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1. 1. Smart Power in Iran’s Foreign Policy Towards Arab National Security in the Middle East 2003-2015 : Case Studies of Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ali Al Mohammad; [2022]
   Keywords : Smart Power; Foreign Policy; Arab National Security; Islamic Republic of Iran; Iraq; Yemen; Lebanon;

   Abstract : The theme of this research is smart power in Iran’s foreign policy toward Arab national security in the Middle East [Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen]. This important and influential topic was explained and analyzed on the regional and international political scene. READ MORE

3. 2. IRAN -US CONFLICT 2020: LIVE ESCALATION ON TRUMP KILLING OF SOLEIMANI IN IRAQ

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ali Abulahma; [2021-07-20]
   Keywords : Assassination; Escalation; Iraq; Iran; Realism; Liberalism;

   Abstract : This dissertation is engaging and contributes to the contemporary research on the distinguished transformations of American Iranian relations in the post-Soleimani era. It is represented dangerous and unprecedented escalation steps. READ MORE

4. 3. National Security Concerns And The Kurdistan Region In A New Middle East: From Rebellion To Statehood : The Influences Of Power, Threat Enviornment And Opportunity Structures On The Choice Of Becoming An Independent State

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan/Institutionen för säkerhet, strategi och ledarskap (ISSL)

   Author : Mohammed Gailan; [2017]
   Keywords : National Security; Power; Threat environment; Strategy; Military; Kurdistan; Independence; Statehood; Opportunity; Cooperation; Resources; Middle East; Terrorism; Iraq;

   Abstract : Under which conditions do some nations and de facto state actors with relative power assert their statehood and independence? What factors should we focus on when we assess such cases? How much can we relate a nation’s choice and path to statehood and independence to its national security concerns? The aim of this case study has been to answer the questions asked above and explain why nations during some periods do not choose to declare independence and form their own state and during other periods they aim to do so. The case of the Kurdistan region of Iraq has been selected and studied both due the drastic regional changes in the Middle East since Saddam Hussein’s fall and the rise Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. READ MORE

5. 4. Iraq’s Complex Foreign Policy Conduct: Major Iraqi Communities, their divergent Interests and the Intervening Neighboring Countries (2004-2009)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Yosra Khalil Wahab; [2009]
   Keywords : foreign threat assessment; Iraq’s neighboring countries; foreign policy executive; neoclassical realism; Iraq’s major societal groups; national interests; international constraints; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study is analyzing the foreign relations of three major Iraqi communities, namely the Shia Arabs, the Kurds and Sunni Arabs. In order to properly characterize these communities’ external relations with neighboring countries, some of their foreign policy choices are examined at national and regional contexts. READ MORE

6. 5. "Minimal Solidarism" : Post-Cold War responses to humanitarian crisis

   University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Fridh Welin; [2005]
   Keywords : Solidarism; minimal solidarism; human rights; humanitarian intervention; international society; post-Cold War; normative shift; international relations; international community; humanitarianism.;

   Abstract : The issue of humanitarian intervention presents a perennial conundrum and is one of the hottest topics in contemporary international relations. It contains aspects of both idealism and realism and is largely an issue born out of the end of the Cold War. READ MORE