Blar i Master's theses (Noragric) på forfatter "Hansen, Stig Jarle"
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Offense/defense balance and Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan
Saeed, Nasar (Master thesis, 2019)This study is conducted to determine the impact of Offense/defense balance (ODB) on the conflict between India and Pakistan. The dissertation consists of four different cases: the 1962 War between India and China, the 1971 ... -
Opposition in the Ethiopian diaspora in Norway : mobilizing supporters abroad
Laache, Fredrik Brogeland (Master thesis, 2017)Over the past two decades, the Ethiopian opposition diaspora in Norway has increased their mobilizing efforts and civic participation. With a steady influx of Ethiopian migrants and refugees to Norway, the scope of diasporic ... -
PEGIDA : fearful patriots or right-wing radicals?
Glasmeier, Ruth Katharina (Master thesis, 2016-08-08)Right-wing movements have become more popular in recent years. This shows in the increase of right-wing populist or right-wing radical parties in different European governments. Despite this European wide trend, Germany ... -
Performance of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) as a regional economic development partner in West Africa
Adarkwah, Gilbert Kofi (Master thesis, 2016-08-08)This thesis examines the performance of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) as advisor to African governments on Economic policy and planning. The thesis focuses on countries within the Economic community of West ... -
Police corruption, radicalization and terrorism attacks in Mogadishu
Egal, Adam Yusuf (Master thesis, 2016-11-10)Recently, the emergence al Shabaab combined with weak state structures has created a challenging environment dazzled by a rampant police corruption, radicalization, and terrorism. Much so, most of these issues has been ... -
Political science students’ perspectives on the UN : different universities, different perspectives?
Gabrielsen, Ragnhild (Master thesis, 2020)This study maps how the UN as an organization is perceived by students of political science at universities in Norway. Through examination of students at different universities, we can achieve an understanding of students’ ... -
Private maritime security companies in Nigeria : a tale of public-private relationships in the fight against piracy
Tetenborg, Marie (Master thesis, 2021)This thesis examines the regulations governing Private Maritime Security Companies in Nigeria. The piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has become a larger focus in the recent years. Countermeasures to piracy have to be taken from ... -
Radicalization and lone wolf terrorism : a case study of right-wing terrorists
Endal, Lars (Master thesis, 2018)The lone wolf terrorism issue is a difficult problem to understand and the tactic has gained increased attention in the last decade. It is, however, a less researched field compared to other kinds of terrorism research. ... -
Regional hegemony in South Asia : a study of Nepal-India relation
Amgain, Sujan (Master thesis, 2016)India, by virtue of its geographic location and size, population, economy and other power attributes, in South Asia, is widely perceived to have regional dominance and hegemonic aspirations. It is very well known fact that ... -
Rehabilitation and reintegration of terrorism convicts in Norway : post-release prospects and perspectives on their future
Tronvoll-Jørgensen, Sigrid Marthine (Master thesis, 2021)Approximately 100 individuals left from Norway to in the civil war in Syria, between 2011 and 2016 (PST, 2016). Today, roughly 40 of the Syria travellers have returned to Norway and eighteen of them have faced prosecution. ... -
Risk assessment tools against violent extremism : a valuable addition to Norway`s toolkit?
Velde, Henrik William (Master thesis, 2021)Norway do not use risk assessment tools for violent extremism. What Norway use instead are a set of programs that aid to deradicalize people in prisons. While these programs work to deradicalize prisoners, they do not aid ... -
Saudi, Shia, Saudi Shia : online identity construction among Saudi Shia activists
Andersen, Silje Marie (Master thesis, 2017)The Saudi Shia is a little-known minority in a position of otherness in Saudi Arabia. They suffer from discrimination and are excluded from the official identity, and forced to balance national and religious (Shiite) ... -
Students´ radicalization : a study on private universities of Bangladesh.
Haider, B M K (Master thesis, 2017-01-02)Private universities in Bangladesh are composed with students from all portion of society. Students from rural areas as well as from city areas. But one unique feature that private universities contains that it offers its ... -
Successful crisis communication : a case study of the Norwegian authorities' response to an imminent terror threat
Bærug, Sunniva Ottersen (Master thesis, 2017)When societies are faced with a crisis, the reputation, or even the fate, of the authorities hangs in the balance. If the authorities manage to communicate their handling of the crisis successfully, the crisis can strengthen ... -
The aesthetics of teichopolitics : sense, sensibility & the return of the border wall in IR : an exploratory & comparative study
Kvamme, Akari Oda Izumi (Master thesis, 2017)Despite the renewed interest in political barriers in a contemporary teichopolitical era and an expanding body of research on border-related matters, meagre academic attention has been directed at linking aesthetics with ... -
The African Union's duty to prevent the political and security crisis in the DRC : A gendered perspective
Monjap Pefoura Ntieche, Nouriatou (Master thesis, 2017)The current political and security tensions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, risk escalating into an all-out war as seen in that country in the past. There have been several unfruitful attempts to prevent and resolve ... -
The discursive construction of identity : the case of Oromo in Ethiopia
Ayele, Yosef Tadesse (Master thesis, 2016-08-23)Identity politics in Ethiopia is not a recent phenomenon. It has been one of the major mobilizing factor in the entire modern history. However, the institutionalization and the establishment of the issue in the policy and ... -
The promises and limitations of using municipal community policing programs to counter violent extremism : Calgary's re-direct as a case study
Ottis, Peter (Master thesis, 2016)The mobilization of Western foreign fighters to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has left governments in many countries searching for the most appropriate response. Calgary, Alberta in Western Canada has not ... -
The viability of developing the Northern Sea Route for international shipping : understanding Russian Arctic policies in Arctic security and resource management
Son, Huijeong (Master thesis, 2017)Challenges and opportunities are continuing to emerge in the Arctic Region. As the Arctic sea ice is decreasing due to climate change, exploration and development in the region has become more accessible. This phenomenon ... -
Tribalism in Kuwait : impacts on the Parliament
AlFozaie, Naser (Master thesis, 2016-08-22)The State of Kuwait is composed of different tribes from variant origins. This thesis explores the very foundation of this cultural phenomenon and analyses its socio-political developments in the country’s parliament. Also, ...