International Relations Theses: Recent submissions
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A clash of swords: civil peace and the counteracting role of defence in Thomas Hobbes's theory of sovereignty.
(University of St Andrews, 2012-06-19) - ThesisThis thesis will inquire into the practicable strategies that Thomas Hobbes described in his major works of political philosophy, on the one hand, to allow his sovereign to ensure civil peace, and on the other, to enable ... -
Becoming sovereign in post-Soviet Central Asia : 'discursive encounters' between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11) - ThesisIn 1991 republics of Soviet Central Asia were reluctantly ‘launched’ into independence. The central puzzle of this dissertation is: “How has sovereign statehood been ‘constructed’ in the post-independence period in the ... -
'The affirmation of Behan?' : an understanding of the politicisation process of the Provisional Irish Republican Movement through an organisational analysis of splits from 1969 to 1997
(University of St Andrews, 2010-11-30) - ThesisOne of the foremost reasons for the success of the Northern Irish Peace Process has been the ability of the national leadership of the Provisional Republican Movement to bring the majority of their membership away from the ... -
Regionalization of security and the reconstruction of a region : the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) critical and ironic security dynamics
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis thesis’ central aim is to rethink regional security cooperation in southern Africa by transcending the geopolitics that has been characteristic to the region. The constructivist inspired regional security complex ... -
Constructing a common EU policy vis-à-vis the East : managing identity, normativity, morality and interests in talk
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisIn order to appreciate the wider implication of EU foreign policy and the role of the EU as a global actor, it is essential to consider how constructions of EU foreign policy are accounted for, by practitioners, within ...