Essays about: "Walt"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word Walt.

  1. 1. God's own country in trouble a comparitive content analysis of health and disaster management policies on the 2018 floods in Kerala, India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ronniya Varghese; Clémentine Lucas de Peslouan; [2022]
    Keywords : disaster risk reduction; resilience; Build Back Better; climate-resilient health system; climate-induced floods; India; Kerala; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2018, the Indian state of Kerala experienced devastating floods that killed 433 people and displaced 1.4 million. The floods are becoming more frequent since then due to climate change. In this research, we compared international frameworks on health and disaster with national and state documents. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Let This Be A Warning: If You Attack Israel, We Will Defend Ourselves” : Assessing defensive and offensive realism as applied upon the Israeli conduct against Iran 2007-2020

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Gustav Christensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Israel; Iran; Syria; defensive realism; offensive realism; Waltz; Walt; Mearsheimer;

    Abstract : In this theory testing case study the aim is to test which of the two competing theories, defensive and offensive realism, possess the greater explanatory power in regards to the Israeli action against Iran between 2007-2020, while subsequently assessing if either theory is applicable. Two competing analytical models, based around the seminal works of Kenneth Waltz, Stephen Walt, and John J. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Genocide in Rwanda : An Interpretative Case Study of the UN Decision-Making Process

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

    Author : Sandra Krüger; [2021]
    Keywords : Genocide; Realism; United Nations; Uncertainty; Rwanda; Decision-Making;

    Abstract : This thesis uses an interpretative case study of the Rwandan genocide to explore and analyze factors in the decision-making process of the United Nations. Using defensive structural realism and its concepts and theories explained by Stephen Walt, a level-by-level analyses is conducted. READ MORE

  5. 4. Israel's Best Offense is a Good Defense : Assessing defensive realism as applied to the Six-Day-War and the Israeli-Arab peace treaties

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Alexander Brännlund; [2021]
    Keywords : Israel; Six-Day-War; Abraham Accords; International Conduct; defensive realism;

    Abstract : In the form of a theory testing case study based upon the seminal works of Kenneth Waltz and Stephen Walt, this thesis seeks to uncover whether defensive realism can be applied with focus on Israeli international conduct. This is defined by their wartime actions as well as their peacekeeping efforts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Option pricing models: A comparison between models with constant and stochastic volatilities as well as discontinuity jumps

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

    Author : Carl Paulin; Maja Lindström; [2020]
    Keywords : Financial mathematics; option pricing; calibration; options; parameter calibration; Black Scholes Merton model; Heston model; Bates model; Merton jump diffusion model; Black Scholes;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to compare option pricing models. We have investigated the constant volatility models Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) and Merton’s Jump Diffusion (MJD) as well as the stochastic volatility models Heston and Bates. READ MORE