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This thesis discusses the role for states and centralised government policies in development intervention. The topic is explored through a case study of India’s Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), a large-scale government intervention to enhance food security among India’s poorest households. The central questions of the study were, firstly, which function TPDS serves in the lives of benef

This thesis utilizes securitization theory in a comparative analysis of security discourses in both the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Peoples Republic of China by looking at how actors in both states frame and respond to security issues relating to the respective frontier regions of Khyber- pakhtun and Xinjiang The purpose of which has been to produce a paper addressing the complexities that ar

This thesis investigates how the framing of AUKUS, a trilateral security and defense collaboration consisting of Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States, is portrayed by Chinese state media. AUKUS, established on September 15, 2021, is mainly focusing on providing Australia with nuclear-powered submarine technology. This turn of event has attracted a lot of attention and enquiry from Chin

This thesis examines how contemporary ASEAN security and defence policies are impacted by a growing external influence in the region. The thesis relies on elite interviews conducted with academic scholars within Southeast Asia. The findings both confirm previous literature and add new insights. ASEAN security cooperation has limitations and more importantly, ASEAN itself is split internally by its

Säkerhetsrådet har karaktäriserat terrorism som ett av nutidens allvarligaste hot mot internationell fred och säkerhet. För att motverka de pågående konflikternas intensitet och långvarighet har det inom det internationella samfundet uppstått ett behov av att förhindra ytterligare personer (s.k. utländska terroriststridande) från att ansluta sig till de konfliktdrabbade områdena. I resolution 2178The Security Council has characterized terrorism as one of the most serious threats to international peace and security. To counteract the intensity and longevity of the current conflicts, there has in the international community occurred a need of preventing further persons (foreign terrorist fighters) from joining the conflict-affected areas. The Security Council has in Resolution 2178 emphasize

The increasingly interwoven landscape of development and security (often referred to as the ‘development-security nexus’) has become a salient feature of contemporary international relations. This thesis will investigate what this nexus entails and how it impacts the reality of developmental projects ‘on the ground’. From a theoretical perspective, this thesis will utilize the Foucauldian inspired

In light of the current situation in the EU, after the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine, Europe is undoubtedly facing a critical situation. This thesis conducts an exploratory analysis of ontological (in)security in Czechia and Slovakia to investigate a region where very few academics have analyzed it from an ontological security perspective. By using a mixed method multiple case s

The COP21 Paris Agreement is considered a milestone on the way to limiting global warming to 1.5°C. For the first time in history, a climate convention is signed by all 198 members of the UNFCCC, with each signatory state being responsible for developing their own climate strategy that considers the national circumstances. Given Canada’s colonial history, the Canadian government has a special res

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the post-truth and increasingly radicalized anti-vaccine movement has gained worldwide attention as a major opponent of Covid-restricting efforts. In Germany, the anti-vax movement Querdenker have staged several large-scale protests opposing the ’undemocratic’ government. With increasing online identity expression through fast-paced visual platforms, the Querd

Food insecurity is a major problem for humanity. Especially in developing countries, the proportion of people who go to bed hungry is substantial. A basic reason, among other factors, is the dominant poverty in those regions. Therefore, many development organizations consider Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a means, which has the potential to regulate these inequalities in developing countries.

The Purpose of this study was to determine what affects, if any exist, crude oil and natural gas supply and demand has on the international relations of Northeast Asia. This was done by answering the research question: does the need to for energy security override the desire to maintain the status quo regarding national policy toward controversial issues facing Northeast Asia. The study uses the t

By using Tajikistan as a case, this study adopted a qualitative approach to understand the different dimensions which make households of migrants with tuberculosis vulnerable to food insecurity. A vulnerability framework was used to identify the risks that tuberculosis poses on households’ availability, accessibility and utilization of food. Then, these risks were analysed in relation to the copin

In knowledge based industries, how has the changing economic climate in the United States altered hiring and training programs? Technology related jobs have faced a shortage of educated workers in the past and this trend was expected to continue in the future (See Waiting for Superman). With this situation in mind, has this sector followed the stereotype of the recession by laying off workers and

In Sweden there is an ongoing debate about how to come to terms with the inequality between men and women that still permeates society in different ways. One of the measures proposed is the one through affirmative action on the parental allowance. My aim with the study is to analyze the standpoint in the matter, of three Swedish political parliament parties to try to discern if there is a lack of

8 april 2026 12:00 till 13:00 | Seminarium Topic: 'Green teaming AI’When: 8 April 12.00 to 13.00 CETWhere: Online - link by registrationSpeakersJames White, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Technology and Society, Lund University Jutta Haider, Professor of Information Studies at University of BoråsModerator: Ellinor Blom Lussi, Doctoral student, AI and Society Spoken language: English 

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