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Smart Power: Bridging Inconstancies in Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy

Robaina, Ignacio LU (2022) FKVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
Feminist foreign policy initiatives have since they first appeared weathered
criticism when put in relation to an active weapons export often to non-democratic
states violating women’s rights. This paper then examines the Swedish case by
using argumentation analysis as method to test the moral commitments of
Sweden’s foreign policy initiative against recent arms deals. It was made to explore
the possibility of the added ‘feminist’ being linked to alternative inducements. By
introducing the concepts of hard, soft, and smart power, the analysis was then
carried out in search of explanations for the investigated discrepancy. A tug-of-war
model was developed based on all theory used to both help illustrate the
investigated lacuna, but... (More)
Feminist foreign policy initiatives have since they first appeared weathered
criticism when put in relation to an active weapons export often to non-democratic
states violating women’s rights. This paper then examines the Swedish case by
using argumentation analysis as method to test the moral commitments of
Sweden’s foreign policy initiative against recent arms deals. It was made to explore
the possibility of the added ‘feminist’ being linked to alternative inducements. By
introducing the concepts of hard, soft, and smart power, the analysis was then
carried out in search of explanations for the investigated discrepancy. A tug-of-war
model was developed based on all theory used to both help illustrate the
investigated lacuna, but also the opposingly pulling forces of Sweden’s foreign
policy. The findings suggest that any inconsistencies relating the morally anchored
commitments of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy and their active weapons
industry can be understood through the concept of smart power. Being a concept
aimed at doing just that, combining soft and hard power resources to gap
discrepancies in foreign policies, the concept helps us better understand why the
moral obligations of Sweden’s foreign policy will everlastingly apply
conditionally. (Less)
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author
Robaina, Ignacio LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Global Politics, Feminist Foreign Policy, Arms export, Smart power, International relations
language
English
id
9081346
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 09:15:47
date last changed
2022-07-03 09:15:47
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  abstract     = {{Feminist foreign policy initiatives have since they first appeared weathered
criticism when put in relation to an active weapons export often to non-democratic
states violating women’s rights. This paper then examines the Swedish case by
using argumentation analysis as method to test the moral commitments of
Sweden’s foreign policy initiative against recent arms deals. It was made to explore
the possibility of the added ‘feminist’ being linked to alternative inducements. By
introducing the concepts of hard, soft, and smart power, the analysis was then
carried out in search of explanations for the investigated discrepancy. A tug-of-war
model was developed based on all theory used to both help illustrate the
investigated lacuna, but also the opposingly pulling forces of Sweden’s foreign
policy. The findings suggest that any inconsistencies relating the morally anchored
commitments of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy and their active weapons
industry can be understood through the concept of smart power. Being a concept
aimed at doing just that, combining soft and hard power resources to gap
discrepancies in foreign policies, the concept helps us better understand why the
moral obligations of Sweden’s foreign policy will everlastingly apply
conditionally.}},
  author       = {{Robaina, Ignacio}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Smart Power: Bridging Inconstancies in Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}