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1. 1. Navigating Overlaps: State Motivations and the Evolving Relationship Between the European Union and NATO : A Case Study of Finland and Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : John Hjälsten; [2023]
   Keywords : European Union; NATO; CSDP; Finland; Sweden; institutional overlap; security; defence;

   Abstract : The EU has for a long time been moving towards taking more responsibility for its own security through the creation of programmes such as the Common Defence and Security Policy (CSDP) and the European Defence Fund. Increased uncertainty regarding security has caused many states to reconsider their defence arrangements, especially internationally. READ MORE

3. 2. A TRANSATLANTIC DIVORCE AND THE TIME FOR EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNTY? - A study on how US foreign policy, during 2010-2020, impacted EU member state views on defence integration

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Julia Strandquist; [2021-06-28]
   Keywords : European Defence Integration; Transatlantic relationship; PESCO; France; Poland; Ireland; EU actorness;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of US foreign policy, during 2010-2020, on EU member state willingness to integrate defence, by utilizing a mixed-method approach. The objective of the study is to investigate how EU member states reacted to the Obama administration’s ‘pivot to Asia’ and the election and presidency of Donald Trump and whether those administrations contributed to further defence integration. READ MORE

4. 3. The African Presence and Limits of Double Consciousness in Caryl Phillips's Crossing the River

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Tanya Odenyo; [2021]
   Keywords : Double consciousness; representation; African diaspora; identity;

   Abstract : Set against the backdrop of the Transatlantic slave trade, Caryl Phillips’s Crossing the River can be read as a novel which explores severed family ties and the intertwined relationship between the dominant and the subdued within the African diaspora. Questions concerning “race”, identity and representation can be traced in all the narratives and are also the focus of this essay. READ MORE

5. 4. Enhancing the European security and defence policy : European integration and the changing of the Norwegian and the Swedish security identities

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Yvonne Moholt van Reeuwijk; [2018]
   Keywords : Europeanisation; security identity; Common Security and Defence Policy; Swedish security identity; security; Norwegian security identity; comprehensive security actor.;

   Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between Europeanisation and the recent changes of the Norwegian and Swedish security identities. Since the mid-1990s, these two countries have gone different ways, the former as an active non-member with no decision-making powers and the latter as an active participant in the development of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). READ MORE

6. 5. Transatlantic convergence, divergence and drift : A discourse analysis of the Iranian nuclear weapons program and its effects on transatlantic relations

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Elin Schiffer; [2017]
   Keywords : Transatlantic relations; EU foreign policy; U.S foreign policy; convergence; divergence; drift; Iran; JCPOA;

   Abstract : This study offers a glimpse into how the transatlantic relationship between the European Union (the EU) and the United States of America (the U.S.) has developed during the last three presidential administrations, including the Trump administration. READ MORE