Sökning: "Diversionary theory"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade orden Diversionary theory.

  1. 1. Invasionen av Falklandsöarna 1982 och Kuwait 1990 – mänskligt beteende och/eller dumdristighet?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Marcus Jakobsson Drejstam; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Falklandskriget; informationsbias; sunk cost fallacy; diversionary action; auktoritära stater.; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study is to investigate whether two theories can have explanatory power on two real cases – the invasions of the Falkland Islands in 1982 and Kuwait in 1990. There is a theory that can be used by a state to unite a population towards a common goal – diversionary action. This is the basis for this study. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Regime Survival during the Arab Spring: : A Case study of how the Moroccan leader addressed the popular discontent during and after the Arab Spring in 2011

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Luisa El Berr; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Regime survival; Arab Spring; Morocco; Theory of Policy Substitutability; Diversionary Tactics;

    Sammanfattning : The Arab Spring, the protests that spread through the Arab world, led to very different outcomes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. That some regimes survived during the Arab Spring and some experienced regime-change has been explained through political, economic and social perspectives. LÄS MER

  7. 5. 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