Essays about: "cold war and international relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words cold war and international relations.

  1. 1. The Dynamics of the NATO expansion to the Baltic states : A study about NATO with a focus on the United States from a Realism perspective

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Pontus Jaktlund Gunnarsson; [2023]
    Keywords : United States; Russia; Realism; NATO; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Baltic States; Qualitative Text Analysis;

    Abstract : During the Cold War, NATO had proved itself successful in protecting the West. Therefore, NATO was seen as an organization that had the potential of maintaining security, democracy and peace. It has been repeatedly suggested that the US promised Russia no more NATO expansion. A promise which was broken in the 90s. READ MORE

  2. 2. Comrades Aligned - A Framework of Alignment Towards Unravelling Modern Chinese-Russian Strategic Cooperation

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

    Author : Michael Watson-Conneely; [2023]
    Keywords : Russia; China; alignment; international relations; alliance theory; congruence analysis; multipolarity; balance of power; case study; foreign policy; strategic cooperation;

    Abstract : Since the end of the Cold War, modern Russian and Chinese relations have been characterized by strategic defense, economic, and diplomatic cooperation. This strategic cooperation has become increasingly coordinated, with the motives behind Russo-Sino cooperation increasingly becoming the focus of academic debate. READ MORE

  3. 3. Small State Relations in a Post-Cold War Order : A Case Study of North Macedonia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Marcus Giarimi; [2021]
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    Abstract : During the Cold War, small states were often side-lined as unimportant or too weak to make an impact on the world stage. However, as the Cold War ended, more smaller states emerged along the emergence of several international institutions and increased focus on international laws, which smaller states sought to uphold through participation in the international forums such as the UN. READ MORE

  4. 4. Cold War Thinking Revisited : An “offensive realist” case study on the foreign policy behaviour of the U.S and Russia within the African security nexus

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Internationella relationer

    Author : Melisa Puric; [2020]
    Keywords : Offensive realism; Global Hegemony; Foreign Policy; Security; Defense; International Relations;

    Abstract : This paper explores theoretical propositions derived from offensive realism, applied to the instance of military export and foreign policy strategies of Russia and the U.S in the field of Africa during the post- Cold War period. READ MORE

  5. 5. Them vs Us - The ontological significance of identity and (in)security in the Cold Conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Michael Abdullah; [2019-12-17]
    Keywords : Ontological security theory; Identity; Security; Conflict; Iran; Saudi Arabia;

    Abstract : In recent years, identity has become increasingly important within the field of International Relations and in studies of conflict. This has led to the widening of the field with the help of perspectives from the field of Psychology, and the emergence of ontological security theory (OST) where identity is a centrality. READ MORE