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The U.S. Nuclear Disarmament at the Beginning of the 21st Centrury
Semecká, Michaela ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the U.S. nuclear disarmament at the beginning of the 21st century. Its main objective is to assess, whether the disarmament process made any progress under Bush and Obama administrations. In order to meet this goal, the thesis analyzed American defense and nuclear reviews, from which it is possible to find out an approach of both presidents to the given issue. In addition, the thesis also looked into nuclear arms reduction treaties between the USA and the Russian Federation.
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NATO - Russia Relations in the New Millenium
Konecký, David ; Kotyk, Václav (advisor) ; Krines, Vlastimil (referee) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The subject of the dissertation thesis focuses on relations between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Russia in their post-9/11/2001 phase. The theoretical framework is provided by the realist school of thought with a special focus on the "defensive" strand of that school. The thesis has two main goals: the primary goal tests a validity of a statement "Confrontational aspects of the NATO -- Russia relations prohibit any significant mutually beneficial cooperation between the NATO and Russia", the secondary goal aims to create a robust body of primary-source information (with 31 December 2007 deadline). Confrontational aspects of the NATO -- Russia relations have been analyzed in the basic conceptual documents of both Russia and the NATO with following conclusions: (1.) Russia does not accept certain characteristics of NATO, (2.) NATO is not prepared to change these characteristics to meet Russia's objections. But as shown in the thesis, these conclusions do not prevent either side to state a conceptual preparedness to an interest-based cooperation. The other important aspect -- conventional and nuclear weapons balance -- has been analyzed in depth from both the static and dynamic point of view. The positive impetus generated through a rhetorical action immediately after the 11 September 2001 resulted in the creation of the NATO -- Russia Council (NRC). In comparison to the previous phase of the NATO -- Russia relations, the NRC comprises both evolution (prioritization of the content) and revolution (rejection of the previous form). But the positive impetus seems to be failing to generate concrete joint political or practical cooperative actions. Nevertheless, examples can be found of mutually beneficial cooperation between the NATO and Russia: operation Active Endeavor, search and rescue at the sea, project for fight against Afghan drugs, Cooperative Airspace Initiative. These examples do falsify the statement as defined under the primary goal of the thesis. As for a possible future development of the NATO -- Russia relations, the thesis concludes: (1.) No further upgrade of form is to be expected over a longer term, (2.) NRC is and will be and an import forum for a political dialogue, (3.) Mutually-beneficial cooperation will probably materialize through smaller-scale projects, (4.) Freezing of relations cannot be excluded, when an important political signal is to be sent, (5.) In spite of the Russia's denouncement of new military installation in Europe the fact is that the European perimeter is and will be for Russia far more secure and predictable than her Southern and South-Easter perimeter.
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The Position of Lebanon in the Actual International Relations
Šabacká, Yvona ; Skalník, Petr (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee) ; Gombár, Eduard (referee) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee)
Lebanese society involves the Western, i.e. liberal and democratic model, and the Islamic model of society as umma. This Lebanese model originated and has been maintained as a compromise between communities of different value paradigms where no significant shift can be expected as Lebanon is situated at the borders of their territorial expansion. According to my analysis on the basis of theoretical concepts of neo-realism and social constructivism the external players prevail over the internal players. External players have essential influence on the development of Lebanese society and state. It is also the regional status quo or regional and international order that influences the development in Lebanon and is responsible for almost every conflict, conflict initiation or struggle in Lebanon. Lebanese multiconfessional society has always made an effort to achieve and has achieved by itself a consensus for its coexistence. That is why the international community and organizations should promote and use their influence more to maintain the peaceful co-existence.
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The Czech-German police cooperation in the EU
Těžká, Štěpána ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice is currently one of the most dynamically developing areas in the EU. One of its integral parts is police cooperation. This bachelor thesis is concerning the Czech-German police cooperation. The first part describes the legal and institutional framework for police cooperation in the EU, the second part analyzes involvement of the Czech Republic and Germany. The third part is focused on cross-border cooperation. The Czech and German police cooperation is mainly based on their membership in the Schengen system. Additionally, they both attend common projects within the EUROPOL. The Czech-German cross-border cooperation is working well and is often subsidized by European funds.
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Formation of the State of Israel
Pljaskovová, Kateřina ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
This work deals with all the significant moments in the time frame from the late 19th century through World War II and the diplomatic negotiations over it until the day after declaration of the Jewish state in Palestine and the Israeli victory in the first test of existence - the war of independence. The intention was to consistently analyze and then identify the most important factors that led to the establishment of Israel and to guarantee his existence in the future.
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Operation Artemis and the ability of EU to interfere in global conflicts
Holý, Daniel ; Fireš, Adam (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
This thesis is about operation Artemis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and about the ability of EU to interfere in similar operations in future. For sake of continuity and to better communicate the theme, the thesis is divided into three parts. In the first part the historical background of the conflict is described (from the nineties to the start up of the operation Artemis). In the second part there is an analysis of the operation Artemis itself -- its military and humanitarian factors and its results. The third part of the thesis discusses the development of Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union and its development regarding the consequences of operation Artemis as the first out-of-the-area military mission of the EU. Views of experts on the operation and its importance for the forming of European Security and Defence Policy are also proposed.
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Financing of Islamic Terrorism
Hakošová, Bibiána ; Fireš, Adam (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The thesis focuses on financing of the Islamic terrorism problem and discusses its possible nexus with organized crime, money laundering, Islamic charities and the Hawala system. It presents the basic model of Islamic terrorism financing, which is thereinafter applied to the financing of Al Qaeda. In addition, it monitors the development of the Al Qaeda and analyses its financial aspect and the main development trends arising from it. As these general trends in development also have an important impact on the financing itself, the conclusion takes them into account during the "combating the financing of terrorism efforts" evaluation.
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Comparison of operation Desert Storm 1991 and operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
Machýčková, Hana ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
The bachelor thesis examines the operations Desert Storm 1991 and Iraqi Freedom 2003 and its goal is to compare these from the perspective of both legality and legitimacy. The first part of the thesis presents a brief outline of Iraq's history with emphasis on the latter half of the 20th century, relations between Iraq and the United States of America, as well as the international context and chronology of both these operations. The second chapter discusses the legal regulation of jus ad bellum, its development and current state. The third chapter analyses the legality of the operations; i.e. their conformity with jus ad bellum. The final chapter compares both operations from the perspective of legitimacy, using criteria professed by Gareth Evans and Samuel Huntington respectively.
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Global terrorism and its psychological aspects
Fajmonová, Veronika ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This bachalor thesis concentrates on the phenomenon of terrorism and its psychological aspects. In the first third we speak about the definition of terrorism, terrorism as a communicating process, typology of terrorism and its evolution. The second and third part of the thesis deal with the psychology of terrorism -- especially with explanation why people commit terroristic acts, what their motivational factors are, what the group dynamics is about and if suicide terrorist are suicidal.
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