Essays about: "UNSC"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 46 essays containing the word UNSC.

  1. 26. I’ll make a man out of you : A critical discourse analysis of the portrayal of gender roles in the women, peace and security agenda

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Desirée Sterner; [2017]
    Keywords : United Nations Security Council; Norm theory; victim; men; boy; feminist war studies; perpetrator; war studies; women peace and security;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the portrayal of men and boys within the women, peace and security agenda, and in particular the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) security discourse on this theme. The relationship between the portrayal of victims and perpetrators, and the portrayal of men and boys are analysed and discussed based on the three-dimensional framework for Critical Discourse Analysis by Norman Fairclough. READ MORE

  3. 27. Security Council Reform; a new perspective on the necessity of veto abolition : Why should the right to veto in the United Nations Security Council be abolished?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jesper Edholm Widén; [2017]
    Keywords : United Nations; UN; UN reform; Security Council; UNSC;

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  4. 28. Humanitarian Intervention as a Weapon : A qualitative study on the impact geo-strategic interests of veto powers has on the UN decisions to intervene in Libya, and the Non-intervention in Syria.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Mohamed Malik Mourtaday; [2017]
    Keywords : Civil wars; UNSC decision to intervene; Libya; Syria; veto powers; soft-balancing calculus; geo-strategic interests.;

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  5. 29. Do Small States Matter? : A comparative analysis of the discourses by three of the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in Libya and Syria between 2011 and 2012.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Afrida Chowdhury; [2017]
    Keywords : Non-permanent members; Syria; Libya; Discourse; Military Humanitarian intervention;

    Abstract : A new era of wars and instability have left the world shaken with the civil wars in Syria and Libya. Although there are many similarities with Syria and Libya, the two states did not have the same end due to actions by the United Nations Security Council. Libya resulted in a military humanitarian intervention, while Syria did not. READ MORE

  6. 30. The Impact of Targeted Sanctions on Rebel Groups

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Nestani Kapanadze; [2016]
    Keywords : Targeted Sanctions; Rebel Groups; UNSC; RUF; UNITA;

    Abstract : Targeted sanctions’ impact over rebel groups has not been examined by scholars, making it unclear whether the policy mechanism has the capacity to peacefully resolve intrastate armed conflicts and cease hostilities by weakening rebel groups. Considering the mentioned, the paper explores how targeted sanctions impact rebel groups, and suggests that properly monitored and effectively enforced targeted sanctions have the capacity to weaken rebel groups, via shortening rebels’ economic, military and political resources. READ MORE