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Influence of Henry Kissinger on the Rapprochement between China and the United States
Kuchařová, Aneta ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
The Bachelor thesis titled "Influence of Henry Kissinger on the Rapprochement between China and the United States" focuses on assessing the role of National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, in the process of re-establishing Sino-American relations between the years 1969-1972. Diplomatic relations between the two countries have been interrupted since 1949, when the communist party had taken power and proclaimed the People's Republic of China. In 1969, however, republican Richard Milhous Nixon entered into presidential office and he was aware of the need for changing current situation. He chose Harvard professor Henry Kissinger as a National Security Adviser, with whom he shared similar opinions on management of international policy. Their realistic approach to international relations accompanied by centralized and individualized administrative brought satisfactory outcomes not only in the case of rapprochement with China. The aim was to assess, in which way participated the normalization Henry Kissinger, who is up to now considered one of the most successful diplomats. Continuously with a description of the development of reconciliation, there is an attention focused on Kissinger's role in this process, which is afterward evaluated in the conclusion. The thesis tries to map his powers, methods of...
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Manas Air Base and U.S.-Kyrgyz Relations
Nováková, Sabina ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Horák, Slavomír (referee)
The following thesis is a case study of the U.S. Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan. It addresses the significance of the base in the context of mutual U.S.-Kyrgyz relations after 2001. It aims to analyze the bilateral negotiations between the U.S. and the Kyrgyz on establishing the air base, its functioning, and eventually its closure in 2014. Among the research questions, it seeks to explain the respective positions of both parties, the motives behind their actions, and factors that influenced this negotiation process. The analysis shows that the extensive U.S. efforts to get and maintain access to the facility were driven by the necessity to secure transportation corridors to and from Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, was primarily interested in financial benefits stemming from having an American base on its territory. The U.S. let local elites enrich themselves in connection with the air base revenues. Kyrgyzstan's internal instability also had a major impact on its stance towards foreign policy matters and the issue of the Manas air base in particular. The U.S. was a stronger player in this asymmetric relationship, but Washington often got into situations where it was being pulled by Kyrgyzstan's domestic developments, which effectively determined mutual relations. The analysis concludes that...
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American Involvement in Vietnam during the Presidency of Dwinght D. Eisenhower
Do, Phuong Thuy ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
American journey to the Vietnam War began in the 1950s, when the US decided to stand beside France in the fight against the Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh. In 1954, the United States refused to take an intervention to assist the French in the battle of Dien Bien Phu. French troops lost the battle and started their withdrawal from the region, where the United States gradually fully replaced them. After the division of the country by the 17th parallel Washington began to build an independent democratic state in South Vietnam, which would be an ally of the West in the fight against communism. CIA agents, however, failed to put someone competent in the lead of the country, who would promote the necessary reforms and gain the respect of the population. Eisenhower's successors then inherited the American engagement in the region. The conflict in Vietnam escalated further until it converted into the Second Indochina War.
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Masculinity Crisis - A Case Study of the People's Republic of China
Walderová, Hana ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Masculinity Crisis - A Case Study of the People's Republic of China" deals with the masculinity crisis in the reform period of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The thesis aims to conclude whether the model of masculinity crisis, as drawn by the author of the thesis on the experience of the OECD countries, is also applicable to the male society in the reform PRC. The thesis focuses on masculinity crisis among men who are since the Mao Zedong presidency and throughout the reform period employed within the secondary sector of Chinese economy. Deindustrialisation and servitisation in OECD countries let to a significant increase of female employment which changed the traditional gender roles. Men's leading position in both family and society, as stemming from the position of family's primary breadwinner, was marginalized. Men experienced loss of both economic and psychological securities. These losses are believed to have resulted in a "crisis of masculinity". In China, however, the macroeconomic reforms often helped to restore the position of the primary breadwinner, lost due to the Mao's employment policies in 1950s. The thesis concludes the experience in OECD states contrary, the masculinity crisis in the reform PRC shall not be treated as an issue solely linked to the...
