Browsing by Subject "International Relations in Historical Perspective"
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Assessing the Contemporary Strategic Utility of Trident: British Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century
(2019)Without fail, every single British government since the Cold War has espoused the strategic importance of the British nuclear deterrent, ‘Trident’. Spurred by the recent 2016 decision to renew Britain’s nuclear capability, ... -
Ba'athism: the hidden hand behind ISIS? An examination of the Ba'ath ideology, Saddam-regime and ISIS
(2018)This thesis examines to what extent the Ba’athist ideology and Ba’athist Saddam-regime can be considered forerunners of the ISIS-doctrine. It aims to map out the potential influence or overlap concerning pan-Arabism and ... -
Back to the Future or Forwards to the Past? Nostalgia and National Populism in the US and the UK
(2022)An appeal to nostalgia has been a salient feature of national populism in both the United States and the United Kingdom in recent years. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the way in which Donald Trump in his ... -
Beneath the iceberg: soft power and educational diplomacy between the European Union and China (2003-2018)
(2018)The aim of the following work is threefold. Based on academic literature in the field, the first step will be to introduce academic discussion surrounding the evolution of the term “soft power”. Secondly, an understanding ... -
‘’Between head and hearts: Postcolonialism, emotions and Brexit’’ ‘’To what extent was the use of postcolonial misconceptions, imperial nostalgia and appeals to emotions present in the campaign strategy and tactics of the Leave side during the United Kingdom European Union membership Referendum (20th February 2016- 30th June 2016)?’’.
(2022)On 23rd June 2016, the British public voted in favour of leaving the European Union (EU) following its 47 year long membership of the political and economic union. The result of the referendum shocked the international ... -
Between Principles and Pragmatism: The Role of the Netherlands at the 1986-1989 Vienna Follow-up Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation Europe (CSCE)
(2020)The aim of this thesis is to investigate what the role of the Netherlands was at the 1986-1989 Vienna follow-up meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). It attempts to do so by combining ... -
Between Two Worlds
(2023)The presented study looks at pivots in the foreign policy of buffer states. Some countries have lost that status after opting relatively quickly for an international sphere of influence. By looking at the cases of Belarus ... -
Breaking the Commission’s legislative monopoly? Examining the influence of EP own-initiative reports: A case study on the DSA and its regulation on algorithms
(2021)Questions over the democratic legitimacy of the EU have been as old as the institution itself. This criticism has often been tied to the inability of the EP, as the only directly elected body, to propose legislation. ... -
Brexit and the European Public Sphere: Europeanization in British public debates (June 10-24, 2016)
(2017)This research undertakes an analysis of British public debates on the EU in the two weeks leading up to the Brexit-referendum. Based on a conceptualization of the public sphere, here understood as the public acts of ... -
Carter en het einde van detente. Een analyse van de reactie van de Carterregering (1977-1981) op de Sovjetinval in Afghanistan en de gevolgen voor detente
(2018)Deze masterscriptie mengt zich in het historiografische debat omtrent de betekenis van detente. Als casusstudie wordt de Amerikaanse counterstrategie op de Sovjetinval in Afghanistan in 1979 betrokken in dit debat. Wat ... -
Castles made of sand: ASEAN en de spanningen in de Zuid-Chinese Zee in de periode 2009-2016
(2017)Het is eenvoudig te concluderen dat ASEAN door de invloed van grootmachten als China en de uiteenlopende belangen van de lidstaten machteloos staat in het conflict in de Zuid-Chinese Zee. Toch heeft de organisatie zich ... -
Caught in the Middle: An analysis of the role of the European Union in the Macedonian name dispute
(2019)Contrary to the assumption that the role of the European Union in the Macedonian name dispute was largely the product of Greek foreign policy, this thesis argues that the role was the result of the expectations of multiple ... -
Changing Perspectives of the Second Yugoslav State: a Master thesis analysing the change from a multinational Yugoslavia to a system of national successor states (1980 – 1991) using different perspectives in International Relations Theory and weighing their value for understanding the past events.
(2016)This thesis tries to establish which of the three main International Relations theories, namely realism, liberalism and constructivism, offers the best explanation for the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the birth of ... -
Chinese Western Balkans Presence Forces EU to Follow Geopolitical Suit: A Transformation of the EU’s Enlargement Strategy From 2003 to 2018.
(2022)Although EU enlargement was long considered one of the success stories of its normative power, in this thesis is argued that this is no longer the case. Failure of the EU to initiate structural progress in the accession ... -
Climate Security Discourse in the UN Security Council: Echoes of Malthus?
(2021)While climate change has experienced prominence on the international policy agenda for a longer time, its security implications have only recently drawn significant attention – most notably in the UN Security Council since ... -
Coalition Politics & Peaceful Foreign Policy A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE DUTCH DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WITH REGARD TO THE GULF CRISIS (1990-1991)
(2017)On 2 August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait. Four days later the Iraqi government announced that Kuwait had been annexed as the nineteenth province of Iraq. These actions precipitated an international crisis that culminated in a ...