment reports of the U.S. intelligence community between 2013-2023. A qualitative document analysis is conducted on 9 publicly available threat assessment reports issued during this period. READ MORE

  3. 2. “We Are Together” : cultural trauma and discourse of collectivism in Chinese video representation of the COVID-19 epidemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Shujing Zheng; [2021]
    Keywords : risk society; ontological insecurity; cultural trauma; collectivism; COVID-19; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis has two aims. One is to situate COVID-19 in a macro narrative that characterizes our time as a risk society or reflexive modernization. The other is to bring public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic into the sharp focus of cultural trauma study which is closely related to media representations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Exploring Structural Factors for Civilian Control over the Military

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Takuya Koimaru; [2016]
    Keywords : civil-military relations; civilian control over the military;

    Abstract : Many scholars have been arguing with possible driving factors for civilian control over the military for decades, however there has been no consensus as to concrete factors. So far, only empirical analysis has been dominant in this field of study, and no study has ever tested their validity from a global perspective through statistics. READ MORE

  5. 4. Securitizing China's 'Peaceful Rise' : An Empirical Study of the U.S. Approach to Chinese Trade Practices, Military Modernization and Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Fredrik Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : The United States; China; Securitization Theory; Asia Pacific; Military Modernization; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The U.S.-China relationship is undeniably one of the most important economic and security relationships of the 21st century. Since Barack Obama took office in 2009, increasing emphasis has been put on ending the two wars in the Middle East and to redirect focus towards the increasingly important Asia Pacific region. READ MORE

  6. 5. Constructing Identities in Turkey, Bridging the Gap with the EU?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sedat Oflaz; [2005]
    Keywords : Turkish identity; social constructivism; modernization; Turkey; JDP; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Abstract The need to conduct more research on identity differences arises as Turkey gets closer to becoming a member of the European Union. Aware of this demand the aim of this thesis is to examine the modernization efforts in Turkey and find out if these have led to a Europeanization of the Turkish identity, an issue of significance in integration. READ MORE