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Missiles and Radars as Security DilemmaThe Case of the Third Pillar of the U.S. Missile Defence in Central Europe
Kantor, Lukáš ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor)
The thesis deals with the former Bush's plan of the so-called third pillar of the American missile defense system in Poland and Czech republic. We demonstrate on this topic the value of several key (neo)realist theoretical concepts. Specifically, the exact types and functioning of security dilemmas are analyzed in the framework of American-Russian, American-Iranian and American-Czech/Polish relations. The thesis also illustrates the importance of related modalities of deterrence and shows, which states and how balanced the US. In addition to that, attention is paid to the question whether the "shield" was motivated by defensive realist worries about security or rather by offensive realist struggle for power and gains at the expense of others.
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Current U.S. foreign policy towards Poland: key factors, tendencies and developments
Čížková, Tereza ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
American foreign policy represents, due to the enduring importance of the United States and its superpower status, a suitable topic for detailed analysis. This thesis focuses on Poland and related U.S. foreign policy that enables to find factors influencing the process of foreign policy-making and consequently to examine the level of their impact. Selecting Poland can be explained by its great potential and rising importance within the European politics as well as by long-lasting partnership existing between Poland and the United States that has been created over the years. The main goal of this thesis was to define the most important factors that determine American foreign policy towards Poland and to assess their level of influence, potential mutual interconnection and the time variability. The analysis of historical development and factors that could have influenced contemporary policy, U.S. domestic policy evaluation and the analysis of other factors that have an impact on current U.S. policy toward Poland served as the tools for reaching goals of this thesis. The author came to the conclusion that contemporary foreign policy is not solely affected by current development, but also the historical context and circumstances can have impact on its formulation and present shape. The forming of the...
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Strategic Defense Initiative
Čeněk, Jakub ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Ulík, Karel (referee)
The doctoral thesis "Strategic Defense Initiative" deals with the issue of the Strategic initiative on the basis of historical-political analysis. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a crucial topic during the 1980s, which had a profound political impact on the development of international events and the Cold war in general. The work presents a brief history of the United States ABM systems and introduces the historical context. Furthermore, the author analyzes possible reasons for the SDI announcement and reexamines Reagan's speech in March 1983. Persons and interest groups who promoted strategic defense are also included in this analysis. Included are problems connected to SDI, as well as a brief description of the program. The following chapter deals with the Soviet reaction to SDI. The seventh chapter discusses the European reaction to SDI. The topic is analyzed citing the example of the United Kingdom. The next chapter deals with the Anti Ballistic Missile treaty and its interpretations from the SDI perspective. The last chapter discusses US - Soviet summits, which took place in the 1980s, with an emphasis on SDI. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Current U.S. foreign policy towards Poland: key factors, tendencies and developments
Čížková, Tereza ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
Given the enduring importance of the United States and its superpower status, American foreign policy represents a suitable topic for a detailed analysis. The focusing on Poland and the U.S. foreign policy related to it enables to find factors influencing the process of foreign policy-making and to examine the level of their impact. Selecting Poland can be explained by its great potential and rising importance within European politics as well as the long-lasting partnership between Poland and the United States that has been developed over the years. The characterization of factors influencing the formulation of the U.S. foreign policy enables understanding of tendencies and changes in the U.S. approach towards Poland. Contemporary foreign policy is not solely affected by current developments, but also the historical context and circumstances can have impact on its formulation and current shape. The formation of the American approach towards Poland is not completely isolated from other processes and therefore its final outcome depends on subsequent variables such as general American foreign orientation, the relations with Russia or the course of the general security situation. Dynamic development of events since 2001 shows how these new circumstances can be projected into the shape of foreign policy and...
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Missile Defence in Northeast Asia and its Influence on the Chinese Strategic Behaviour
Mareš, Tomáš ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Smetana, Michal (referee)
Master thesis analyzes strategic behavior of the PRC in the region of the Northeast Asia in direct relationship with regional missile defense. The aim is to analyze motives of China`s regional strategic behavior with respect to the specific technological element (= Theatre Missile Defense) on the basis of predetermined analytical levels: realistic, liberal and constructivist. But there are great differences in technological configuration of individual missile defense systems or in the configuration of the relationship of regional actors with the PRC. Thus the thesis will comprise of case studies analyzing the complex relationship of the PRC and regional actors (that are creating regional missile defense). The creation of regional missile defense can endanger China`s vital strategic interests (in the region of Northeast Asia) under specific conditions. But the regional strategic behaviour of the PRC is moderate. The aim is to explain, why the PRC does not change its regional strategic behavior in direct connection with emerging theater missile defence.
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Missiles and Radars as Security DilemmaThe Case of the Third Pillar of the U.S. Missile Defence in Central Europe
Kantor, Lukáš ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor)
The thesis deals with the former Bush's plan of the so-called third pillar of the American missile defense system in Poland and Czech republic. We demonstrate on this topic the value of several key (neo)realist theoretical concepts. Specifically, the exact types and functioning of security dilemmas are analyzed in the framework of American-Russian, American-Iranian and American-Czech/Polish relations. The thesis also illustrates the importance of related modalities of deterrence and shows, which states and how balanced the US. In addition to that, attention is paid to the question whether the "shield" was motivated by defensive realist worries about security or rather by offensive realist struggle for power and gains at the expense of others.
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Missiles and Radars as Security Dilemma The Case of the Third Pillar of the U.S. Missile Defence in Central Europe
Kantor, Lukáš ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Hynek, Nikola (referee)
The thesis deals with the former Bush's plan of the so-called third pillar of the American missile defense system in Poland and Czech republic. We demonstrate on this topic the value of several key (neo)realist theoretical concepts. Specifically, the exact types and functioning of security dilemmas are analyzed in the framework of American-Russian, American-Iranian and American-Czech/Polish relations. The thesis also illustrates the importance of related modalities of deterrence and shows, which states and how balanced the US. In addition to that, attention is paid to the question whether the "shield" was motivated by defensive realist worries about security or rather by offensive realist struggle for power and gains at the expense of others.
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