Essays about: "offensive realism"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words offensive realism.
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6. He who desires peace? : A comparative case study analysis of why national nuclear weapon doctrines and evolving strategies change, application in relation to offensive and defensive neorealist theory
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : This essay bases itself on a qualitative method and a case study analysis of seven objects of analysis, partly the nations who are identified as superpowers among nuclear weapons states, long term possessors of nuclear weapons, and new players. It also examines the historical and contemporary nature of national nuclear doctrine with the aim of conceptualising change and why they occur in doctrines, as well as testing these changes against theories of offensive and defensive neorealist assumptions on what drives states to act within the sphere of nuclear force. READ MORE
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7. Pax Mafiosa : A Comparative Study of the Camorra and the ‘Ndrangheta’s Transnational Expansions in 1990-2021
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : In this comparative study the aim is to test the explanatory value and what can be inferred from theory building of criminological rational choice theory and offensive realism on the transnational expansions of organized criminal groups. Two analytical models, based upon the works of Ronald Clarke, Derek B. Cornish and John J. READ MORE
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8. Offensive or Neoclassical Realism? How a Great Power Shapes Its Environment
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This thesis aims to shed light on the differences between offensive and a specific version of neoclassical realism on their expectations regarding how a great power shapes its environment. The neoclassical framework proposed in this work constitutes an independent variable captured by the polarity in the system, an intervening variable of state capacity, and a dependent variable of revisionist foreign policy. READ MORE
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9. “Let This Be A Warning: If You Attack Israel, We Will Defend Ourselves” : Assessing defensive and offensive realism as applied upon the Israeli conduct against Iran 2007-2020
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : In this theory testing case study the aim is to test which of the two competing theories, defensive and offensive realism, possess the greater explanatory power in regards to the Israeli action against Iran between 2007-2020, while subsequently assessing if either theory is applicable. Two competing analytical models, based around the seminal works of Kenneth Waltz, Stephen Walt, and John J. READ MORE
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10. 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 EurasienstudierAbstract : 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