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The Development of Foreign Trade between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America since China's Accession to WTO
Kyselková, Ivana ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Lepš, Jakub (referee)
The thesis "The Development of Foreign Trade between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America since China's Accession to the WTO" analyzes in detail the trade relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. Since 1978, the trade between the PRC and the US in goods and services has been growing. One of the milestones in the mutual relationship, but also in the development of the Chinese economy, was China's accession to the WTO, which opened to the PRC a non-discriminatory access to world markets. Due to the increasing trade exchange between the PRC and the US, the bilateral relationship has gradually began to take on complexity and first disputes have appeared that had to be addressed in the WTO and through bilateral negotiations. The thesis analyzes trade disputes related in particular to the protection of intellectual property rights, health and safety standards of products, espionage and inadequate fulfilment of the WTO rules. One of the most frequently discussed topics in the American media and politics has been the subject of the growing trade deficit with China, for the growth of which some US politicians have blamed the currency undervaluation of the RMB maintained by the Chinese government. The thesis concludes that the problem of...
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Taiwan Scholarships as a Source of Soft Power
Šilhánová, Barbora ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Taiwan Scholarships as a source of Soft Power" deals with the Taiwanese view of the concept of soft power, it introduces the scholarships offered to foreign students and finally assess the impact those scholarship have on their recipients. The core of the thesis is the research carried out by the author using semi-structured questionare and interview. The researched subjects were defined in advance as Czech students who went to one of Taiwan scholarships. The first chapter is an introduction to historical context of Taiwan's contemporary situation. It also describes the Taiwanese soft power interpretation and application in practise. The second chapter focuses on the Taiwanese scholarships offer for foreign students. The third chapter presents the foundings the research.
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A Libertarian Critique of the U.S. Criminal Justice System
Král, Zdeněk ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The thesis analyzes selected issues in the U.S. criminal justice system, and the solutions proposed by American libertarians. First, it introduces libertarianism as a whole, based on both contemporary and historical sources. The thesis then examines the real influence of libertarians on U.S. politics, and the possibility that libertarian proposals might be adopted. It analyzes the successes of the U.S. Libertarian Party and introduces movement and factions in the two major parties, Republican and Democratic, and today's influential politicians who at least partially promote libertarian proposals. In the final, pivotal chapter, the thesis uses the theoretical base provided in the first chapter to analyze the shortcomings of the U.S. criminal justice system, and the solutions and changes that libertarians propose. The structure of this analysis follows the generally accepted structure of the system itself, dealing with criminal law and its enforcement through policing, courts and corrections. On each of these levels, the thesis introduces both the libertarian critique of today's system and examples of specific issues and proposed solutions. The thesis identifies the so-called "War on Drugs" as one of the key points of the libertarian critique, and uses is as a case study which illustrates the impact of...
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"Better Red than Dead": American Indians' Struggle for Sovereignty Rights in the 1960s and 1970s
Staňková, Olga ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
In my thesis, I argue that the Native American activism of the 1960s and 1970s does not fall into the category of Civil Rights Movement because of its significantly different goals, and that the fundamentally different character of sovereignty rights also keeps the Indian struggle invisible in American understandings of U.S. political and social history. According to my analysis, the terms tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and treaty rights describe the ultimate goals of the Native American activists in the 1960s and 1970s the best. The decade between 1964 and 1974 witnessed the rise of radical Indian activism, which succeeded in reminding the general public and politicians that Indians are still present in the United States. Furthermore, it influenced a whole generation of Native Americans who found new pride in being Indian. However, this current of American activism is not known so well by the general U.S. public. This thesis will describe this state as "selective visibility" deriving from U.S. selective historical memory, only noticing and remembering those events and images concerning Native Americans that can be simply understood, somehow relate to the U.S. set of values, and fit in the national historical narrative.
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U.S.-China Cooperation During Six Party Talks
Hladíková, Kristýna ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Bečka, Jan (referee)
This Master thesis deals with the Sino-American cooperation during the Six-Party Talks between 2003 and 2009 and it aims to analyze both the main interests and objectives, with which the US and China came in the negotiations, and the problematic issues between the US and China, most critically complicating a progress in the negotiations. Although both countries cordially declared common interest in denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, their real order of priorities within the Talks greatly differed. Contrary to the United States, China prioritized stability of the region to its denuclearization and was trying very hard to moderate the harsh US approach towards the DPRK's nuclear activities. In this way, it was, however, practically impossible to effectively force the North to abandon its nuclear program, which was something unconditionally demanded by the United States. What is more, the long-lasting political and strategic alliance between Beijing and Pyongyang considerably complicated the problem. In consequence, any statements or resolutions, which were adopted during the Talks, lacked sufficient strength and did not force North Korea to start dismantlement of its nuclear program. Thus, the US-China cooperation was not very fruitful. Based on these findings, the thesis concludes that the...
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