Essays about: "public opinion and foreign policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words public opinion and foreign policy.

  1. 1. The swing of the pendulum: Sweden's pivot to NATO : A case of small states' shift in security policy

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Irena Bonnier; [2024]
    Keywords : Security and defence policy; Sweden; NATO; Small states studies; Deterrence; Shelter theory s political military dimension; Realism; Foreign Policy Change; Domestic determinants of small states security policy; Process-tracing; Säkerhets- och försvarspolitik; Sverige; NATO; Småstatsteori; Avskräckning; Vindskyddsteorins politiska militära dimension; Realism; Utrikespolitisk förändring; Inhemska påverkansfaktorer på småstaters säkerhetspolitik; Processpårning;

    Abstract : Sweden is the only state in the Baltic Sea region currently not under NATO protection, which puts the state in a particularly vulnerable position. On 18 May 2022, Sweden officially deemed NATO alignment a more effective option of security strategy in projecting deterrence and dealing with the security challenges the state is facing, compared to a strategy of non-alignment which has been Sweden’s security posture for over 200 years. READ MORE

  3. 2. Framing India's non-alignment policy in an increasingly polarized world: Observations from the popular media outlets of India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ziya Mehdizade; [2023]
    Keywords : framing; digital media; non-alignment policy; public opinion; news; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The media has considerable power in informing, shaping, or skewing foreign policy debates through salience and framing. While it is quite challenging to make accurate predictions about the future of India’s non-alignment policy, it is feasible to examine perspectives and concerns about India’s policy of non-alignment in the increasingly polarized world stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war. READ MORE

  4. 3. Tackling Brexit: An idea analysis on the similarities of the 2016 Brexit debate and the debate on foreign players in the Premier League

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Jansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Premier League; Brexit; Foreign Labor; Public Opinion; Liberalism; Nationalism; Cultivation theory; Economic interests; National identity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Through an idea analysis, arguments for and against two different policy changes regulating foreign labor in the Premier League will be dissected in order to reveal the nationalist and liberal qualities within them. Arguments made by the Remain and Leave-campaigns during the 2016 Brexit debate, prior to the referendum are also reviewed. READ MORE

  5. 4. Stalling Democracy in the Middle East : Failure of US Foreign Policy or Absence of Democratic Culture?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Erik Paananen; [2022]
    Keywords : Middle East; United States interventions; Democratic culture; Case studies; nationally representative public opinion surveys.;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to investigate whether the repeated failures to democratize in the Middle East depends on the United States' unsuccessful foreign policy or if it is caused by an absence of democratic culture, focusing primarily on Afghanistan whilst also including Iraq and Libya based on the criteria of having been the subject of US military incursion(s). The research made for this paper is based upon the case study method combined with a quantitative dataset from the Arab Barometer in order to measure democratic culture. READ MORE

  6. 5. Exploring the interactions between local public opinion, the media, and foreign policy toward Chinese investments in Ecuador

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Anuar Temirov; [2022]
    Keywords : Public opinion about China; Ecuador; foreign policy; Ecuadorian media; Chinese credit and investment; time series regression; content analysis;

    Abstract : In an increasingly polarizing world, the debate on the importance of public opinion in shaping foreign policy decisions has been raging over. This study explores the interactions between Chinese investment and credit and public opinion about China in Ecuador from 2012 to 2021 through two classical international relations theories: the realist and liberal hypotheses. READ MORE