Essays about: "Non-State Actors"
Showing result 36 - 40 of 129 essays containing the words Non-State Actors.
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36. Perceptions of sexual violence: A discourse analysis of documents from the Peace and Security Council of the African Union 2010-2020
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis dives into the issue of conflict-related sexual violence through the empirical case of the African Union and its Peace and Security Council (PSC), aiming at understanding how conflict-related sexual violence is constructed within the PSC between 2010-2020. Applying a feminist power theory and through a discourse analysis, the thesis asks four open-ended questions regarding: conflicts, perpetrators, victims and solutions to the materials consisting of meeting documents from the PSC. READ MORE
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37. Mind the Gap: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Obligations of Armed Non-State Actors Under International Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : War has changed. Since the Second World War, State monopoly on resort to violence has been significantly subverted. Instead, contemporary armed conflict witnesses the pervasiveness of armed non-State actors and the threat they pose to peace, security and human rights. READ MORE
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38. The Reconceptualized War : A critical analysis of the new war theory through a case study of the Yemen War
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingAbstract : The much-debated new war theory suggest that a new type of organized violence has developed during the last decades of the twentieth century. These new wars occur during an era of globalization and differ from old wars concerning four factors: the goals, the actors, the finance, and the methods. READ MORE
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39. Organized Crime And Counterintelligence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since 9/11, the threat of hostile non-state actors using counterintelligence has become a growing subject of research. This opens up a new way of thinking about domestic organized actors’ countermeasures. In Sweden, organized crime is a serious concern for the police. READ MORE
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40. Where is Super Terrorism? : A quantitative study of CBRN use by non-state actors
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : Terrorism is academically understood as the quest of non-state actors to cause fear beyond the immediate victims of their action to reach political goals. Means that have an immense psychological impact are therefore expected to be sought after to a high extent by these actors. READ MORE
