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Responsibility to Protect - Concept and Application
Sitter, Tomáš ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Topic of this thesis is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine that has become very current at the present time because of its use in legitimising the operation of NATO and other countries during the uprising in Libya in 2011. Apart from a number of sympathetic opinions, it has caused a wave critique, which has been of two types. Some criticised even the fact itself that the UN Security Council had labelled the Libya situation as a case suited for the application of this doctrine. There were also those who had agreed wholeheartedly with this designation, but who were disappointed by how the operation that followed had proceeded. This section of critics claims that NATO and other states that took part in the operation overstepped the mandate granted to them by the Security Council and thereby caused at least a partial delegitimising of R2P.
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Chování vybraných členských států EU v rámci dluhové krize (aplikace teorie her)
Novotný, Martin ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Thesis uses game theory to explain behavior of certain states in the European sovereign-debt crisis. The goal is to find out, if those states use strategies leading to equilibrium i.e. if they maximize their expected utility. Theoretical part is based mainly on repeated games and Bayesian game. Thesis summarizes development of European sovereign-debt crisis and key economic indicators. It constructs a game model of the crisis and further analyses situation of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Greece as players in the game. The game model is then tested on key conflict situations such as relations of France and Germany, first Greek bailout negotiations or Spanish bank bailout negotiations. The results show that chosen states do maximize their expected utility in one election period. However maximization of utility in two or more election periods is limited by the parameters of democratic election system - length of election periods and information asymmetry between voters and politicians. The costs of elimination of information asymmetry would be higher than the costs of debt crisis. So even considering the costs of debt crisis the states are in long term equilibrium.
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Outbound tourism of young Czechs (18-34 years) to Germany
Kylarová, Markéta ; Valentová, Jana (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
This final thesis deals with outgoing tourism of young Czechs to Germany. The theoretical part presents characteristics of tourism destination marketing and a definition of Youth Travel. The analytical part is concerned with the potential of Germany as a destination of young people from the Czech Republic and presents results of a conducted survey for the demand of young Czechs for destination Germany.
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Finnish foreign policy during its membership in European Union
Holková, Naďa ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Mgr. Naďa Holková: Finnish foreign policy during its membership in European Union, diploma thesis. Faculty of International Affairs, University of Economics, Department of International Studies of Ján Masaryk, supervisor: Ing. Zbyněk Dubský, PhD., level of professional qualification: Engineer (Ing.), Prague, 2012, 78 pp. The thesis analyses Finnish foreign policy during country's membership in European Union, that means since 1995. Its core consists of three main chapters. The first one is devoted to theoretical introduction of foreign policy, the second one presents Finnish foreign policy in Northern Europe and the third one analyses Finnish activities at multilateral level -- within European Union, and the cooperation with United Nations as well as with security organizations (NATO and OSCE). The main methods used in the text are analysis and synthesis. The actual information used in the thesis are from Finnish government sources. Finnish foreign policy is a proof that even a small and neutral state can be active abroad at the high level.
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Postconflict Reconstruction in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina: the role of particular actors
Holíková, Alena ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
The civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which took place between 1992 and 1995, is perceived as the most tragic conflict in Europe since the Second World War. The process of postconflict reconstruction has been running there for 17 years and there have been numerous actors involved. But still, the process has not been finished. The diploma thesis deals with the question of the role played by particular involved actors in the process of postconflict reconstruction. In the first part of the thesis the theoretical framework of postconflict reconstruction is presented. In the second part the contemporary situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Dayton Peace Agreement are outlined. The third part fully focuses on the analysis of particular groups of actors. Three groups of actors are analysed: the international community, the local ruling elite and the international and local nongovernmental organisations. The aim of this work is to identify the objects of those actors in the process of postconflict reconstruction and consequently to evaluate their opportunities to achieve those goals. The SWOT analysis is applied to analyze the role of the actors.
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Influence of Religion on Foreign Policy: A Case Study of Denmark
Trávníčková, Karolína ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Religion has still in many parts of the world a significant influence on politics, particularly on foreign policies of individual countries. The objective of this thesis is to assess the degree of influence of religion on contemporary foreign policy of a selected country (Denmark)of the European Union. The basis of the thesis will be a cultural-historical analysis and an analysis of evolution of Danish religious structure. Acquired outcomes will be compared to contemporary trends of the European Union.
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Great Britain's Attitude towards the political integration in Europe
Kuchařová, Alžběta ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Britain's attitude towards the European integration has been an uneasy one since its' inception and it thus represents one of the spheres of British politics that has attracted the most attention and that has been one of the most divisive issues of the domestic politics. The British attitude has however responded to the dynamical development of the political integration in Europe. The aim of the thesis is to assess Britain's attitude towards the political integration in Europe and to prove that, despite its dynamical development, the elements of Euroscepticism prevail over the elements of Europeanization. With respect to the aim, the thesis is divided into three chapters. The first one explains the political integration and charts its development and defines the modern concept of Euroscepticism and Europeanization. The second chapter deals with Britain's attitude towards the European integration, its historical background and its development immediately after the Second World War. Substantial part of the chapter is devoted to the analysis of the British attitude towards the milestones of the political integration. The final chapter looks at the stance of the governments of Tony Blair and the current Conservative-led coalition on the political integration and compares them so as to study its development.
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Conflict prevention with an emphasis on the UN
Čapková, Ivana ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to acquaint the reader with the ways in which the UN prevents conflicts, who the actors in conflict prevention within the Organization are and how the Member states participate in and are concerned about the preventive activities of the Organization. Furthermore, it should identify the causes of success or failure of preventive actions. The thesis in its first part deals with the theory of conflicts in international relations and theory of their prevention, especially with preventive diplomacy and its tools. The second part presents the theory of conflict prevention from the UN perspective and indicates its actors, their roles and possibilities. The last chapter shows real UN action on several successful and unsuccessful examples of preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping and preventive deployment. Individual examples are evaluated on the basis of attained theoretical knowledge.
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