Essays about: "security-dilemma"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word security-dilemma.

  1. 1. Can Streams of Weapons Create Waves of Violence Between Farmers and Herders? : A qualitative case study on the role of Small Arms and Light Weapons in conflicts between farmers and herders

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

    Author : Emelie Aréen; [2023]
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    Abstract :  This paper empirically examines the relationship between the circulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), and its effect on farmer-herder conflicts, particularly the risk of escalation. Researchers have emphasised the role of these weapons that are being frequently used in communal conflicts across several African countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. The EU’s Constraints in Involvement of the Post- Soviet Frozen Conflicts : (A Comparative Case Study on the Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia Conflicts)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Mahira Mukhtarova; [2020]
    Keywords : Frozen Conflicts; the South Caucasus; EU constraints; Normative Power Europe and Neorealism.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines constraints of the EU’s engagement in the frozen conflicts of the South Caucasus, namely, the Abkhazia, the South Ossetia, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts. The study begins with a puzzle in which the EU’s ambition for prioritizing the resolution of frozen conflicts mismatches with the reality related to the status quo of frozen conflicts. READ MORE

  4. 3. Them vs Us - The ontological significance of identity and (in)security in the Cold Conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Michael Abdullah; [2019-12-17]
    Keywords : Ontological security theory; Identity; Security; Conflict; Iran; Saudi Arabia;

    Abstract : In recent years, identity has become increasingly important within the field of International Relations and in studies of conflict. This has led to the widening of the field with the help of perspectives from the field of Psychology, and the emergence of ontological security theory (OST) where identity is a centrality. READ MORE

  5. 4. India-Pakistan Conflict –A Case Study since 1998

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

    Author : Ikram Noor; [2019]
    Keywords : Security dilemma;

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  6. 5. The paradox of anarchy : Why anarchy is a rational choice

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Martin Lundqvist; [2017]
    Keywords : World government; anarchy; security dilemma; rational choice realism; delegation constraint;

    Abstract : A central paradox in neorealism is that the absence of world government is assumed to imply a dangerous security dilemma, and yet few realists have argued in favor of world government while great powers have historically resisted delegation of military force to supranational institutions. If international anarchy causes costly security competition and war, powerful states should have a strong incentive to unify and neorealist explanations for why states resist peaceful unification are either underdeveloped or implicit. READ MORE