Essays about: "POST SOVIET"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 101 essays containing the words POST SOVIET.

1. 1. Between Realism and Idealism : A grounded theory analysis of liberal and realist dynamics in the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Sam Löfström; [2024]
   Keywords : Azerbaijan; Armenia; realism; liberalism; Nagorno-Karabakh.;

   Abstract : This study has been conducted to investigate the current situation and the possible outcomes in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The conflict predominantly concerns the status of the Karabakh region, a region legally belonging to Azerbaijan, but which up to recent events in 2023 has been under control of Armenian separatists. READ MORE

3. 2. The Dynamics of the NATO expansion to the Baltic states : A study about NATO with a focus on the United States from a Realism perspective

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Pontus Jaktlund Gunnarsson; [2023]
   Keywords : United States; Russia; Realism; NATO; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Baltic States; Qualitative Text Analysis;

   Abstract : During the Cold War, NATO had proved itself successful in protecting the West. Therefore, NATO was seen as an organization that had the potential of maintaining security, democracy and peace. It has been repeatedly suggested that the US promised Russia no more NATO expansion. A promise which was broken in the 90s. READ MORE

4. 3. Legal Informality and Debt-Based Trade in Uzbekistan. A Case Study of Rural Ferghana Valley.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Elmurod Sobirov; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Debt-based trade and economic exchanges are becoming more and more widespread phenomena in the context of most post-Soviet Central Asian societies, especially in Uzbekistan. In the absence of viable state economic support, a functional banking system and an effective legal system, trust-based economic exchanges serve as an alternative means for conducting micro-level businesses in Uzbekistan. READ MORE

5. 4. Elite Education for the People? : Nuances of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Polish High Schools

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Paulina Kucharska; [2023]
   Keywords : Public Education; International Baccalaureate; IB; Internationalization of Education; Educational Trajectories; Educational Strategies; Symbolic Capital;

   Abstract : The International Baccalaureate (IB), a private curriculum associated largely with exclusive education for transnationally mobile upper classes, has recently began to quietly enter public, national education systems, offering its alternative, elite schooling in tuition-free state institutions. This paper explores the nuanced case of Poland, where IB diploma program is offered as one of the tracks within state schools, existing side-by-side and competing with the national curriculum. READ MORE

6. 5. From Colonial Past to Colonial Future? : A Case Study of the Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Jonathan Lindstén; [2023]
   Keywords : Belt and Road Initiative; Kazakhstan; China; neocolonialism; postcolonialism;

   Abstract : Since its independence almost three decades ago, the nation-state of Kazakhstan has been nestled in a search for identity and unity. Located in a geographically strategic location between two of the world's most significant actors, and with a colonial history to one of them —the Soviet Union— the country's strive for identity in a self-determined world continues. READ MORE