Essays about: "Nuclear theory"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 80 essays containing the words Nuclear theory.

  1. 26. Understanding Military Implications of Nuclear Weapons : A Frame Analysis of U.S. and Russian Nuclear Policy Discourses 2017-2020

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Larisa Saveleva; [2021]
    Keywords : nuclear weapons; nuclear policy discourse; the United States; Russia; framing theory; nuclear realism;

    Abstract : The paper discusses how strategic nuclear capabilities possessed by the world’s largest nuclear powers, the United States and Russia, affect how their state leadership makes sense of the role of military force in international politics. Using the theoretical framework of the theory of nuclear revolution (Jervis 1989) and nuclear realism (van Munster & Sylvest 2016), the author parses the ways in which the role of military force is framed in U. READ MORE

  3. 27. The Ideological Republic of Iran : Tracing ideology in three public speeches

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Henrik Schildt Lunderg; [2021]
    Keywords : Iran; Persian; Supreme National Security Council; Ali Shamkhani; discourse analysis; ideology analysis; speech; national security;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the construction of ideology in three public speeches held by the Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani. Shamkhani’s position makes him one of the most powerful public officials in Iran, with vast influence over domestic and international security matters, including over Iran’s nuclear negotiations. READ MORE

  4. 28. “Let This Be A Warning: If You Attack Israel, We Will Defend Ourselves” : Assessing defensive and offensive realism as applied upon the Israeli conduct against Iran 2007-2020

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Gustav Christensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Israel; Iran; Syria; defensive realism; offensive realism; Waltz; Walt; Mearsheimer;

    Abstract : In this theory testing case study the aim is to test which of the two competing theories, defensive and offensive realism, possess the greater explanatory power in regards to the Israeli action against Iran between 2007-2020, while subsequently assessing if either theory is applicable. Two competing analytical models, based around the seminal works of Kenneth Waltz, Stephen Walt, and John J. READ MORE

  5. 29. Gribov ambiguities in non-Abelian gauge theories

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk partikelfysik - Geonomgår omorganisation

    Author : Fredrik Granström; [2021]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the quantization of field theories using the functional integral formalism. Gauge invariance necessitates a gauge-fixing procedure that chooses a unique field configuration from each gauge orbit. READ MORE

  6. 30. The picture has changed, how about the frame? Media framing of nuclear energy in Japan before and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Gabriela-Cosmina Gherghe; [2021]
    Keywords : Media framing; Framing analysis; Thematic analysis; Fukushima; Nuclear power; Japan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake followed by a 15-meter tsunami and a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi changed the normal course of events in Japan and far beyond it. Among other consequences, the events triggered a sudden increase in domestic and international media coverage. READ MORE