The present thesis deals with the US strategic approach and posture to cybersecurity from a national point of view. On such a topic much has been written already, nonetheless the present work finds a degree of originality by tackling such object of analysis shifting the focus to a ideational perspective. By drawing insights from the meta-theory of Constructivism and the rich research tradition on strategic culture, the present thesis aims at understanding what kind of norms seem to be informing/mirroring what has been labelled the US "cyber strategic culture", and if it is possible to speak of a "shift", or at least track an evolution regarding them, in a historical timeframe that runs from the early 2000s up to the present days. To pursue the stated research agenda, a methodology grounded in discourse and thematic analysis is utilised, with an analytical framework centred around two opposite "thematic normative categories" (themes) called "defensiveness" and "offensiveness", each characterised by a "story" made up by three sub-themes, delineating specific strategic behaviours. A set of official strategies, all tackling cybersecurity and published during the mentioned timeframe by both the White House and the military, form the primary sources to which such methodology is applied, with particular...

Submitted by Aline Cirino Gonçalves Tororó Pereira (alinecirinogoncalves@gmail.com) on 2017-11-10T12:19:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Boots on the ground- peacekeeping in practice affects, culture, and the Brazilian troops : Aline Cirino Gonçalves Tororó Pereira. – 2017. .pdf: 2583162 bytes, checksum: 610db6401b970b49ed44e135bba98c02 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diego Andrade (diego.andrade@fgv.br) on 2017-12-08T12:48:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Boots on the ground- peacekeeping in practice affects, culture, and the Brazilian troops : Aline Cirino Gonçalves Tororó Pereira. – 2017. .pdf: 2583162 bytes, checksum: 610db6401b970b49ed44e135bba98c02 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-08T18:27:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Boots on the ground- peacekeeping in practice affects, culture, and the Brazilian troops : Aline Cirino Gonçalves Tororó Pereira. – 2017. .pdf: 2583162 bytes, checksum: 610db6401b970b49ed44e135bba98c02 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-15 / Ao longo dessa dissertação, eu investiguei como a participação das tropas brasileiras na Missão das Nações Unidas para a Estabilização do Haiti (MINUSTAH) afeta e é afetada pela cultura de segurança nacional brasileira. Concluo que a participação brasileira na MINUSTAH é informada pela cultura militar brasileira e é repercutida nas práticas militares nacionais. / Along this dissertation, I investigate how the participation of Brazilian Troops in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) affect and is affected by Brazil’s culture of national security. I conclude that the Brazilian participation in MINUSTAH is informed by Brazil’s national military culture, and has repercussions in the national military praxis