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1. Demanding a Seat at The Table: Brazil’s and South Africa’s Role Conception in their Quest for Permanent Seats at the United Nations Security Council
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In a changing world order, emerging middle powers from the global South may seek new positions in international societies. Using the United Nations as an international society, this thesis aims to investigate what roles the emerging middle powers, Brazil and South Africa, enact in pursuing permanent seats at the Security Council. READ MORE
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2. The European Defence Agency: A Success Story : A Qualitative Analysis On The Integration Efforts by the European Defence Agency
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : European integration has always been a subject of research and discussion. With the implementation of the European Defence Agency in 2004, the European Union expanded itself into an unknown territory, the defence sector. With the establishment of the EDA, questions can be asked surrounding its implications and whether it will be a success story. READ MORE
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3. Reinventing the Middle Kingdom : A case study of Chinese spread of authoritarianism through International Organizations
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : The liberal theory of international relations primarily associates international cooperation with liberal democratic states, to the point that a theory of scholars Poast and Urpelainen claim that international cooperation with consolidated democracies through international organizations may boost the democratization of or at least prevent democratic backsliding in non-consolidated democracies. This paper investigates the possibility of decoupling these theories from democracies and democratizing by examining whether Chinese efforts within the framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Belt and Road foreign policy project have a similar but reverse effect on its target states, prompting developments in authoritarian directions. READ MORE
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4. The Unassailable Axiom : National Role Conceptions and Strategic Culture in Chinese Foreign Policy
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : How a rising China might adapt to the existing international order has remained a challenge in the international relations debate since the turn of the millennium. While the international balance of power continues to tilt in China’s favor the level of uncertainty regarding how China will use its power remains high. READ MORE
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5. Geopolitical Competition for 5G Technology between China and the United States : Former U.S. President Trump’s Ban on Huawei
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis is analysing the geopolitical and geoeconomical standoff surrounding 5G technology between the United States (US) and the People’s Republic of China (China) by answering the question how and why former US President Donald Trump decided to ban Huawei on May 15th 2019. The unique combination of Offensive Structural Realism, Ontological Belief Systems, Problem Representation, Option Generation and Poliheuristic Theory reveals a multidimensional answer. READ MORE
