Essays about: "violent non-state actors"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words violent non-state actors.
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1. A Camouflaged Weapon : Coercive Engineered Migration against Europe by Armed Nonstate Actors in Libya
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : In a world witnessing unprecedented levels of forced displacement, the weaponization of migration has emerged as a potent and unexplored tool in the foreign policy arsenals of states and non-state actors. Challenging traditional state-centric perspectives in international relations, this thesis delves into the realm of Coercive Engineered Migration (CEM) employed by armed non-state actors. READ MORE
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2. We Didn’t Start the Fire… Right? - How external support affects the use of violence in political movements
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Abstract: What explains the use of violence in extra-institutional political campaigns? Domestic groups challenge host states using both nonviolent and violent tactics. While Gandhi’s struggle for India’s independence is perhaps the most famous example of nonviolence, many of today’s bloody civil wars also started out as nonviolent movements. READ MORE
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3. The Effects of Violence on Political Trust in Mali. A Quantitative Analysis of How Levels of Insecurity and Violence, Affects Trust in Different Types of Security Actors.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis generates new theory on how violence affects the levels of political trust toward state and non-state security actors in Mali. The theory that is generated will further be tested through a quantitative regression analysis to be able to answer the overarching research question of: In contexts with high levels of insecurity and violence, under what conditions do populations put their trust in different types of security actors? Furthermore, two additional research questions are examined: How does regional variation, whether violence is taking place within a region or not affecting how populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors?, and How do different types of violent events affect whether populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors? The thesis can conclude that the levels of trust in state security actors are affected by the levels of violence in Mali, additionally, the thesis finds evidence that the levels of violence within a region and that regions location effects the will of a population to trust state security actors negatively. READ MORE
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4. Spilling The Tea On Electoral Violence Prevention : Can technical election assistance prevent electoral violence?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The international community has long sent democracy aid, and technical election assistance (TEA) has become increasingly popular in the last three decades. Despite these investments, little is known about the effects of TEA. READ MORE
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5. Old Rules for New Wars - A Case Study of how Resolution 1373 affects the practice of the Security Council in relation to Jus ad Bellum
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Adopted by the United Nations Security Council on the 28th of September in 2001, resolution 1373 was one of the collective measures or actions taken to maintain international peace and security perceivably under threat by international terrorist acts committed by Violent Non-State Actors. This interdisciplinary politico-legal thesis seeks to understand how the unique United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 affects the Security Council in practice by using a comparative perspective tracing related Security Council follow-up activity. READ MORE
