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  1. 1. Constructing Capabilities : Military Strategies of Small States in an Age of Transition: Examining the Influence of Strategic Culture

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Lara Kristjansdottir; [2024]
    Keywords : Strategic culture; neorealism; military strategy; defence planning; small state security; Sweden and Denmark.;

    Abstract : Scholars tend to approach small states’ military strategies in terms of restraints and opportunities in the external security environment, largely overlooking the influences of a state’s domestic particularities. This thesis aims to explore how the theory of strategic culture, regarded here as an inherent, domestic context in which strategy is formulated, can add nuance to such realist analyses of how small states build and adjust their defence capabilities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Israel-Palestine conflict and Arab League policy towards the conflict resolution. : A case study of Neorealism, Constructivism and Arab League Analysis.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Sidra Rehan; [2023]
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  4. 3. How can AI Shift the Balance of Power Between China and the US in the Military Context?

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

    Author : Jimmy Truong; [2023]
    Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; AI; China; United States; Balance of Power; Military;

    Abstract : This research paper investigated how AI can shift the balance of power between China and the U.S. in the military domain by comparing the respective countries' power through Waltz’s five capabilities from two points in time to identify how the power dynamics have shifted in the last two decades. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bridging the Material-Ideational Dichotomy : - A comparative study of Sweden's World War 2 and Feminist foreign policies

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Simon Hansson; [2023]
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    Abstract : In this paper I studied the influence material and ideational factors had on Sweden’s World War 2 and Feminist foreign policies and their level of interdependence. I developed independent variables based on two theoretical frameworks, Neorealism and Social Constructivism, and used a content method to analyze the data and answered my research questions by concluding that a material-ideational relationship to both the individual policies and with each other exist. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Qualitative Case Study of Finland's and Sweden's NATO Applications : Analysing the Case Through Liberalism and Neorealism

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

    Author : Johan Franzén; [2023]
    Keywords : NATO; Finland; Sweden; Liberalism; Neorealism; Structural Realism;

    Abstract : In light of the recent Swedish's and Finnish's NATO applications, this thesis seeks to examine the motivations and reasoning behind these simultaneous applications by drawing on two theoretical frameworks, liberalism and neorealism. As such, it seeks to answer the research question: In what ways does the interplay of liberal and neorealist motivations in Finland’s and Sweden's NATO applications provide insights into their applications?. READ MORE