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  1. 6. Beyond the Terrorist Label : How Five Palestinian CSOs Experience and Resist Terrorist Allegations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Alma Michold; [2024]
    Keywords : Palestine; Shrinking civic space; Terrorist designation; Resistance; Ontological counter-securitization;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the terrorist designation issued by Israel against six Palestinian civil society organizations in 2021. The organizations are based in the West Bank and remain designated as terrorist organizations according to Israeli law, despite rejections and condemnations by the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), and the United States (US). READ MORE

  3. 7. Domestic & International Development Funding: A comparison of the Appalachian Regional Commission and USAID’s budget justifications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Otto Mickels; [2023]
    Keywords : Domestic Development; International Development; Appalachian Regional Commission ARC ; United State Agency for International Development USAID ; Securitization; Foreign Policy tools; Budget Justification; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Bachelor’s thesis attempts to provide a better understanding of how US government-funded development agencies justify their funding, how that process is conducted, and in what ways it relates to the actual practice of development. Namely, the study looks at the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the United States Agency for International Development. READ MORE

  4. 8. Från fara till frälsare: En kvalitativ textanalys av förändringar i den svenska NATO-debatten

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lucas Strid; Åsa Sturesson; [2023]
    Keywords : Securitization; Magdalena Andersson; NATO; Invasion of Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022 changed European security policy immensely. One of the biggest policy reversals occurred in Sweden where the Social democrats abandoned their previously vehemently held opposition to a Swedish membership in NATO. READ MORE

  5. 9. Rising seas, sinking futures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Betty Ottosson; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; security; existential threats; UN Security Council UNSC ; Small Island Developing States SIDS ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The issue of climate change initially emerged on the UN Security Council’s agenda in 2007 during an open debate on climate change, energy and security. Since then, there have been several debates held on the topic, which have attracted significant academic attention. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Threat of Digital Disinformation : A European Approach

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

    Author : Ellika Amundin; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital Disinformation; European Union; Securitization; Security Studies;

    Abstract : The spread of disinformation on social media platforms has in the last few years gained much scholarly attention, in particular its ability to alter democratic processes. The focus of this thesis has however been on the discourse surrounding disinformation rather than disinformation itself, more precisely, the construction and perception of disinformation as a security threat. READ MORE