Norvegijos politikų požiūris į santykius su Rusija po Krymo įvykių: diskurso analizė
This study examines Norwegian parlamentary debates about further foreign policy and cooperation with Russia after its aggression in Ukraine in 2014. The main focus is put on two main parties - leading party Høyre and oppositional party Arbeiderpartiet. The period of debates is 2015-2017 in order to...
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| Format: | Bachelor Thesis |
| Language: | Lithuanian English |
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Institutional Repository of Vilnius University
2018
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| Online Access: | https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD35449471&prefLang=en_US |
| Summary: | This study examines Norwegian parlamentary debates about further foreign policy and cooperation with Russia after its aggression in Ukraine in 2014. The main focus is put on two main parties - leading party Høyre and oppositional party Arbeiderpartiet. The period of debates is 2015-2017 in order to see internal discussions about further policy implementation and official position towards aggresive neighbour country, not the primary reactions to the violation of international law which were seen in 2014. The main problem of the thesis is two conflicting identities of Norwegian foreign policy. The definition of these identities is borrowed from Andrea Sofie Nilssen research which revealed two parlamentary discourses – Western and Norden or Neighbouring discourse. First one is related to the Western tradition and is described by liberal democracy values, respect for international law and human rights, solidarity and cooperation with allies. Other is related to long and peaceful cooperation with Russia in Arctic and Nordic region which should be cultivated in order to ensure further development, prosperity and security. These two identities are able to coexist in peaceful international environment, but the problem occurs when Russia, as a very important neighbour to Norway, decides to run against the international law and values of liberal democracy. Respectively this dilemma appeared in 2014 during Russia’s invasion to Ukraine. The aim of the thesis is to analyze how these two identities are tried to protect by two different parties and the way to the compromise, also official position of the country. The Bachelor thesis consists of three parts. The first represents Constructivism as the most appropriate theory for identities and dialogue research. The second part analyses discourse analysis as a methodological tool for language investigations. In this part the main theoretical assumptions are discussed and the social constructivism theory for discourse analysis is chosen for empirical research. The third part ... |
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