Essays about: "post soviet"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 101 essays containing the words post soviet.

  1. 11. Conflict in Central Asia - A Soviet Affair

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hugo Axelsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Soviet Union; Central Asia; relative deprivation; state coercion; historical legacies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : After the fall of the Soviet Union, two prominent Islamic groups, the IMU in Uzbekistan and the IRPT in Tajikistan, took to arms against their governments. To explain the contexts of these movements, this thesis utilises historical legacy theory to establish a continuity between the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes, which together with relative deprivation theory can explain why violent religious conflicts arose in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan after the collapse of the USSR. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Many Layers of Sergei Parajanov : A Life’s Work Reprised

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

    Author : Anna Strohmeyer; [2022]
    Keywords : Parajanov; dissident; censorship; sexual identity; poetic cinema; Soviet; post-Soviet; individual freedom; artistic freedom; prison art; queer studies; diachronic case study; political prisoner; historical revisionism; erasure;

    Abstract : Abstract This thesis examines the various biographical threads, which created the complex fabric of Sergei Parajanov’s life and work, especially his films. His origins, education, marriages, family life, and friendships forged in film school and in the various studios, where he worked, are used to frame his cinematic productions. READ MORE

  4. 13. From democratic success to democratic backsliding: A comparative case study of Poland’s democratic backsliding in contrast to Estonia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Andi Shamon; [2022]
    Keywords : Democratic backsliding; Poland; Estonia; Democracy; Eastern Europe; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Democratic backsliding is becoming a bigger trend around the globe. This study examines how democratic backsliding has transpired in two post-Soviet countries, Poland and Estonia. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Russo-Georgian relationship - A case-study of how security dynamics shaped the relationship

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nick Johansson; Jacob Kristiansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Georgia; Russia; near abroad; sphere of influence; securitisation; disciplined-configurative method; regional security complex theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : We analyse Georgia's and Russia’s relationship through four major historical events. These are: the Georgian independence, the Rose revolution, the Georgian energy crisis and Georgia’s approach to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). READ MORE

  6. 15. Economic Interdependence and Conflict: The case of the post-Soviet space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linn Alice Backlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Trade; Interdependence; Conflict; Former Soviet Union; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : There is still little consensus on whether trade promotes peace or not This thesis aims at investigating the relationship between economic interdependence and conflicts in post-Soviet countries, contributing to the empirical literature on the regional level. Using dyadic measures of trade and conflict, I investigate the relationship between interdependence and onset conflict, ongoing conflict, and conflict intensity. READ MORE