Essays about: "escalate to de-escalate"

Found 5 essays containing the words escalate to de-escalate.

1. 1. Towards Conflict De-escalation : The Effect of Compliance Provisions in Ceasefires

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Hanneke de Haan; [2023]
   Keywords : ceasefires; compliance provisions; de-escalation; Colombia; Nicaragua; intrastate;

   Abstract : This paper aims to answer the question Why do some ceasefires de-escalate conflict better than others? By applying a theory-driven empirical comparative approach, a theoretical argument focused on compliance provisions is presented. The argument holds that more comprehensive compliance provisions in ceasefire agreements are more likely to de-escalate conflict than limited ones. READ MORE

3. 2. Don't poke the sleeping Bear : Russia's nuclear programme under Putin

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

   Author : Pia Brinkschulte; [2021]
   Keywords : nuclear weapons programme; Russia; New START; modernization; escalate to de-escalate; Putin; realism; constructivism;

   Abstract : In recent years, Russia’s nuclear weapons program has been widely discussed among policymakers, think-tank analysts, and academics. Some argue that Russia pursues an increasingly assertive weapons policy and has lowered its threshold of using them in conflict. READ MORE

4. 3. Drones – a tool of escalation or de-escalation in conflicts?

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Elias Knutsson; [2021]
   Keywords : drones; leadership; system collapse; decapitation; targeted killing; Warden; Pape;

   Abstract : The use of drones in conflicts is under development and is increasing rapidly. The first real drone warfare was seen in Pakistan in the War on Terrorism in 2004. Between officials and scientists, there are divided opinions about whether the drone strikes can increase terrorism or cause the collapse of organizations. READ MORE

5. 4. De-escalation amid a Total War? : An interpretivist-constructivist analysis of Finland's involvement (or lack thereof) in the Siege of Leningrad and Murmansk during the Continuation War 1941-1944

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Margarita Sallinen; [2020]
   Keywords : constructivism; Continuation War; de-escalation; escalation; Finland; interpretivism; Mannerheim; total war;

   Abstract : At the beginning of the Continuation War in 1941, Finnish and German troops commenced a gradual escalation which resulted in swift successive victories against the Soviets. Yet, Finland´s Field Marshal Mannerheim unexpectedly turned his back on military rationality at Leningrad and Murmansk despite his knowledge of how vitally strategic the locations were to the Soviet war effort. READ MORE

6. 5. Perceptions of a Conflict : A qualitative analysis of Indian and Pakistani mass media

   University essay from Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Sunniva Lagnestål Melhuus; [2013]
   Keywords : International relations; international conflict; India and Pakistan; social constructivism; social psychology conflict theory; mass media;

   Abstract : C-essay in Political Science by Sunniva Lagnestål Melhuus, Spring 2013, Political Science III at Karlstad University, Supervisor: Hans Lödén, “Perceptions of a Conflict – A qualitative analysis of Indian and Pakistani mass media” In this essay the aim is to study the current situation and recent development of an international conflict from a social constructivist perspective, with an emphasis on the conflicting parties’ mutual perceptions. The long conflict between India and Pakistan is here chosen as an example. READ MORE