Essays about: "annexation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the word annexation.

  1. 1. Constructing Capabilities : Military Strategies of Small States in an Age of Transition: Examining the Influence of Strategic Culture

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Lara Kristjansdottir; [2024]
    Keywords : Strategic culture; neorealism; military strategy; defence planning; small state security; Sweden and Denmark.;

    Abstract : Scholars tend to approach small states’ military strategies in terms of restraints and opportunities in the external security environment, largely overlooking the influences of a state’s domestic particularities. This thesis aims to explore how the theory of strategic culture, regarded here as an inherent, domestic context in which strategy is formulated, can add nuance to such realist analyses of how small states build and adjust their defence capabilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Russia’s embrace : Crimean mythology in Putin’s public communications 2014-2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Dennis van der Laan; [2023]
    Keywords : Crimea; Putin; mythology; political communication; Russia; annexation;

    Abstract : This dissertation is aimed at investigating which elements from the Russian mythology about Crimea appear in Putin’s public political communications in the period 2014-2022, how they are used and for which reasons they are used. Crimea has been a crucial region in history-making throughout the past decade and has played an important role in Russian politics, Russian-Ukrainian relations and Russian-Western relations. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Neighborly Dilemma : The Legal Consequences of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreements on Western Sahara's Right to Self-Determination

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Moa Rihne; [2023]
    Keywords : Western Sahara; right to self-determination; public international law; EU; international organization responsibility; Västsahara; självbestämmanderätt; folkrätt; EU; ansvar för internationella organisationer;

    Abstract : Abstract  Western Sahara’s history is marked by Spanish colonization until 1976 followed by Moroccan invasion and nearly 50 years of occupation. The right to self-determination, applicable to territories under colonial or occupational rule, remains unrealized in Western Sahara. READ MORE

  5. 4. In Trade and War : An analysis of interdependence theory and Russo-German gas relations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Beatrice Björkman; [2023]
    Keywords : interdependence; interdependence theory; trade expectations; Keohane; Nye; Dale; power and interdependence; economic interdependence and war; trade; energy trade; conflict; energy conflict; natural gas; Germany; Russia; congruence method; interdependens; interdependensteori; Keohane; Nye; Dale; handel; energi; konflikt; naturgas; Tyskland; Ryssland; kongruensmetod;

    Abstract : The European security order has for an extended period of time time rested on the assumption that interstate trade, and other economic ties, will lower the incentives for conflict initiation and thereby result in peace. This assumption was called into question on February 24, 2022, by the Russian re-invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE

  6. 5. Disinformation in a Time of War : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Russian Disinformation Strategies During the Russo-Ukrainian War of 2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Laura de Boer; [2023]
    Keywords : disinformation; Russo-Ukrainian war; information warfare; hybrid warfare; positive Self-representation; negative Other-representation;

    Abstract : This paper examines Russian broadcast media's disinformation strategies after the Ukraine invasion in 2022. In the past decade, Russian disinformation has been recognized by scholars and policymakers as a danger to European security and order. And it has made it harder for Europeans to access reliable and factual information. READ MORE