Browsing by Subject "International Relations in Historical Perspective"
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A Bewildering Message
(2022)This master thesis focussed on the correlation between the narrative on climate change within British diplomacy and BBC programming, based on the research question: ‘to what extent has the narrative on climate change within ... -
A Bid to Shape the Future of International Law and Society? China’s position regarding the South China Sea arbitral proceedings and its evolving position within the society of states assessed through the prism of the English School
(2019)To ask the question whether China will change, or fundamentally overthrow, our global order was not the purpose of this study. Rather, its objective was twofold. First, it endeavoured to sketch a blueprint for an approach ... -
A Brexit from Britain or Europe? An assessment of identifications with Europe among British expats living in the Netherlands
(2019)The majority of studies concerning the UK’s Brexit have focused on its impacts on the UK domestic population. However, Brexit is much more than a domestic issue; it is also a unique occurrence in EU history that a ... -
A forced European integration? EU membership conditionality and its effect on the institutional development of Slovakia and Hungary within the period of 1992-2014
(2017)The core aim of this thesis is to measure the effects of conditionality, through a comparative analysis of two case-studies, Slovakia and Hungary, over the period of 1992-2014. In order to do so, the theory of rational ... -
A March to Mars? The Function of Outer Space within US Nationalism in Historical Perspective
(2020)Outer space has become more popular in recent years due to a growth in spacefaring nations, the increasing importance of space-enabled capabilities such as GPS and espionage, and the entrance of private companies seeking ... -
A Public Strategy of Peace: Ostpolitik and the CSCE. Willy Brandt’s Foreign Policy and the Western Alliance, 1969-1972.
(2017)Ostpolitik was the FRG’s new approach to East-West relations. It rested on the conviction that change could only come through a policy of rapprochement with the Eastern European states. The Warsaw Pact’s call for a CSCE ... -
A quest for security or identity? Turkey towards NATO membership: The construction of the Turkish-American alliance in a Cold War perspective (1945-1952)
(2019)Turkey, after a long period of neutrality, became integrated into the Western hemisphere between 1945 and 1952, which made it one of the most significant periods in recent Turkish history. After threats of the Soviet Union ... -
A Sea of Opportunities: The Netherlands, European Integration and the Common Fisheries Policy
(2019)This thesis assesses the explanatory power of liberal intergovernmentalism in the context of Dutch policy towards the Common Fisheries Policy between 1976 and 1983. I construct a historical narrative based on new archival ... -
Active Agency or Passive Agent? Securitizing LGBT+ Activism and its Transnational Influences in 21st Century Iraq
(2020)The primary aim of this thesis is to analyze how men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with women (WSW) in Iraq attempt to securitize by performing a speech act that leads to the implantation of extraordinary ... -
‘Aloz y Petloleo’ or the bringer of modernisation? Argentinian public opinion on Chinese trade, financial aid and investments in the country
(2019)The challenges and importunities China’s economic expansion on the world stage present for Argentina has become a widely discussed topic. However, since the public opinion on this development is an understudied phenomenon, ... -
Ambiguous Indifference? An Investigation of Irish Perceptions of the Armenian Question, 1895-1924.
(2022)This thesis was inspired by the Irish government’s peculiarly ambiguous position regarding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. It is an historical research into the contemporary Irish reactions to the events that ... -
An animal wounded just for being an animal
(2021)In deze scriptie is er onderzoek gedaan naar de invloed van internationaal en nationaal discours op het beleid rondom reproductie en de praktische uitvoering daarvan op lokaal niveau. Deze scriptie toont aan hoe een ... -
An Inalienable Inheritance? A securitization theory approach to the Western Sahara issue in Spain’s relations with Morocco
(2022)In November 1975, authoritarianism came to an end in Spain. After Franco's death, political transition led to the birth of a democracy eager to distance itself from the dictatorial past and thus claim its place in Europe ... -
An Unhealthy Relationship: How and Why the World Health Organization is Used to Undermine Israel's Sovereign Equality
(2018)This thesis examines the notion of ‘sovereign equality’ and how it can be undermined through intergovernmental organisations. The organisation examined is the World Health Organization (WHO), with Israel as a case study. ... -
Anticipating another Warsaw Pact intervention in Europe An analysis of misperception in international politics: the Polish crisis during Jimmy Carter’s last months as President of the United States
(2017)Following the falter of détente between the superpowers in the late 1970’s of the Cold War, suspicion about each other’s intentions rose to peak levels. Strongly held images, for instance the Brezhnev Doctrine, were key ... -
ASEAN'S Struggle with Human Rights: Universalism versus Cultural Relativism
(2019)When the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) was adopted in 2012, it led to international criticism that it fell below international human rights standards. Even nuanced scholarly works referred to cultural relativism ...