Transitionsprocessen i Afghanistan
(2013) STVK02 20122Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis examines the Swedish government’s argumentation regarding the security hand-over and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. An argumentation-analysis is performed on three propositions from the government covering 2010-2012, concerning the situation in Afghanistan. Operating with a theoretical framework - claiming that small states, in this case Sweden, are highly affected by alliances and international organizations’ in its foreign policy decision making - a comparison is made with the NATO and the UN.
The result shows an expanded, hands-on Swedish argumentation regarding the war in Afghanistan. The Swedish government displays a big argumentative uncertainty whether to withdraw troops or to continue the intervention,... (More) - This thesis examines the Swedish government’s argumentation regarding the security hand-over and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. An argumentation-analysis is performed on three propositions from the government covering 2010-2012, concerning the situation in Afghanistan. Operating with a theoretical framework - claiming that small states, in this case Sweden, are highly affected by alliances and international organizations’ in its foreign policy decision making - a comparison is made with the NATO and the UN.
The result shows an expanded, hands-on Swedish argumentation regarding the war in Afghanistan. The Swedish government displays a big argumentative uncertainty whether to withdraw troops or to continue the intervention, partly due to a very complex security situation. Despite this, the Swedish government’s decision is to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan until 2014.
The analysis compares Swedish arguments with the more abstract argumentation driven by the NATO and the UN Security Council, who points out the importance of the transition-process to the Afghan forces. The NATO specifically argues that a security hand-over itself is not to be seen as an argument to withdraw troops. Despite that, and proof of a non-satisfying security situation, several NATO-nations, including Sweden, are now increasing their withdrawal of troops. (Less)
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- author
- Mårtensson, Gusten LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Slutet av ett krig eller början på ett nytt?
- course
- STVK02 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Afghanistan, Transitionsprocess, Argumentationsanalys, Små stater i allianser, ISAF
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3357908
- date added to LUP
- 2013-02-05 14:32:17
- date last changed
- 2013-02-05 14:32:17
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