Essays about: "cold war and neo-realism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words cold war and neo-realism.

  1. 1. Hawks and doves on the Korean peninsula : A content analysis of United States and South Korea policy vis-à-vis North Korea in 2013

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Simon Holmgren; [2014]
    Keywords : South Korea; North Korea; United States; foreign policy; neo-realism; neo-liberalism; reciprocity; Sydkorea; Nordkorea; USA; utrikespolitik; neo-realism; neo-liberalism;

    Abstract : This study examines the South Korea President Park Geun-hye and United States President Obama respective administration's policy vis-à-vis North Korea. The scope is narrowed down to the year 2013, during which the regime in Pyongyang conducted its third nuclear test. READ MORE

  3. 2. Impact of drone attacks in Pakistan and the war on terror: A consideration of the effects of drone attacks in Pakistan and whether they are helping or not to win the war on terror!

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Abdul Rehman; [2013]
    Keywords : Drone attack; Pakistan; war on terror;

    Abstract : AbstractThis study began with the idea that the drone attacks launched by the United States on the northwest region of Pakistan since 2004 have not helped in the expressed aim of the US to win the war on terror. The study asked three main questions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Energy Cooperation in the Caucasus: Continuity and Change in Russian-Turkish Relations

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sascha Kuhn; David Mosler; Katharina Richter; [2010]
    Keywords : Russian-Turkish Relations; Energy Cooperation; Caucasus; Russia; Turkey; Foreign Policy; Neo-Realism; Liberal Intergovernmentalism; BSEC; CSCP; Pipeline Politics;

    Abstract : This article explores the links between the remarkable change in Russian-Turkish foreign relations in the early 2000s and the geostrategic importance of the Caucasus for global energy security. For much of the 1990s, domestic instability and power distribution distracted both countries’ focus on regional issues. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is Soft Balancing the Driving Force Behind Sino-Russian Cooperation in Central Asia? - An Empirical Test of the Soft Balancing Theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrik Bergfeldt; [2008]
    Keywords : Balance of Power; Soft Balancing; Hegemony; United States; Russia; China; Central Asia; Unipolarity; Waltz; Neo-realism; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In an age of American unipolarity it is not surprising that questions regarding the perseverance of the current international structure constantly recur in contemporary international relations debates. As the discussion about whether the balance of power theory vanished with the Cold War continues, soft balancing has become a popular way to describe second-tier states' use of non-military tools to delay, frustrate, and undermine aggressive unilateral U. READ MORE

  6. 5. Primed for Peace? Reflections on Theoretical Explanations for use of economic power in a New World Order

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anders Williams; [2005]
    Keywords : Globalization; Interdependence; Neo-Realism; Economic Sanctions; Political Theory; Democratic Theory; Security Politics; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The paper concerns the study of the relationship between international relations and the use of economic sanctions in the immediate post-cold war period. Interdependence, Neo-Realism and Democratic Theory are investigated from the perspective of answering the change in policy in western democracies. READ MORE