Essays about: "us foreign policy and iraq war"

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  1. 1. Returning Foreign Fighters to Denmark & Sweden: The Enemies of the State?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Cianna Flyger; [2020]
    Keywords : Islamic state; foreign fighters; Denmark; Sweden; policy; discourses; critical security studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Denmark and Sweden, as the rest of Europe, face a dilemma of whether to repatriate their citizens who travelled to the so-called Islamic State, from the wretched refugee camps in Syria and Iraq after its fall, and how to deal with those already returned. This thesis examines the two countries’ policy-approaches and discourses to the issue of foreign fighters (FF’s) through a comparative case study, mainly focusing on Denmark, and empirical analysis of statements on FF’s from key political actors, using the social scientific method of critical discourse analysis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Understanding Iranian Proxy Warfare: A Historical Analysis of the Relational Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraqi Insurgencies

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

    Author : Hjalte H. Handberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Iranian Foreign Policy; Proxy Warfare; Iraqi Civil War; Relational Identities; Constructivism; Critical Security Analysis; New Wars;

    Abstract : In recent years, the IRI has managed to increase its influence in the Middle East. The strategic use of proxy warfare has played a central role as surrounding countries have become destabilised. READ MORE

  4. 3. The 2003 war on Iraq : Purposes and Motivations, An Analytical View

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Salwan Al Taie; [2016]
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    Abstract : The Iraqi war represents a form of coercive diplomacy between words and war in the enforcement of international norms and is considered as a new and old notion at the same time. This holds true ever since the days of the Desert Storm: the war waged to liberate Kuwait. READ MORE

  5. 4. Building peace in Libya : UK assistance to foreign Security Sector Reform

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Michael Edwards; [2014]
    Keywords : Libya; Security Sector Reform; Human Security; Peacebuilding; British foreign policy; SALW.;

    Abstract : Security Sector Reform (SSR) has been established as a powerful tool in achieving sustainable peace in post-conflict countries, a belief which has strengthened since the events of September 11th 2001, and the subsequent war on terror which has seen both the UK and US heavily involved in peacebuilding operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. However there is a concern that following these experiences, SSR has become little more than a process of building the military capacity of recipient countries in order to meet the immediate security needs of donor states. READ MORE

  6. 5. The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy In the Post-September 11 Era: "The Utility of a Constructivist Approach"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ahmet Mert Kartal; [2006]
    Keywords : The Common Foreign and Security Policy September 11; War in Afghanistan; The Iraq War; Rationalism; Liberal Intergovernmentalism Constructivism; Europeanization Theory; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy has been described as flawed or even non-existing by many critics due to its intergovernmentalist nature. One of the latest incidents illustrating the CFSP's malfunction came about in 2003 after the US decided to engage in a war against Iraq. READ MORE