dc.contributor.advisor | Ramet, Sabrina Petra | |
dc.contributor.author | Sandnes, Mathias Gullbrekken | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-28T17:29:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-28T17:29:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier | no.ntnu:inspera:53627983:36886315 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2784437 | |
dc.description.abstract | Denne masteroppgaven undersøker den russiske motivasjonen for involveringene i Georgia 2008, i Øst-Ukraina som startet i 2014, og krigen i Syria hvor Russland har vært involvert siden september 2015. Det er viktig å undersøke motivasjonen bak intervensjonene for å forstå hvorfor de skjedde (og i de to sistnevnte fortsatt utvikler seg), og hvilke politiske tiltak det internasjonale samfunnet kan benytte for å begrense insentivene bak slike handlinger. Denne masteroppgaven argumenterer for at Russland under Vladimir Putin sannsynligvis er motivert av imperialistiske ambisjoner, som kommer til syne gjennom en informasjonskrig og begrensede militære intervensjoner. | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the Russian motivation for its involvements in the war with Georgia in 2008, the war in Eastern Ukraine which began in 2014, and the Syrian war in which Russia has been involved since September 2015. Investigating the motivation behind these interventions is crucial to understanding why they occurred (and in the latter two cases are continuing), and what polices the international community could pursue to limit incentives for such behavior effectively. The thesis argues that Russia under Vladimir Putin is most likely showing signs of imperial aspirations through an information war and limited military interventions. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | NTNU | |
dc.title | Putin’s foreign adventures – an examination of Russia’s interventions in Georgia, Ukraine, and Syria | |
dc.type | Master thesis | |