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Foreign policy of Australia in the Asia-Pacific region: major influencing factors
Dašek, Josef ; Karlas, Jan (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis focuses on Australian foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region. The research target of this thesis is to identify the major factors that influence Australian foreign policy towards Asia-Pacific in the post-Cold War period with a focus on power and identity. Each of these factors is examined with a different theoretical approach. The concept of power is framed by realism. Specifically, while analysing the role of power in Australian foreign policy practice, the concept of defensive realism of Kenneth Waltz is applied. The concept of identity is framed by constructivism. Concretely, while analysing the role of identity in Australian foreign policy practice, the insights from David Campbell's interpretative approach and Alexander Wendt's structural constructivism are applied. The analytical part of the thesis is divided into two parts (chapters). The first part analyses whether Australian foreign policymaking is guided by the intentions of Waltz's defensive realism. In this part the Australian alliance with the U.S. is presented as well as the rise of China. The second part analyses whether Australian ideas, values and norms are the major constitutive elements of its foreign policy behaviour. In this part the middle power diplomacy is presented as a distinctive practice of Australian...
Influence of the British domination on the identity of the inhabitants of Hong Kong
Dašek, Josef ; Slačálek, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hesová, Zora (referee)
and key words My Bachelor's thesis is focusing on the influence of the British domination on the identity of the inhabitants of Hong Kong. In the first part I present the theoretical framework in which I explain key terms such as identity, nation and nationalism. In the second and the third chapter I map British colonialism and the historical development of the Hong Kong's national identity under the British domination. The main part of my thesis focuses on how specifically the influence of British domination was expressed in relation to the national identity of the Hong Kong people. An integral part of my thesis is the relationship between Hong Kong and Mainland China. Key words: Hong Kong, China, identity, nation, Great Britain

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