Essays about: "Modern Warfare"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 40 essays containing the words Modern Warfare.

  1. 11. Russia's intervention in the modern Syrian conflict : A small contribution to understand Russian warfare in Syria through the lense of hybrid warfare theory

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Andreas Perlaky; [2021]
    Keywords : hybridkrigföring; statlig aktör; icke-statlig aktör; militär dimension; icke-militär dimension; Syrien; Ryssland.;

    Abstract : Russian warfare is one of the most currently debated topics between military experts. Some define it as something wholly new and name it hybrid warfare. Others say that hybrid warfare is nothing but an old method brought back to life. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Battle of Eurovision: A case study of Russia and Ukraine’s use of the Eurovision Song Contest as a cultural battlefield

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Orinius Welander; [2020]
    Keywords : cultural diplomacy; visual IR; Eurovision Song Contest; Russia; Ukraine; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore and analyze how Eurovision Song Contest functioned as an alternative – cultural – battlefield in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict over Crimea. With the use of soft power politics in warfare as the root of interest, this study uses the theories of cultural diplomacy and visual international relations to explore how images may be central to modern-day warfare and conflicts as the perception of. READ MORE

  4. 13. Same old Russian Enemy? A Content Analysis of the Portrayal of Russians in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Danny Ivan Lazarov; [2020]
    Keywords : Media Portrayal; Stereotyping; Othering; Video Games; Russian Stereotypes; Call of Duty;

    Abstract : Stereotypes and threatening images are present in much of our modern entertainment media often going unnoticed for the effects they may have on society. One media which is relatively new and unexplored when it comes to these stereotypes and images of threat is the video game media. READ MORE

  5. 14. Food as a Weapon in Yemen - The targeting of food security in a New War

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Ekström; [2020]
    Keywords : Yemen; Starvation; New War; Weaponization; Food; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 24 million people in war-torn Yemen were in 2019 in need of humanitarian aid. Delivery of aid has been hindered by parties to the conflict in what is best described as a strategic weaponization of food. The use of food as a weapon in Yemen requires thorough investigation, but there is a lack of research on the topic. READ MORE

  6. 15. “3-1, shut your flash” : How shooter games convey agency

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Maximiliano Guerrero; [2020]
    Keywords : Digital games; agency; communication; shooters;

    Abstract : This study aims to understand how games teach the player how to enact agency within them. Agency refers to the ability of the player to actively interact with the world around them, and understand the circumstances and results of those actions. READ MORE