Sökning: "Diversionary War theory"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Diversionary War theory.

  1. 1. Storbritanniens utrikespolitik under Falklandskriget 1982 : En kvalitativ fallstudie om de brittiska beslutsfattarnas motiv och eventuellt bakomliggande sådana

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Författare :Martin Johansson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Diversionary war theory; Utrikespolitisk teori; Krig; Margaret Thatcher; Geopolitik; Diplomati; Propaganda; Suveränitetsprincipen; Säkerhetsdilemmat; Richard C. Snyder; H.W. Bruck; Burton Sapin; Machiavelli; Alexandre Defay;

    Sammanfattning : When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982, it was the beginning of a two month long war. The aim of this essay is to find alternative explanations to the Falklands war with the main question being whether there were hidden motives for Thatcher and her reactions in 1982. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Unrest as Incentive for Cooperation? : The Diversionary Peace Theory, Turkish-Syrian Relations and the Kurdish Conflict

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Linus Mattsson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Diversionary Peace theory; Diversionary War theory; international conflict; Turkey; Syria; Kurdish conflict; process-tracing;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this paper is to investigate the link between internal and external conflict of states in the field of International Relations. More specifically, it is a critique of the Diversionary War theory, which argues that political leaders can instigate foreign conflict to divert the attention from domestic issues in order to secure their political positions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Political Motivation and Annexations: A comparative study of the political motivation to annex a sovereign territory.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Carl Ursing; [2016]
    Nyckelord :political decision; Indonesia; China; annexation; Tibet; East-Timor; diversionary foreign policy; rational actor; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Unveiling political motivation as a feature in the actions of states has since the mid 20th century been a rising subject of interest in the academic research of International Relations. Research has predominatly focused on the incidence of war as a method to foster domestic support, however the manifestation of political stimulus streches past these events. LÄS MER