Rahvusvaheliste suhete ja regiooni uuringute õppekava magistritööd – Master´s theses

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    Enforcement of the European Union core values: EU responses to the erosion of the European values in Austria, Poland and Hungary
    (Tartu Ülikool, 2020) Nahorna, Taisiia; Ehin, Piret, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
    This thesis analyzes the mechanisms ensuring compliance with the EU values that the EU has utilized in the cases of Austria (1999-2000), Hungary (2010-2020), and Poland (2015- 2020). The objective of the thesis is to find out what instruments the EU has at its disposal to address value breaches by member states, and how and with what results these instruments have been used. This thesis aims to explain why the EU has not been able to tackle the issue of value breach in member states efficiently by examining and assessing the available mechanisms. To examine the EU’s response to the value breach in the selected member states, process tracing is applied. The timeline of the developments and crucial moments are assessed based on the information received from the treaty provisions, secondary legislation, press releases of the EU institutions and secondary analysis. The conclusions are made that due to the blurred nature of values the existing mechanisms as infringement proceedings, Article 7 procedure, Rule of Law Framework have proven themselves to be inefficient. Moreover, the EU creates a suitable environment for the violating states to proceed with their illiberal developments through funding them and engaging in a dialogue within the existing culture of cooperation as opposed to imposing punitive measures.
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    The role of populist radical right parties in framing the multipolar world order
    (Tartu Ülikool, 2020) Tauts, Madli Katriin; Wierenga, Louis John, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
    The potential transformation of the existing world order has been one of the most prominent topics in International Relations’ (IR) academic sphere and literature in recent years. However, several IR scholars have argued that in order to truly justify states’ actions, the impact of domestic players in shaping the foreign policy agenda of a state should be investigated as well. During the recent decades, one of the main emerging domestic players have been populist radical right (PRR) parties whose impact, thanks to their recent boost in electoral votes as well, can be seen not only in the domestic policy sphere but also in IR in general. Furthermore, its role in shaping multipolar world order is currently an understudied topic. Derived from that, the aim of this thesis is to investigate the role of PRR parties in framing the multipolar world order and for that, an interpretative compare-and-contrast case study was conducted, with a focus on four relevant PRR parties in Europe: The League (Italy), The Freedom Party (Austria), The Finns Party (Finland) and Conservative People’s Party of Estonia. According to the results, the main factor contributing to the way how PRR parties frame the multipolar world order is their negative stance on globalisation and the bigger power the PRR has in terms of governance, the grater its impact on the anti-hegemonic drift.