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1. Navigating the stormy waters of legitimacy : An analysis of Operation Sophia and EU-Libya relations
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : The European Union has throughout recent decades launched multiple maritime operations with the objective to counter irregular migration across the Mediterranean Sea. In 2015, a new Common Security and Defence Policy-mission was launched through agreements between the Union and the Libyan state. READ MORE
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2. The public political narrative of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our America
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This research presents a narrative analysis of the public political narrative of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our America. The aim of the study is to explore how the organization creates a narrative of itself and its political project, through the use of temporal framing, motifs, symbols, characters and subplots that are all connected to each other. READ MORE
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3. Bridging the gap between food production and consumption : how alternative food networks forage the Berlin Foodscape
University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesAbstract : Venturing into bridging the gap between food production and consumption, metropolitan Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) are increasingly gaining momentum in the Global North. Nevertheless, people interested and participating in these initiatives form a rather homogenous group of highly educated and better-off consumers. READ MORE
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4. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE
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5. STRUGGLES BETWEEN UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN IDENTITY: THE PEACE CONUNDRUM, THE ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, THE EAST VERSUS THE WEST AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The Russian-Ukrainian tensions have recently sparked greater debates on an international scale, particularly since the Russian attack on Ukrainian independence in 2014. For the purpose of being able to contribute to these, my thesis explores the underlying problems causing this most recent conflict in the modern history. READ MORE