Sökning: "unipolarity"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade ordet unipolarity.

  1. 1. Offensive or Neoclassical Realism? How a Great Power Shapes Its Environment

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Författare :Orhan Irfan; [2021]
    Nyckelord :offensive realism; neoclassical realism; polarity; state capacity; revisionism; Russia;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to shed light on the differences between offensive and a specific version of neoclassical realism on their expectations regarding how a great power shapes its environment. The neoclassical framework proposed in this work constitutes an independent variable captured by the polarity in the system, an intervening variable of state capacity, and a dependent variable of revisionist foreign policy. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Bad or even worse : Exploring the critical decisions of Japan in 1940 and 1941, in the light of contemporary neoclassical realism

    L2-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Statsvetenskap

    Författare :Oskar Johansson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Security curve; unipolarity; Japan; neo-realism;

    Sammanfattning : Several contemporary theories in the neo-realist corpus, modifies earlier assumptions about unit level behavior. The explanatory value of these theories has to be tested. The aim of this research, was to test the explanatory value of Davide Fiammenghis theory about the security curve, and Nuno P. Monteiros theory about unipolarity. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Is Soft Balancing the Driving Force Behind Sino-Russian Cooperation in Central Asia? - An Empirical Test of the Soft Balancing Theory

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Henrik Bergfeldt; [2008]
    Nyckelord :Balance of Power; Soft Balancing; Hegemony; United States; Russia; China; Central Asia; Unipolarity; Waltz; Neo-realism; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : In an age of American unipolarity it is not surprising that questions regarding the perseverance of the current international structure constantly recur in contemporary international relations debates. As the discussion about whether the balance of power theory vanished with the Cold War continues, soft balancing has become a popular way to describe second-tier states' use of non-military tools to delay, frustrate, and undermine aggressive unilateral U. LÄS MER