Essays about: "post-Soviet space"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words post-Soviet space.
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1. Between Realism and Idealism : A grounded theory analysis of liberal and realist dynamics in the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : This study has been conducted to investigate the current situation and the possible outcomes in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The conflict predominantly concerns the status of the Karabakh region, a region legally belonging to Azerbaijan, but which up to recent events in 2023 has been under control of Armenian separatists. READ MORE
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2. Economic Interdependence and Conflict: The case of the post-Soviet space
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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3. Russia's Near Abroad
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This essay combines theoretical insight from critical geo-politics and security studies to create a framework by which Putin’s Russia, his political prescriptions and actions in the international space can better be understood. It describes how the sociospatial entanglement of the post-soviet region that is today known as Russia's ‘near abroad’ intersects with questions about history, identity, ethnicity on the one hand, and security and geo-political anxiety on the other. READ MORE
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4. Sputnik, National Pride and, Heroism : A qualitative study of the Russian Space Program under Putin
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikationAbstract : The thesis aims to give a deeper understanding of the Russian use of soft power by examining identity building. This research is one of very few that shed light on Russia’s ambitions of exploitation of space. Further knowledge in the field is necessary to understand the underlying motives and objectives behind the Russian space program. READ MORE
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5. 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
