Sökning: "defensive realism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 uppsatser innehållade orden defensive realism.

1. 1. Ryssland och syriska konflikten 2015 : En studie av ryska ingripandet i inbördeskriget med ursprung i politisk realism

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

   Författare :Joseph Sbynati; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Ryssland och Syrien; Syriens inbördeskrig; Bashar Al-Assad; Vlademir Putin; mellanöstern; realism; neorealism; rational hypothesis; structural realism; offensive realism; defensive realism;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

3. 2. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order

   Master-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

   Författare :Malin Ridström; [2024]
   Nyckelord :the Arctic; Russia; China; the United States; great power behaviour; offensive realism; defensive realism; power transition theory; grand strategy; qualitative content analysis; Arctic exceptionalism;

   Sammanfattning : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. LÄS MER

4. 3. Konflikten kring Taiwansudent : En kvalitativ fallstudie ur realism och småstatsperspektiv

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

   Författare :Adelyne Gatekane; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Realism; neorealism; defensiv realism; exceptionalism; raison d’etat; Kina PRC ; Taiwan RPC ;

   Sammanfattning : In recent years geopolitical developments which involve powerful states clashing have demonstrated the fragility of small states and their positions within the international system. It is evident that changing hegemony has a greater impact on small states than the most powerful ones. LÄS MER

5. 4. Eftersträvar Ryssland makt eller säkerhet? : En teoriprövande fallstudie om Rysslands invasion av Ukraina

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

   Författare :Isak Wetterlöf; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Offensiv realism; defensiv realism; Ryssland; Ukraina; NATO;

   Sammanfattning : What is the motive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Is Kreml seaking security or power? The topic will be discussed from the perspective of offensive and defensive realism, which is based on John Mearsheimer, Stephen Walt and Kenneth Waltz thoughts and ideas. The thesis has also studied the war in Georgia and Syria in an attempt to find similarities with today's war in Ukraine. LÄS MER

7. 5. The China-India land border conflict : A qualitative case study of the China-India border dispute from a realistic perspective

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

   Författare :Markus Roach; [2023]
   Nyckelord :India; China; China-India border; Border conflict; Realism;

   Sammanfattning : Why has the China-India border conflict developed into what it is today? What could it become in the future? These questions will be discussed and analyzed from the perspective of offensive and defensive realism, which is based on John Mearsheimer’s theory of realism. This thesis is structured as a case study with a theory testing element with a main focus of analyzing and explaining the border conflict from offensive and defensive realism. LÄS MER