Essays about: "Minsk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Minsk.

  1. 1. Contagion, Contention, and Content: Political Mobilization on Telegram in the 2020 Belarusian post-Election Protests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Vide Wassberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Telegram; Belarus; Protest; Participation; Mobilization; Connective Action; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to scrutinize the role of the social media application Telegram as a protest mobilizing structure during the 2020 post-election uprising in Minsk, Belarus. The purpose is to strengthen the understanding on how protest mobilizations online relate to offline protest participation in authoritarian states, and how the usage of social media in social movements impact, and is influenced by, its authoritarian context. READ MORE

  3. 2. No Peace from the Outside: Friction and Civil Society Perceptions in the Conflict in Donbas

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofus Malte Rønberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Donbas; Post-Maidan Ukraine; civil society; Civil society inclusion; friction; perceptions; peace process; Bottom-up approaches; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The paper is based on an online field study, investigating Ukrainian civil society actors' perceptions of the peace processes regarding Donbas. The study builds on the premise of civil society's importance for peace processes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Threat perception and its impact on international mediation efforts : A comparative case study of the divergent cases of Armenia-Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Sanna Stark; [2021]
    Keywords : war studies; international mediation; threat perception; material force; ideational force; interstate conflict;

    Abstract : Although the topic of international mediation has been debated frequently amongst academic scholars, most literature has failed to address the notion of threat perception. This thesis examines the impact of threat perceptions from ideational and material force on the prospects for successful international mediation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Municipal solid waste management in Minsk - current situation, future development and challenges

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Karoline Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : Municipal solid waste; MSW; waste management; Belarus; Minsk; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is an urgent issue throughout the world. Urbanization, population increase, and economy growth are all factors which contribute to an increase of MSW generation. READ MORE

  6. 5. The EU’s Constraints in Involvement of the Post- Soviet Frozen Conflicts : (A Comparative Case Study on the Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia Conflicts)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Mahira Mukhtarova; [2020]
    Keywords : Frozen Conflicts; the South Caucasus; EU constraints; Normative Power Europe and Neorealism.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines constraints of the EU’s engagement in the frozen conflicts of the South Caucasus, namely, the Abkhazia, the South Ossetia, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts. The study begins with a puzzle in which the EU’s ambition for prioritizing the resolution of frozen conflicts mismatches with the reality related to the status quo of frozen conflicts. READ MORE