Essays about: "Russia"

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  1. 1. “The natural evolution of non-alignment” A qualitative case study of how Sweden’s identity as non-aligned is reconstructed through narratives in a changing security context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Dorotea Katthän; [2022-02-02]
    Keywords : non-alignment; identity; security; critical constructivism; strategic narratives; Sweden;

    Abstract : Sweden’s defence policy is characterized by non-alignment, which historically has meant avoiding military alliances to stay neutral in war. This policy of non-alignment is over 200 years old and deeply ingrained into Swedish national identity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Geographical expansion rate of a brown bear population in Fennoscandia and the factors explaining the directional variations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lisbet Hougaard Baklid; [2022]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; brown bear; expansion rate; Ursus arctos; Fennoscandia; Sweden; barrier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The brown bears, Ursus arctos L., in the Scandinavian peninsula were distributed in almost all counties before aimed reduction during the 1700-1900s (Swenson et al. 1995). From 1981-2013 the population increased more than five times (Chapron et al. READ MORE

  4. 3. Oil Shocks and the Russian Economy: Inflation Perspective

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Elena Akhmedova; [2022]
    Keywords : oil shocks; oil exporters; economic policy; Russia; time varying parameters;

    Abstract : This paper aims to assess the effect of oil shocks on the Russian econ- omy, focusing on but not limited to inflation, throughout 2000-2019, with the following main points with respect to economic policy: switching to in- flation targeting in 2014 and undergoing several iterations of the fiscal rule. The paper focuses on estimating a Bayesian time-varying parameter VAR model, additionally calculating the oil price pass through to inflation using the Phillips curve approach and modelling impulse responses to oil shocks us- ing non-Bayesian vector autoregressions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Fake News in the Polish Information Sphere Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Sara Thompson; [2022]
    Keywords : fake news; Poland; Ukraine; Russia; framing; content analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a qualitative study of fake news disseminated in Poland as a result of the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022. It aims to contribute to the public knowledge about the most prominent themes of the Polish fake news and the topics prone to be used as disinformation and as a weapon of war in a conflict setting. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sovjetunionens politiska parker : en fallstudie om parker med politiska syften enligt de sovjetiska socialistiska samhällsidealen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Erik Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sovjetiska parker; landskapsarkitektur i Sovjetunionen; politisk landskapsarkitektur;

    Abstract : This paper aim to discuss the relation between the landscape architecture in parks and the politics and ideology of the Soviet union. Firstly, a background about the landscape architecture and architecture history of Russia is given, together with some important styles and expressions particularly connected to that time. READ MORE