Covert action is a popular and fruitful tactic employed in the Middle East, yet it has little common grounds with covert operations that were popularised by the United States or the Soviet Union. This dissertation offers ...

Wars With Heaven: Can Celestial Securitisation Produce Effective Planetary Defence? Abstract: This dissertation is primarily concerned with the issue of planetary defence against Near Earth Objects (NEOs). Using securitisation ...

Despite being a fringe ideology, eco-fascism has gained widespread interest since 2019 with its connection with terrorist violence. The 2019 Christchurch, El Paso and 2022 Buffalo attackers' manifestos all expressed ...

Lethal Crossroads: The Evolution of Taliban Violence in Response to Counterinsurgency Strategies in Afghanistan 2006-2021. July 2022 Presented in partial fulfilment for the Degree of International Master in Security, ...

The literature on Russian Information Warfare emphasizes Russia's hostile - Russia's close ally. Specifically, the study examines the Russian Information the intersection of "Crisis in Ukraine" and "Serbia" tags Srbija's ...

CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Political Science Master's Thesis 2022 Yuanpeng Wang CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies ...

CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism Qingyun Cai Sang Culture: A Pessimistic Subculture in The Chinese Cyberspace Master Thesis Prague 2022 Abstract Since the ...

The evolution of European Union's strategic autonomy has been can be traced to its historical dependence on the United States through economic and security guarantees. However, in the last two decades, there has been a ...

Peacekeeping missions account for more than half of UN emissions and are among the top polluters on Earth. Thus, taking into consideration the environmental aspect of these operations is relevant to address local grievances ...

The revival of far-right movements in western democracies is a phenomenon that has gathered the attention of multiple sectors of society. This group's recurrent resurgence and apparent magnetism have indeed aroused great ...

This research studies three de-radicalisation and disengagement programmes implemented in Western Europe in order to establish a list of good practices and analyse the extent to which these practices could be turned into ...

Student #: 60106041 Abstract Artificial Intelligence has become ubiquitous across the field of security and defence, especially in applications alongside surveillance. In this Dissertation I interrogate the question of ...

QAnon has become a prominent domestic security threat in recent years due to the involvement of its supporters in violent terrorist and criminal acts. Numerous QAnon supporters participated in the 2021 U.S. Capitol Storming ...

This dissertation is looking into the question of what would be the optimal institutional organizational structure of the European space programme with regard to the EU member states' security. To do so this dissertation ...

In recent years, following President Donald Trump's vocal anti-immigrant declaration, turmoil has continued to intensify at the US-Mexico border. With an increased drive to securitize the border, there has been an increase ...

1 Title: A Comparison of Online News Media Framing of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict in Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. & China. July 2022 University of Glasgow ID: 2574393Q Dublin City University ID: 20109351 Charles University ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly more embedded into our lives. Hence, the literature that explores the new technology is vast. However, there is a lack of resources that address how the technology is framed at ...

In wartime, information is essential and decisive for the conduct of hostilities. It is the foundational element of intelligence, the basis of the war narrative galvanising the society but also, a weapon. International ...

Undoubtedly the question of immigration is currently a divisive political issue in Europe, on both national and Union levels, particularly following the 2015 intense influx of migrants fleeing armed conflicts in the ...

Tracking the Flow of Military Assets and Logistics for OSINT: The Case of the Syrian Civil War July 2019 2338035 17116325 25113386 Presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of International Master ...

Chinese engagement worldwide has increased significantly as the country has continued to grow. With increased engagement militarily, economically, politically, etc. concerns have increased surrounding Chinese foreign ...

This research explores the (de)securitization of migration in the German case through qualitative Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). By coding multiple primary sources of speech acts of two actors from the political elite, ...

This research is designed to address the usage of situational and personal data by the EU Border Agency, Frontex as a result of securitization processes during the European Migration Crisis. In doing so, this study applies ...

The paper aims to identify and analyse the reasons for the failure of public - private partnership projects (PPPs). PPPs are a common means of ensuring public services or public infrastructure. In the Czech Republic, this ...

European Community has experienced different kinds of devellopement. Deeping of political integration and member states enlargement are examples of the most important ones. The question of enlargement about central european ...

Čím více jsou pozdně moderní společnosti roztříštěné, tím větší mají potřebu ukotvení v přítomnosti skrze minulost. Hledání kolektivní paměti jako předpokladu kolektivní sounáležitosti je obzvláště naléhavé ve světle ...

Although the literature on PPPs in Europe generally has mainly discussed issues around the frameworks that are required for PPP policies to strive there has not been any study that has sought to discuss the extent to which ...

Dissertation thesis Banks' performance in low and negative interest rate environment Author: Mgr. Petr Hanzl'ık Abstract This dissertation consists of four empirical papers that focus on the performance of banks in the low ...