Sökning: "the Baltic States"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 52 avhandlingar innehållade orden the Baltic States.
21. Suicide in the Baltic countries and in the former republics of the USSR
Sammanfattning : Background: Suicide was a prohibited topic in the former USSR. During Gorbachev's perestroika data on suicide mortality were released in 1989, for the first time in the history of the USSR. The USSR then consisted of 15 republics, forming culturally, geographically and historically disparate regions. LÄS MER
22. Regional cooperation organizations in a multipolar world. Comparing the Baltic and the Black Sea regions
Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyses the phenomenon of regionalism around the Baltic and the Black Sea since the end of the Cold War with a comparative approach and by applying an extended neorealist theory that includes geopolitics and historical legacy. The main focus is regional organizations, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which defines the geographical and political borders of the Baltic and the Black Sea region. LÄS MER
23. Aquatic vegetation in coastal ecosystems : The role of biotic interactions and environmental change for ecosystem functions and resilience in the Baltic Sea
Sammanfattning : Coastal ecosystems are among the most productive on Earth but subjected to many human pressures. In shallow coastal areas, aquatic vegetation constitutes foundation species that sustain secondary production and act as a nutrient filter, which may buffer human impacts. LÄS MER
24. Continuity and Change in post-Cold War Maritime Security : A Study of the Strategies Pursued by the US, Sweden and Finland 1991-2016
Sammanfattning : What explains continuity and change in post-Cold War maritime security strategies? What lessons can we learn from the employment of such comprehensive grand strategies in maritime regions where traditional and non-traditional threats converge? While many scholars have addressed particular maritime security issues, this author joins the few who engage themselves in the study of the conceptual development of maritime security.Through the lens of structural realism, this thesis examines the logic of the maritime security strategies employed in two distinguished regions by the US and EU member states Finland and Sweden. LÄS MER
25. Baltic Sea Ports and Russian Foreign Trade - Studies in the Economic and Political Geography of Transition
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to describe how the changing geopolitical environment in the former Soviet Union (FSU) has created a new transport geography, and thereby resulted in new patterns of foreign trade routes, port competition and market economic adaptation in the Baltic Sea fringe. The geographical limitation is the western part of the FSU and the Baltic Sea. LÄS MER