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A New Cold War?
2020
Study of the flying geese theory from a political point of view : a Japanese propaganda argument in the post world war II era
2009
The Flying Geese Theory (gankoo keitai hattenron 雁行形態発展論), dating from 1932, is one of the rare cases of a scientific theory that was used as a part of Japanese wartime propaganda, and which also survived and succeeded in the postwar era. It was used to legitimize the 'New Order in East Asia (TōA shinchitsujo 東亜新秩序) in 1938, and the new formulation of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere‘ (Dai TōA kyōeiken大東亜共栄圏) in 1940. Later in the 1980s the Flying Geese Theory/Pattern became the most successful candidate for explaining the expansion of ‗Asian economical miracles‘ in the postwar era. This study focuses on this famous piece of economical and political rhetoric. The intention is to …
One Belt One Road: Understanding China’s activism in contemporary world. Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in China set off a tornado in Europe (U…
2018
The project of economic integration of the Countries of Eurasia, so called One Belt One Road (OBOR) or “the new silk belt road” initiative, on which President Xi Jinping is focusing to realize the great "Chinese Dream" of a strong and prosperous China, until now and notwithstanding a strong and widespread mediatic impact, is no more than a declared foreign policy strategy pursued by the Chinese Government to achieve two different sets of results. The first, and most important (as well as undervalued) is to close China’s internal development gap between coastal and inland regions, through the creation of a widely interconnected national logistic and industrial infrastructure which will serve…
Beyond Foreign Policy? EU Sanctions at the Intersection of Development, Trade, and CFSP
2022
In the wake of unsettling conflicts and democratic backsliding, states and organisations increasingly respond with sanctions. The European Union (EU) is one of them: Brussels makes use of the entire toolbox in its foreign policy, and its sanctions appear in different forms—diplomatic measures, travel bans, financial bans, or various forms of economic restrictions. Yet, there is little debate between different strands in the literature on EU sanctions, in particular concerning measures under the Common Foreign and Security Policy and those pertaining to the development and trade policy fields. Our thematic issue addresses this research gap by assembling a collection of articles investigating…
Identity, Instrumental Self-Interest and Institutional Evaluations: Explaining Public Opinion on Common European Policies in Foreign Affairs and Defe…
2008
This paper addresses public opinion on common European policies in foreign affairs and defence. It proposes three models of support for common policies in these fields. Drawing on Eurobarometer data, the analysis shows that instrumental self-interest and territorial identities contribute considerably to explaining support for common foreign affairs and defence policies. Moreover, support for common policies is strongly driven by domain-specific evaluations of the European Union's performance. These findings suggest that popular support for common European policies in foreign affairs and defence has an experiential base. Thus, elites have an incentive to respond to public opinion when makin…
The Ambivalently Good Human Rights
2016
Matpolitikk i Norge- fremdelses norsk? : en studie av norsk forvaltnings arbeid med politikkutvikling innenfor EØS
2014
Masteroppgave offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder, 2014 Norge overtar hvert år overtar mellom 10-15 prosent av alle nye direktiver og forordninger som vedtas i EU som en del EØS-avtalen. Innenfor matfeltet, som er studiens nedslagsfelt, er ca. 90 prosent av de mange forskriftene som gis nasjonalt, ren EU/EØS-rett (NOU, 2012, s. 793). Formålet med studien er å se nærmere på hvilke aktører som påvirker politikkutformingen av det EØS-lovverket Norge implementerer og hva slags betingelser som ligger til grunn for denne påvirkningen. I problemstillingen søkes det belyst i hvilken grad politikkutformingsfasen knyttet til biproduktforordningen innenfor matfeltet er flernivåadminis…
Role perception of representatives on management boards inEU-level agencies
2009
Masteroppgave i offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder 2009 This study tries to explain what role perception different representatives on management boards in EU-level agencies adopt when they are attending board meetings and what influences the representatives to adopt the role they do. Do the representatives adopt a supranational role, an intergovernmental role or an expert role on the management board? I have chosen organizational theory and institutional theory to try to explain the different roles representatives adopt on the management board. Empirically, I observed that the representatives adopt an ambiguous role perception where they have to balance the three roles. Th…
Mot en felles europeisk forsvarsadministrasjon? : forsvarsadministrasjonens handlingsrom, og iverksettingsmyndighet, i EUs flernivåadministrasjon
2013
Masteroppgave i offentlig politikk og ledelse - Universitetet i Agder 2013 EØS-avtalen preger norsk rolle i EUs flernivåadministrasjon. Tidligere forskning viser at direktorater og etater har fått en økt rolle i EUs administrasjon. I denne studien er ønsket å se om de tendensene og betingelsene er tilstede i Forsvarsadministrasjonen, som ikke direkte preges av EØS-avtalen. Problemstillingen er som følger: “I hvilken grad, og hvordan, inngår norsk Forsvarsadministrasjon i EUs flernivåadministrasjon?” Utgangspunktet for datainnsamlingen er norske og europeiske offentlige dokumenter (NOU’er, stortingsmeldinger og traktater). For å supplere og utdype analysen gjort av disse, er det brukt delvis…
Autonomy of International Bureaucracies: On the Actor-Level Autonomy in the WTO Secretariat
2014
Masteroppgave offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder, 2014 The research question in this study addresses actor-level autonomy as enacted by civil servants within an international bureaucracy, namely the WTO Secretariat. The objective is to identify underlying mechanisms arguably responsible for inciting patterns of behaviour among civil servants. This study is premised on the assumption that autonomy may be studied by examining behavioural patterns of the incumbents and that such behavioural patterns largely are a consequence of mechanisms of pre-socialization, re-socialization and organizational affiliation. The study consists of two main parts. The first part is descriptive …