Essays about: "Vladimir Putin"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words Vladimir Putin.

  1. 16. Modern Comrades or Old Enemies? : A comparative study of the representation of Russia in Italian and Swedish Press

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Sara Francesca Lindgren; [2018]
    Keywords : narrative analysis; national representation; Italian press; Swedish press; russia; Vladimir Putin; comparative study;

    Abstract : Starting from a personal, contemporary outlook on society today, it might be obvious for a reader to immediately think of media as global, an entity hovering over national borders, transcending geography and geo-politics. As such viewers, we ignore thus that media - and the press in particular - have for a long time in the past been associated and tightly linked with mechanisms of nation-building, as well as with concepts such as nation, national identity and nationalism. READ MORE

  2. 17. Fear and Loathing in the Iron Closet: The right to freedom of assembly for LGBT rights activists in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, and the role of the Moscow Patriarchate in the invention of “gay propaganda” legislation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Simon Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : public international law; human rights; human rights law; echr; ecthr; european court of human rights; council of europe; european convention on human rights; lgbt rights; lgbt; lgbtq; lgbti; lgbt ; russian orthodox church; moscow patriarchate; freedom of assembly; pride; gay propaganda; moldova; ukraine; russia; russian federation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Iron Closet has always been deep, and although never leading to Narnia it has on occasions had the potential to be a one-way ticket to a forced labour camp. After the decline of the Soviet Union, however, the Western world rejoiced; the second parenthesis had been set out and we now lived in the main narrative again where everything ought to make sense. READ MORE

  3. 18. Little Green Men? A Frame Analysis of the Ukraine Crisis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erik Westerdahl; [2018]
    Keywords : Ukraine crisis; Russia; NATO; content analysis; qualitative content analysis; framing; framing contests;

    Abstract : In this paper I set out to explore the concept of framing and framing contests, as modelled by scholars of international relations Krebs and Jackson in their model of rhetorical coercion. I proceed to conduct a frame analysis on the case of the Ukraine crisis, using statements made by Russian President Vladimir Putin and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen concerning the events. READ MORE

  4. 19. A New Russian Idea? : Neo-Eurasianist Ideas in the Russian Presidential Addressesto the Federal Assembly 2014 – 2016

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristina Melin; [2017]
    Keywords : Aleksandr Dugin; Neo-Eurasianism; Vladimir Putin; Addresses to the Federal Assembly; civilization;

    Abstract : This essay aims to determine the prevalence of Neo-Eurasianist ideas in the Russian official political discourse be examining the Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly 2014, 2015 and 2016. Neo-Eurasianism is understood as a political ideology encompassing narratives, norms and policy suggestions. The study is conducted in two steps. READ MORE

  5. 20. The strategic framing of foreign policy : A comparative case study between the United State’s invasion of Iraq and the Russian annexation of Crimea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ida Männistö; [2016]
    Keywords : ​Iraq invasion; Crimea annexation; military intervention; information warfare; strategic communication; frame theory; qualitative content analysis;

    Abstract : This research presents a comparative case study between the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the United State’s invasion of Iraq in 2003. It specifically examines how the two interventions were framed by the political executives. READ MORE