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1	Balans eller obalans? : Mearsheimers offensiva realism i samtidens multipolära maktordning Hammarström, Richard January 2021 (has links) The thesis has focused on John J. Mearsheimers theory of offensive realism and applied it onto the contemporary relations between People´s Republic of China, Russian Federation, and the presence of United States in Europe and the Asian-Pacific region. The thesis concludes that the probability of war is moderate, due to the current balance of military power in each respective region. China is actively challenging the United States both militarily and politically in the international community, albeit without successful results. Russian hegemony in Europe is balanced and kept in check by the NATO alliance, which the United States is an integral part of. The Sino-Russian relations are marked by an overall respective tone between the two powerful Asian states. The thesis concludes through a mixed-method-design that the balance is currently maintained between the three states, but any deviation one way or another risk overthrow the world into an unbalanced state which is by far the deadliest, according to Mearsheimer's offensive realism. Offensive realism John J. Mearsheimer International relations China Russia U.S.A. multipolarity probability war
2	Meta-Geopolitics of Central Asia : A Comparative Study of the Regional Influence of the European Union and the Shanghai Co-operation Organization Aghaie Joobani, Hossein January 2013 (has links) Central Asia has been the focal point of intense geopolitical power struggle throughout history. At the dawn of the 21st century, Central Asia has undergone major changes as the European Union and the China-led Shanghai Co-operation Organization have emerged as two normative powers, both seeking to influence the patterns of security governance in the region. This study aims to delve deep into ‘the black boxes’ of the EU’s and China’s foreign policies toward five CA republics. It starts from the premise that the bulk of research on Eurasian politics tend to concentrate mostly on realist and traditional geopolitical doctrine, which seem to have failed to properly explain the normative and ideational transformations that have taken place in the region as a result of the presence of these two emerging normative agents. By interweaving both realist and constructivist theories of International Relations (IR) into a new all-encompassing analytical framework, termed “meta-geopolitics”, the thesis seeks to trace and examine how geopolitical as well as normative components of the EU and Chinese regional strategies have affected the contemporary power dynamics in the post-Soviet space. I argue that, in contrast to the geopolitical struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries, a clash of normative powers is brewing in the region between China, under the aegis of the SCO, and the EU. The research also concludes that China has relatively been in a better position in comparison to the EU to render its policies as feasible, effective and legitimate to the Central Asian states. Central Asia Meta-geopolitics the European Union (EU) China normative power the Shanghai Co-operation Organization Realism Constructivism geopolitics The Great Game energy security socialization Confucianism balance of power Eurasia the Shanghai Spirit legitimacy Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Iran Silk Road geopolitics John J. Mearsheimer security dilemma Xinjiang province Sunni Muslims Afghanistan war 9/11 attacks Soviet Union human rights defensive realism East Turkestan The EU Strategy for a New Partnership China SCO CSTO NATO CIS.

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Balans eller obalans? : Mearsheimers offensiva realism i samtidens multipolära maktordning

Meta-Geopolitics of Central Asia : A Comparative Study of the Regional Influence of the European Union and the Shanghai Co-operation Organization