The Dutch company ASML produces internationally indispensable machines that manufacture advanced semiconductor chips. As a small state, the Netherlands are now caught between China and the US,...Show moreThe Dutch company ASML produces internationally indispensable machines that manufacture advanced semiconductor chips. As a small state, the Netherlands are now caught between China and the US, which are both interested in securing ASML technology. The purpose of this study is to look at the small state strategies employed by the Netherlands in reaction to US pressure to adopt export controls and what the impact is of ASML as a critical node on the power sources of the Netherlands. It proposes that a critical node mostly affects a small state’s intrinsic power (positively) and collective power (negatively). This will be researched by looking at official Dutch and American policy documents and interviews with government officials. It aims to add work on small state power and foreign policy strategies.Show less
This thesis argues that during the Abe and Suga administrations, Japan has been successful at pushing some of its key security objectives into the agendas of strategically important Southeast Asian...Show moreThis thesis argues that during the Abe and Suga administrations, Japan has been successful at pushing some of its key security objectives into the agendas of strategically important Southeast Asian states through the process of tactical hedging. Tactical hedging has allowed the Abe and Suga administrations to be flexible with its policy approach to the rise of China, allowing Japan to be firm on security issues in Southeast Asia when needed, while allowing room for friendly economic competition. This flexibility made security cooperation with Japan more viable for Southeast Asian states, as none of the countries wish to pursue a hard-line China containment policy. The Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, which has seen notable alterations by the Abe and Suga administration to address the needs of their Southeast Asian partners, and Japan refraining from openly criticizing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are examples of Japan taking the concerns of its Southeast Asian partners into account. While still at an early stage, the results of Japan’s tactical hedging can be seen within Japan’s improved security relations with Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. These three countries, which belong to the largest economies of ASEAN, and are faced with China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, will therefore be used to support the importance of tactical hedging for security cooperation in East Asia.Show less
This thesis argues that during the Abe and Suga administrations, Japan has been successful at pushing some of its key security objectives into the agendas of strategically important Southeast Asian...Show moreThis thesis argues that during the Abe and Suga administrations, Japan has been successful at pushing some of its key security objectives into the agendas of strategically important Southeast Asian states through the process of tactical hedging. Tactical hedging has allowed the Abe and Suga administrations to be flexible with its policy approach to the rise of China, allowing Japan to be firm on security issues in Southeast Asia when needed, while allowing room for friendly economic competition. This flexibility made security cooperation with Japan more viable for Southeast Asian states, as none of the countries wish to pursue a hard-line China containment policy. The Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, which has seen notable alterations by the Abe and Suga administration to address the needs of their Southeast Asian partners, and Japan refraining from openly criticizing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are examples of Japan taking the concerns of its Southeast Asian partners into account. While still at an early stage, the results of Japan’s tactical hedging can be seen within Japan’s improved security relations with Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. These three countries, which belong to the largest economies of ASEAN, and are faced with China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea, will therefore be used to support the importance of tactical hedging for security cooperation in East Asia.Show less
Research master thesis | Linguistics (research) (MA)
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Dreigementen geuit via het medium Twitter, de zogeheten dreigtweets, hebben in het verleden meermaals grote maatschappelijke onrust veroorzaakt. Binnen de Nationale Politie vraagt men zich af of...Show moreDreigementen geuit via het medium Twitter, de zogeheten dreigtweets, hebben in het verleden meermaals grote maatschappelijke onrust veroorzaakt. Binnen de Nationale Politie vraagt men zich af of een taalwetenschappelijke benadering een bijdrage zou kunnen leveren aan de analyse en de inschatting van de grote hoeveelheden dreigtweets die er tegenwoordig dagelijks geuit worden. In dit onderzoek beschouw ik het dreigement als taalhandeling die je kan versterken of verzwakken middels intensiveerders en hedges. Een vergelijkende corpusstudie laat zien dat relatief sterke dreigtweets gekenmerkt worden door grote aantallen intensiveerders terwijl relatief zwakke dreigtweets doorgaans meer hedges bevatten. Deze verbanden tussen de aantallen intensiveerders en hedges en de dreigingswaarde, zou de basis kunnen vormen voor verdere automatisering. Literatuurstudie omtrent sentimentsanalyse laat zien dat er reeds grote stappen gezet worden bij het computationeel onderzoeken van sentiment en sentimentssterkte in teksten. Het grootste struikelblok binnen de literatuur dat ook voor de inschatting van dreigtweets relevant is, is dat de rol van de context voor een juiste inschatting van sentiment en sterkte in een geautomatiseerd systeem lastig te verwerken is.Show less
