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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"Great power"”.
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Living or Leaving History: Temporality, Identity and Great Power Aspiration
Rising great powers have always been a central focus of world politics. One reason is that the emergence of a new powerful state implies uncertainty and may pose a threat to the world order, as the anxious discourse around China’s rise implies. More recent studies have begun to investigate the …
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Navigating great power competition: The Maldives as a democratising small state
This thesis evaluates how great power competition systematically constrains democratisation in small states when geo-strategic interests intersect with domestic political processes. Using the Maldives as a case study, it demonstrates that democratic consolidation is constrained by mechanisms …
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The Global War on Terrorism in the Context of Great Power Politics
The twenty-first century has seen an increase in threats of terrorism. Many of these threats have been directed at the United States by Islamic fundamentalists. In the aftermath of September 11, the United States has declared war on international terrorism. The United States has described this war …
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THE GREAT POWER STRUGGLE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION AND ITS EFFECTS ON SRI LANKA
… it with the challenge of balancing regional powers—India and China. As a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, Sri Lanka has historically pursued a non-aligned foreign policy, which proved beneficial during the Cold War and post-Cold War. However, in the current era of great power …
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Kínai nagyhatalmiság. A Kínai Népköztársaság nagyhatalmi ambíciói, szerepvállalása, és partnerei a XXI. században = Great power with Chinese characteristics. Great power ambitions, role and partners of the People’s Republic of China in the twenty-first century
… and uncertainties – has entered the road of great power evolution and achieved so many diplomatic success that nowadays the twenty-first century is considered to be the century of China. While China’s international environment was formed by external factors in the 90s, today China is shaping …
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A COOPERATIVE SPACE STRATEGY FOR THE ARCTIC: POLICY, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF POLAR GREAT POWER COMPETITION
… regional challenges. The reemergence of polar great power competition, coupled with rapid climate change, has drastically altered the strategic demand for space capabilities within the region. This thesis explored how the United States might benefit from a cooperative space strategy for the …
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Fish cannot See Water: Rethinking China's Quest for Great Power Status through a Cultural Lens (1992-2021)
… that China, to a notable extent, pursues its great-power status in a manner framed by a distinctive cultural value of ‘face maintenance’ (weihu mianzi). The case studies also yielded the following conclusions: (1) ‘face’ is socially constructed, meaning that its significance for the Chinese …
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With great power comes great responsibility : exploring identified factors that influence non-compliance behaviour in the South African liver transplant population
The non-compliance to a strict medicine regimen is a significant problem in transplant patients across the world, and we suspect also in South Africa. Despite the magnitude of the problem and the potentially life-threatening consequences of non-compliance, no research has focused on the South …
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Indonesia’s great power and superpower environment in the post Cold War era: A study of Indonesia’s search for a dynamic regional equilibrium
… Japan’s transformation, and is a response to the great power and superpower interactions in the region. This study is thus timely, significant and relevant as well as important in contemporary Indonesia. First, it analyses the impact of regional dynamics on Indonesia, which have been perceived …
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Combat Drones and International Order: An English School Approach
… sovereignty, territoriality, international law, great power management, and war. This work builds its case on open source primary and secondary documents from the UN and news outlets to gauge the effect and reaction of states to the use of drones over the last 15 years. It found that drones and …
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Explaining Middle Power Military Intervention: Australia’s Use of Force in Maritime Southeast Asia and the South Pacific
Why do middle powers use military force to intervene in external conflicts despite the costs and risk? While there is no shortage of literature on the causes of military intervention, most theories were derived from – and seek to explain – great power behavior. Given differences between great power …
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Nationalism in the 21st Century and its impact on revisionist great powers
… focus on the attainment, or re-establishment, of great power status. Both President’s Xi and Putin contend that this status is a vital part of their countries national identities. Because of the close association between nationalism and the attainment of great power status both China and Russia …
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Bold Leader or Bully? Interpreting Chinese Regional Maritime Behavior
… as “bullying” (as China’s smaller and less powerful neighbors view it) is accurate, and whether any definitive conclusions can be drawn concerning the assertive nature of China’s conduct. Moreover, given how China’s neighbors perceive Chinese maritime policy, this thesis examined how the …
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The Greatest of These: Virtuous Love and Christian Preaching
… their own stories. This gives the preacher great power over people's lives. The ethics of preaching underscores the duty to be competent in the ways we interpret God's word and people's lives, and it demands that we give authentic witness to what we say, lest our preaching lack credibility. …
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The Impact of Oil Production and Consumption on the Balance of Power
- My research examines how states can exercise power through oil. What kind of balancing strategies they use to maintain or improve their power. I use quantitative data and the case studies of USA, Japan and USSR/Russia to research the question. - The novelty of my research is enhanced by the …
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