Sundvik, Sebastian
The Syrian civil war started because of the Arab Spring which spread through the MENA region and in Syria it quickly erupted into a bloody civil war. Where nations such as the United States choose to support the Syrian democratic forces while states like Russia and Iran choose to side with the Assad government. Putting the two supporting sides into...
Mantock, Harvey
The purpose of this research is to investigate the question: How does the EU face a security dilemma in response to China’s AI ambitions? The thesis explores the theory of the security dilemma associated with neorealist/structural realist approaches as it aims to predict the behaviour of states in an international anarchic system. The pace of the A...
Frithiof, Jarl
This study has analysed Sweden's security policy strategy and decision to send military supportto Ukraine in light of the Russian invasion of 2022. By applying a combination of discourseanalysis (WPR) and neorealism, the study has explored the political motivations behind thesedecisions, under both the Andersson and Kristersson administrations. The...
Donofrio, Andrea Rubio Moraga, Ángel L.
Roma ciudad abierta no solo es considerada una película que retrata la resistencia italiana y que promueve la propaganda antifascista, sino que, además, representa un ejemplo del estilo rosselliniano, de su forma de captar la realidad en su crudeza. Una realidad marcada por hombres y mujeres que sufren, que luchan contra las adversidades y que anhe...
Tengdelius, Daniel
This thesis aims to understand why the World health organization’s Global programme on aids (WHO GPA) does not appear to be able to collaborate with non-governmental actors (NGO), even though booth WHO GPA and NGO`s appears to value and seek cooperation. The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the lack of cooperation between WHO GPA and NG...
Franzén, Johan
In light of the recent Swedish's and Finnish's NATO applications, this thesis seeks to examine the motivations and reasoning behind these simultaneous applications by drawing on two theoretical frameworks, liberalism and neorealism. As such, it seeks to answer the research question: In what ways does the interplay of liberal and neorealist motivati...
Ghorbani, Mahdi
Uppsatsen beskriver den moderna iranska filmens utveckling med utgångspunkt från några betydande iranska filmer i det iranska samhället. Syftet är att belysa vilka neorealistiska drag som präglar den iranska filmen under olika tidsperioder och vilket inflytande den italienska neorealismen har haft på den iranska filmen från 1960-talet fram till ida...
Ishler, Robin Brooks
This dissertation proposes a widespread revision to the English School of international relations theory in an effort to 1) provide the paradigm with much-needed internal ontological and epistemological consistency and 2) increase its analytical robustness by supplementing it with elements from Neorealism, Neoclassical Realism, and Conventional Con...
Landström, Fabian
This study uses a neoclassical framework aiming to explain why different changes in foreign policy towards Cuba has occurred under the Trump-era. The main research question of the study is therefore: To what extent can neo-classical realism explain US policy changes towards Cuba during Trump's 2017-2021 term? The study identified three major change...
Alhammadi, Abdullah
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The literature contains much discussion on the contemporary differences between neorealism and neoliberalism, especially in the context of international relations. However there have, as yet, been limited attempts to investigate how these international relations theories fare in explaining state responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. This study review...