Search for dissertations about: "global security issues"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words global security issues.
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1. The Global City 2.0 : An International Political Actor Beyond Economism?
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to increase our understanding of the Global City’s pursuit of what can be regarded as independent foreign and security policies, despite the fact that such policies have traditionally been considered to be a core function of central governments. By studying how the Global City’s role in the globalized world is constructed in local public narratives as the local government develops and pursues specific international policies, the thesis argues, we can come closer to an understanding of what it means to be and to govern a Global City, and why its local government find it to be in the city’s interest to claim international political authority. READ MORE
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2. Climate Change after the International : Rethinking Security, Territory and Authority
Abstract : What does a politics after the international mean? Many strands of contemporary scholarship converge on the image of the international as obsolete, but strongly diverge on the contours of the kinds of politics that are superseding it. The modern state has been pivotal to the meaning of security, territory and authority?concepts central to the idea of the international?but they do not necessarily have to be tied to the state. READ MORE
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3. Bringing Visibility in the Clouds : using Security, Transparency and Assurance Services
Abstract : The evolution of cloud computing allows the provisioning of IT resources over the Internet and promises many benefits for both - the service users and providers. Despite various benefits offered by cloud based services, many users hesitate in moving their IT systems to the cloud mainly due to many new security problems introduced by cloud environments. READ MORE
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4. Global energy transitions : Renewable energy technology and non-renewable resources
Abstract : The global energy system is dominated by the use of fossil fuels. This system suffers from several problems, such as different environmental issues, while the long-term energy security is sometimes questioned. READ MORE
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5. A generic security evaluation method for open distributed systems
Abstract : Security is an important attribute of any informationsystem. Whether your business is small or large you have to beable to set the desired security levels for your system. Anon-decided or non-fulfilled security level target can easilyend up in unplanned costs. READ MORE