Search for dissertations about: "Iraq war"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words Iraq war.
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1. War and Unreason. Bounded Learning Theory and War Duration
Abstract : Why are some wars longer than others? Offense-defense theorists have assumed that wars are shorter and it is more difficult for states to create security when military technology favors the offense and attacking is easier than defending. This study argues that this assumption is wrong on both accounts. READ MORE
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2. Seeking Middle-Classness : University Students in Iraqi Kurdistan
Abstract : Narratives of middle-classness are often missing from Western representations of wartorn regions in the Global South more generally and from the Middle East in particular. This thesis is concerned with stories of desires for ordinary everyday middle-class lives among young adult university students in urban Iraqi Kurdistan. READ MORE
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3. Remaking Iraq: Neoliberalism and a System of Violence after the US invasion, 2003-2011
Abstract : After the invasion of Iraq and the destruction of Saddam regime in 2003, the US administration undertook the complete remaking of Iraq as a national-state. The initial steps of the US administration were the quasi eradication of the old Iraqi State. READ MORE
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4. The Remaking of American Strategy toward Iran and Iraq : Outline of a Theory of Foreign Policy Change
Abstract : This study sets out to develop a realist-constructivist theory of foreign policy change. The theory claims that whenever policymakers believe that the distribution of power favors an expansive grand strategy or necessitates retrenchment, they will act accordingly. READ MORE
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5. The Privatisation of Security and State Control of Force: Changes, Challenges and the Case of Iraq
Abstract : The thematic focus of this dissertation is the privatisation of security, that is, the increasing use of private security companies (PSCs) to perform security- and military-related tasks traditionally associated with the state and institutions such as the police or the military. More concretely, the study investigates security privatisation in the context of violent conflict and in relation to the problem of state control of force. READ MORE