Browsing Rahvusvaheliste suhete ja regiooni uuringute õppekava magistritööd – Master´s theses by Issue Date
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European Union accession conditionality and norm transfer: foreign policy alignment in the Western Balkans
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)This Master's thesis focuses on European Union's accession conditionality in the Western Balkans countries in relation to their foreign policy alignment after the Ukrainian crisis and the annexation of Crimea in March 2014. ... -
What explains alignment? Armenian-Iranian cooperation in the context of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)Armenian-Iranian alignment in the context of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is one of the fields in the International Relations that lack research and proper attention. Given the role of Iran both in regional and global terms ... -
Ethnic cleavage in politics and mnemonic tensions: an analysis of World War II commemorative practices in Latvia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)In Latvia, history and remembrance of World War II is a source of contestation between the ethnic Latvian majority and the Russian speaking minority. However, despite this prevailing idea of two conflicting positions, ... -
Failing interventions? assessing the success of liberal peace-building in Kosovo after 2008
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)Dealing with a world of constant crises and wars, the international community is continuously applying efforts in peace-building processes to war-torn countries, in order to impose stability and development. The underlying ... -
The UN’s women, peace and security framework in the context of the 2012-2016 Colombian peace process. A window of opportunity for enhancing women’s rights?
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)In order to tackle the historical omission of women’s contributions to processes of conflict resolution, the United Nations Security Council has been following a broad agenda on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) since the ... -
Electoral institutions and constituency service of the European Parliament's members
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)The European Parliament is a unique legislature for several reasons, including one that concerns the fact that its members (MEPs) are elected under different electoral rules. This Master’s thesis examines the impact of ... -
Member state involvement in the area of EU exclusive competence: the case of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)Free and open trade is crucial for the European Union. Currently, the EU is the world’s largest trading bloc managing trade and investment relations with non-EU countries. The common commercial policy is the area of EU ... -
Track Two Diplomacy in intractable conflicts: the role of civil society organizations in the peace-building process of the Israel-Palestine conflict
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)The 70-year-old conflict between Israel and Palestine is one of the fields in International Relations that has come under extensive research. Yet, a great deal of attention has been allocated to official negotiations while ... -
A new generation in peacebuilding? A comparative study of the emergence of the hybrid peace
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)Liberal peacebuilding continues to be the most dominant form of peacebuilding today. Yet, liberal peace practices have not always resulted in a sustainable peace and critical approaches to the liberal peace have emerged, ... -
Partisan narratives on the 2016 US presidential election: a critical geopolitical analysis of Russian interference
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)As the Cold War drew to a close, the German sociologist Ulrich Beck coined the concept of reflexive modernization to describe the structural risks inadvertently produced by modernity’s progress. Through the approach of ... -
Internal and external dimensions of pro-independence movements in Republika Srpska and Iraqi Kurdistan
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)The aim of this study was to analyze the internal and external channels that Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iraqi Kurdistan put to use to promote their internal sovereignty and external political actorness. ... -
National preferences in the European Union's policy-making for relations with third countries: case study of China's One Belt, One Road initiative
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)This thesis analyses the role of national preferences in the European Union’s (hereinafter “EU”) policy-making for relations with third countries. Although policymaking in the EU itself is a topic which has been thoroughly ... -
Explaining neutrality: the cases of Turkmenistan and Ukraine
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)Neutrality has always brought attention of scholars and politicians as well. Recent events in Ukraine and further debates on Ukraine’s alignment status have once again sparked interest to exploring this concept and the ... -
The effectiveness of economic sanctions: the case of Russia’s sanctions against Turkey
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)The effectiveness of economic sanctions is one of the key issues in current debates in the International Relations (IR) literature on sanctions. A key aspect for the effectiveness of economic sanctions is how to transfer ... -
Frontex reform in the context of the migration crisis: explaining the failure to upgrade the agency's mandate
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)The Migration crisis has brought significant attention to Frontex inability to tackle the crisis and the necessity to reform the agency had a common understanding between EU actors. However, after the reform process, ... -
Anti-intellectual political rhetoric: a grounded theory on twitter echo chambers
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)BACKGROUND: Separating the pursuit of knowledge and scientific endeavors from politics is impossible. Through the advancement of technology, especially social media, it has become easier for politicians to dismiss science ... -
Legitimacy and ethnic politics in de facto states: rhetoric, legislation and reality in Abkhazia and Kosovo
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)This thesis investigates three closely related research questions. The first is how de facto states make use of minority rights norms to garner legitimacy on the international stage. The second is how de facto states’ ... -
Populist foreign policy making by right-wing Eurosceptics in the European Parliament
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Regional empowerment, secessionism and European integration: the cases of Catalonia and Scotland
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)One of the main challenges facing multicultural states in today's globalised world is accommodating the various diverse groups living within them. Especially complex are the claims of minority sub-state nations, which ...
