One of the military’s main purposes is to act as a deterrent force. There is a lot of research on deterrence that mainly deals with how great powers should use deterrence, but not as much research on how small states can deter great powers. How can a small state with less resources deter a great power? The purpose of the essay is to understand how a small state successfully can deter a great power and the research question is “what leads to successful deterrence for small states?”. To answer the question, a theory-testing comparative case study with a most similar design has been conducted. The theory that has been tested is Freedman’s (2004) theory of deterrence. The results show that there is a certain connection between successful deterrence and the factor broad deterrence, but no connection between successful deterrence and extended deterrence or deterrence through denial.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:fhs-11573 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Mårtén, Ida |
| Publisher | Försvarshögskolan |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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