Evropská unie a spolupráce v rámci NPT/jaderného odzbrojování

Wágner, Henrik Noah

This diploma thesis focuses on the position of the European Union (EU) towards the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), in the period from 1994 to the present. In 1994, the Council of the EU agreed on joint action in connection with the upcoming NPT Review Conference in 1995, and joint action was the decision that for the first time imposed a binding obligation on EU member states to coordinate and cooperate in relation to the NPT. Since then, the EU has tried to enter the NPT review conferences, held every five years, with a common position each time. The work describes the development of the EU's common position towards the NPT, and focuses on assessing the different emphasis which was placed in the EU's common positions on individual pillars of the NPT. These pillars are: ensure the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, promote the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and achieve nuclear disarmament. The work also applies two theories of international relations, namely neorealism and liberal intergovernmentalism. On the basis of these theories were formulated hypotheses, that tried to explain the reasons for the different emphasis of the EU's common position on the individual pillars of the NPT. In the final chapter, relevant data were presented that served to...

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