Essays about: "imminent threat"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words imminent threat.

  1. 1. Anticipating Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): an impact-based forecasting framework for managing GLOF risks in Nepal.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Grace Muir; [2023]
    Keywords : Anticipatory Action; Impact-based Forecasting; Glacier Lake Outburst Flood; Nepal; Risk-informed Early Action; Prediction; Disaster Risk Management; Science General;

    Abstract : Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are an increasingly documented threat across the Himalayan region, wherein Nepal is situated. GLOFs involve a rapid discharge of water from a lake situated at the side, front, within, beneath, or on the surface of a glacier. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cyber Attacks as Armed Attacks? : The Right of Self-Defence When a Cyber Attack Occurs

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Mikaela Nyman; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; cyber attack; the right of self-defence; armed attack; cyber operation; UN Charter; self-defence;

    Abstract : This thesis examined the relationship between cyber operations and armed attacks to determine when the right of self-defence is triggered by cyber operations. The research question for this thesis was under what circumstances a cyber operation is considered a cyber attack and what kind of self-defence the targeted victim State can use. READ MORE

  4. 3. Military Outsourcing To Blackwater : Factors And Perceptions Influencing The Congressional Hearing On U.S. Foreign Policy In Iraq

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

    Author : Jessica Boonsom; [2023]
    Keywords : private military and security companies; qualitative content analysis; foreign policy; outsourcing; privatization;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the factors and perceptions surrounding the privatization and outsourcing of governmental military functions to Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs), with a specific focus on Blackwater’s involvement in Iraq. It analyzes a 2007 Congressional hearing, a significant event in the PMSC discussion. READ MORE

  5. 4. The end to the forever war : A content analysis of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hampus Håkansson; [2021]
    Keywords : FPA; Afghanistan; Joe Biden; leadership trait analysis; bureaucratic politics model;

    Abstract : To analyse the war in Afghanistan from different theories is nothing new to the studies of international relations. However, one aspect that yet has been studied regarding the Afghan war is the withdrawal of troops and civilian personnel and why it occurred in August 2021 and not earlier or later. READ MORE

  6. 5. Development and Assessment of Re-Fleet Assignment Model under Environmental Considerations

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Prashant Prashant; [2020]
    Keywords : Aviation; Fleet Assignment; Greenhouse Gases; Linear Optimization; Resource Management; Applied Mathematics; Mathematical Modelling; Flygindustrin; Tillämpad Matematik; Linjär Optimering; Fleet Assignment; matematisk modellering;

    Abstract : The imminent threat of global catastrophe due to climate change gets more real by each passing year. The Aviation trade association, IATA, claims that Aviation accounts for approximately 2% of the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) caused by human activities, and 3.5% of the total Radiative Forcing. READ MORE