Essays about: "US foreign policy"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 87 essays containing the words US foreign policy.

  1. 31. From Victory to Defeat? How Human Rights Infringements in Foreign Policy During the War on Terror Contributed to the Decline of Democracy in the US

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Marco Bouwmans; [2020]
    Keywords : decline of democracy; foreign policy; human rights infringements; War on Terror; equality; historical institutionalism;

    Abstract : As democracy globally declines according to the indices that measure the level of democracy around the world, existing literature lines up a wide spectrum of explanations for this decline. However, the impact of foreign policy on the domestic democratic system is widely overlooked. READ MORE

  2. 32. Returning Foreign Fighters to Denmark & Sweden: The Enemies of the State?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Cianna Flyger; [2020]
    Keywords : Islamic state; foreign fighters; Denmark; Sweden; policy; discourses; critical security studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Denmark and Sweden, as the rest of Europe, face a dilemma of whether to repatriate their citizens who travelled to the so-called Islamic State, from the wretched refugee camps in Syria and Iraq after its fall, and how to deal with those already returned. This thesis examines the two countries’ policy-approaches and discourses to the issue of foreign fighters (FF’s) through a comparative case study, mainly focusing on Denmark, and empirical analysis of statements on FF’s from key political actors, using the social scientific method of critical discourse analysis. READ MORE

  3. 33. The Illusion of Making America Great Again - The shifting positionality of states within the global hierarchical structure

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Leonard Carl Novak; [2020]
    Keywords : Global Hierarchies; International Relations; Trump; Positionality; Discourse;

    Abstract : Since the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America, US policy has shifted towards isolation and protectionism, challenging initial patterns of cooperation among the states within the global political order, aiming at improving the American stance in the world. READ MORE

  4. 34. In What Way Does the Russian GAAR Comply With EU ATAD and BEPS Rules?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Aleksei Shcherbakov; [2020]
    Keywords : Tax law; tax abuse; GAAR; ATAD; BEPS; CFC; EU law; Russian tax law; tax avoidance; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The issues of tackling aggressive tax planning are actual throughout the whole history of global market economy. Earlier this struggle was held by the states individually through imposing rules into their national legislation authorizing tax supervisory bodies to use new methods of control, establishing liability for tax evasion, and developing the approaches by judgements of the courts on relevant cases. READ MORE

  5. 35. An analysis of foreign involvement within the Syria conflict. : Why had the United States and Russia a foreign interest in Syria. 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Emelie Pettersson; [2020]
    Keywords : International Relations; International politics; IR Realism; IR Liberalism; foreign policy; foreign intervention; Syria civil war; Russia foreign policy; US foreign policy;

    Abstract : This study offers an alternative analysis of the current literature regarding foreign involvement in the Syria civil war. The initials briefly describe the current situation in Syria, international relations and why the conflict is interesting to analyse from a scientific standpoint. READ MORE