Essays about: "rebels"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 essays containing the word rebels.

  1. 11. STATE-REBEL RELATIONSHIPS AMIDST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC : Why do some rebel groups cooperate with state-led crisis response operations while the others obstruct?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Kwan Yu Queenie Law; [2022]
    Keywords : Rebel groups; Covid-19; State-rebel relationship; Taliban; Boko Haram;

    Abstract : Within the civil war literature, state-rebel relationships are traditionally understood as strictly contentious. However, empirical observations suggest that the two contending parties are not always in a state of total war and their collaboration is possible. READ MORE

  3. 12. Energy Security: The European Union’s Achilles Heel? : A Case Study on How Energy Security Has Impacted the European Union’s Position in the Joint comprehensive plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2022.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Sayeh Ghaderi; [2022]
    Keywords : The European Union; Iran Nuclear Deal; the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action JCPOA ; Energy Security; Iran; Russia;

    Abstract : This essay examines how energy security has influenced the EuropeanUnion's stand in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2022. The study aims to provide a better knowledge of the current political atmosphere and the challenges to the European Union's energy needs in comparison to the other parties involved in the JCPOA (the United States, China, Russia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom). READ MORE

  4. 13. A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND? : A Quantitative Study on The Effect of Diamond Extortion on Sexual Violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Ester Tottie; [2021]
    Keywords : sexual violence; CRSV; natural resources; alluvial diamonds; lootable natural resources;

    Abstract : Sexual violence has been a considered tragic yet inevitable part of most armed conflicts throughout history. Various connections have been made between natural resources and conflict-related sexual violence and this paper aims to explore this relationship further. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Effects of Resource Endowments on Transnational Rebel Recruitment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Johannes Stevense; [2021]
    Keywords : Transnational rebels; Recruitment; Insurgency; Resource endowments; Weinstein; Foreign fighters; Armed conflict; NPFL; NRA; Liberia; Uganda; Ivory Coast;

    Abstract : While transnational rebellion and rebel recruitment have received much attention in previous literature, the combination of the two, transnational rebel recruitment, has been relatively understudied. This study aims to cover this research gap by further developing Jeremy Weinstein’s theory on resource endowments to test their effect on transnational rebel recruitment. READ MORE

  6. 15. Is it sometimes safer to be alone? : A qualitative analysis of civilian agency and its effects on rebel tactics.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Hannah Ramel; [2021]
    Keywords : Civil agency; rebel tactics; rebel characteristics;

    Abstract : Despite an increasing interest in civil agency and its role in armed conflict, little is known about the effect it might have on rebel groups' patterns of behaviour. In this study I explore the theory of collective action capacity, which is the population's ability to cooperate and forego short term incentives to preserve long term cooperation, and its effect on rebel groups' method of generating compliance in new territory. READ MORE