Essays about: "post-Soviet countries"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 30 essays containing the words post-Soviet countries.
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11. “Russophobia kernel”: an analysis of RT’s strategic narratives of Lithuania
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This research aims to explore the dissemination of strategic narratives around Lithuania through the set of news articles of the Russian state-funded media agency RT. As an international media platform, RT has been previously identified by scholars as an important structural element of Russian information warfare strategy. READ MORE
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12. The economic logic behind the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union: A gravity model estimation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper estimates the impact of the processes of the Eurasian integration in the post-Soviet space that led to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in 2015 over the exports of the member countries and their main partners outside the EEU and its predecessor, the Customs Union (CU). Applying the gravity model technique over the dataset for 1995-2015 obtained from UNESCAP Trade Analytics, it is possible to determine the influence of the CU membership of both exporter and importer countries over the exports of the former after controlling for all the economic, cultural and logistical independent variables and two different types of estimation (OLS and Poisson estimator). READ MORE
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13. Why do bloggers keep silent? Self-censorship in social media : cases of Belarus and Russia
University essay from Södertörns högskola/JournalistikAbstract : Social media are often referred to as democracy drivers in autocratic states, whereas in some countries, they appear as tools of the regimes that employ a wide range of mechanisms to restrict freedom of expression online. In authoritarian countries, political bloggers stand out as new political leaders or anti-regime actors, serve as alternative information sources, advocate for political action, or mobilize financial support for different initiatives. READ MORE
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14. Russia's exercise of power : A comparative case study of Russia's use of command power, soft power and smart power in Georgia and Ukraine
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Despite a vast research of Russia’s means of power, including its military interventions in Georgia and Ukraine, no comprehensive comparison of Russia’s exercise of power in Georgia and Ukraine has been accomplished, even though they are the most prominent cases of post-Soviet states that have been subjects for Russian military aggression. This study compares the forms of power Russia has been using to implement its foreign policy objectives in Ukraine and Georgia, in order to identify Russia’s power-related behavior and strategies, through an abductive qualitative approach with a comparative method. READ MORE
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15. Changing practices of modes of innovation and interactions
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract: There is growing numbers of literature debating over effective types of innovation modes and interactions that generate innovation output and moreover economic growth. However, these studies are mostly based on the case of developed countries and only few studies cover developing or transition countries. READ MORE
