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Afrikanska småstaters säkerhetsstrategiska alliansval
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2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
African small states security strategy alliances (English)
Abstract [sv]

De nu rådande teorierna kring småstater och deras säkerhetspolitik har kritise- rats för att vara allt för knutna till västerländska och europeiska småstater. Den här forskningen har därför undersökt orsaker och motiv för en afrikansk småstat att välja att gå in i en allians. I och med detta har säkerhetspolitiska teorier prö- vats utanför Europa och dess generaliserbarhet kunnat ökas.

Genom en metodskapande och teoriprövande forskning har teorierna kring små- staters alliansval prövats i en fallstudie om Botswanas militära samarbete med Kina. Såväl Kina som Afrika är högaktuella såväl internationellt som för svensk försvarsmakt.

Forskaren skapar en metod bestående av tio indikatorer för att en småstat ska välja att gå in i en allians. Resultatet av en jämförelse med fallstudien pekar på att teorierna kring småstater kan appliceras även utanför västerländska och europeiska småstater. Den skapade metoden har också framgångsrikt prövats.

Abstract [en]

This study tests the applicability of traditional small states security strategy theory to African small states. Existing theories in this area have been criticized for their focus on western and European countries particularly on the grounds of their limited applicability to other states.

This method building and theory testing study searches, in existing theories of small states strategies, for reasons and probable motives why small states enter an alli- ance. The theory is tested using a case study of Botswana’s emergent relationship with China. For the purpose of the study, a new model testing alliance building tendencies was constructed. Based on this, a method of ten indicators that are pre- dictive of when a small state might choose to enter an alliance has been derived. These indicators are then used to compare Botswana’s reasons and motives to enter an alliance and military cooperation with China. The comparison finds that seven of the ten indicators could be found, one was not found and the final two could not be tested in this study.

This research concludes that African small states choose alliances for the same rea- sons that western and European state do. Furthermore, this study also suggests that the model of ten indicators to test a small state’s likelihood to enter an alliance is effective.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 72
Keywords [en]
war studies, small states, strategy, alliances, China, Africa, Botswana
Keywords [sv]
krigsvetenskap, småstater, säkerhetsstrategi, alliansval, Kina, Afrika, Botswana
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Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9303OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-9303DiVA, id: diva2:1446063
Subject / course
War Studies, Thesis
Educational program
Högre officersprogrammet (HOP)
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2020-07-21 Created: 2020-06-23 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved

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