Search for dissertations about: "Peace Operations"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words Peace Operations.

  2. 11. The EU´s Collective Use of Force : Exploring the Factors behind its First Military Operations

    Author : Katarina Engberg; Peter Wallensteen; Maria Strömvik; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : EU; collective security; use of force; multilateralisation of intervention; regional security provider; local actors; resource factors; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : The EU has since 2003 carried out six military operations.  This thesis seeks to determine the circumstances under which the EU will, or will not, undertake military operations. READ MORE

  4. 12. Mind over matter : Non-cognitive assessments for the selection of the Swedish voluntary soldier of peace

    Author : Charlotte Bäccman; Kjerstin Almkvist; Erik Wästlund; Lennart Sjöberg; Per-Olov Michel; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personnel selection; personality; resilience; validation; military; international operations; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was firstly, to investigate if the current selection system mirrors the task of international deployment and voluntariness. Secondly, to investigate if and how non-cognitive assessments of personality and resilience, individual aspects that seem underrepresented in the current selection system, may increment validity to the current selection system. READ MORE

  5. 13. The Implementation of Peace Operations. Executing Security Sector Reform and Stabilization in the DR Congo

    Author : Meike Froitzheim; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peace operations policy implementation implementing actors security sector reform stabilization Democratic Republic of the Congo United Nations European Union;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the implementation of peace operations deployed by the international community in third countries. Considering the lack of knowledge on what happens when peace operation policies are implemented, this inquiry intends to explore in-depth what emerges as security sector reform (SSR) and stabilization policies are executed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. READ MORE

  6. 14. Don’t Mention the War : The forging of a domestic foreign policy consensus on the entry, expansion and exit of Swedish military contributions to Afghanistan

    Author : Lars Wikman; Fredrik Bynander; Josefina Erikson; Condoleezza Rice; Johan Eriksson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; foreign policy; consensus; framing; foreign policy line; domestic politics; ISAF; Afghanistan; peace support operations; NATO.; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Consensus is not something that just happens in the foreign policy domain when political actors seemingly agree on a policy. Rather, in this dissertation I demonstrate that actors construct consensus through the framing of policy as they highlight and downplay certain elements. READ MORE

  7. 15. Model-based Simulation Training Supporting Military Operational Processes

    Author : Charlotte Sennersten; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cognitive modelling; Simulation-based training; Military operations;

    Abstract : In military training contexts, fast and long term decisions are intermixed where survival and security are prioritized. Simulation-based training, here applied to ground patrols in Afghanistan, can provide preparation for mission critical and life critical operations prior to exposure to real danger. READ MORE