Essays about: "china and security"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 129 essays containing the words china and security.

  1. 1. Conceptualising European Strategic Autonomy : A Qualitative Content Analysis of ESA Understandings in Finland and Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carl Naylor; [2024]
    Keywords : European Strategic Autonomy ESA ; Versailles Declaration; European security; Finland; Sweden;

    Abstract : European Strategic Autonomy (ESA) has become one of the key concepts in the European security debate. Its essential meaning is that European states need to collectively ensure their autonomy to act independently of external parties in the wake of unfolding geopolitical shifts, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Malin Ridström; [2024]
    Keywords : the Arctic; Russia; China; the United States; great power behaviour; offensive realism; defensive realism; power transition theory; grand strategy; qualitative content analysis; Arctic exceptionalism;

    Abstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Russia and China Disinformation Nexus

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

    Author : Johan Richter; [2023]
    Keywords : Information Warfare; China; Russia; Mixed-Methods; Security;

    Abstract : The increasing use of information warfare by authoritarian states to promote a multipolar order, coupled with a growing rapprochement between Russia and China, can lead to synergies that undermine international security. In response to the problem, this thesis aims to unpack and examine the Russia-China disinformation nexus to address the implications of the relationship on international security. READ MORE

  4. 4. The naivety towards China is now over : An analysis of the Swedish political elite's changed attitude toward China

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hampus Håkansson; [2023]
    Keywords : ontological security theory; OST; Sweden; China; discourse analysis; Robert J. Steele; anxiety; critical situations;

    Abstract : Despite the well-established consensus within the Swedish parliament regarding the benefits of trade with China while at the same time promoting democracy, an unexpected change arose in June 2023, when a united Swedish parliament adopted a report that identified China as a threat to Swedish interests. Consequently, this thesis seeks to address the research question: Can the Swedish political elite's changed attitude towards China be understood through the theory of ontological security? Employing a framework established in Robert J. READ MORE

  5. 5. Gaining Social Power In a Time of Conflict : A case study on how the two superpowers China and the US are using security branding on Twitter to gain social power during an ongoing war.

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Emil Karlsson; Linda Wilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Security Branding; Generic Frames; Digital Diplomacy; International Relations; Soft Power; Social Power; Superpower Rivalry; Twitter;

    Abstract : How are the two superpowers of the world using Twitter as a platform for gathering global support for their policies when tweeting about an ongoing international conflict? That is the question that is answered in this thesis through a small-N case study. A mixed-method content analysis, based on security branding and generic framing, was applied to the data to determine how security branding is used by the actors to acquire social power. READ MORE