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EU renewable energy transport strategy
Hájek, Ondřej ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Maslowski, Nicolas (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to find out, whether the European Union is capable to propose and implement consistent, comprehensive and really practically run strategy in the field of transport using renewable energy. Renewable energy can be identified as a solution for the long-term environmental and energetic issues considering the trend of growing volume of European transport to continue. The question is, whether the adopted measures are affective enough and affect the development of transport using renewable sources of energy in praxis.
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USA and China relations since the end of bipolar world
Staňková, Nikola ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Druláková, Radka (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate that American policy is reactive to China's changing status in international relations and Sino-American relationship have gone through various phases since the end of bipolar world, but security remains the main component that shapes Sino-American relations until today. During the Cold War, the main aspect of the relationship was common security threat that diminished with the end of bipolar world. After that, economy became more important and China developed a comprehensive national power. However, with China's new power status in international relations came new realities in Sino-American relations driven by the security concerns again.
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Town-twinning in Europe- Case study of the towns of Banyuls-sur-Mer and Kralupy nad Vltavou
Čubová, Lenka ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Novotná, Markéta (referee)
This Bachelor's thesis deals with the phenomenon of town twinning in Europe with a special focus on the Czech-French relations. Firstly, it gives a brief overview of the town-twinning's history in Europe and anylyzes how the motivational factors of the twinned towns have changed over time. The remaining part is dedicated to the case study of the Czech town Kralupy nad Vltavou which has been twinned for more than 20 years with the town of Banyuls-sur-Mer located in the southern France. Three chapters, The involved entities, The system of funding and The political background look into features who concern not only the aforementioned towns but any twinned municipalities in general. Furthermore, it sets the main points of twinning-exchange-trips as well as the culture differences and possible problems linked to them. In the final portion of this thesis, possible options for future development between Kralupy nad Vltavou and Banyuls-sur-Mer are set forth. More importantly, it reflects on the future of town-twinning in general.
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The Role of Religious Leaders in Conflict Transformation
Bodenbender, Stanislava ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Kratochvíl, Petr (referee)
Religion has often been viewed as a source of conflict and violence in international relations. Yet history provides that religion has also been a source and inspiration for peace building and non-violent resistance. The role of religious leaders in conflict transformation has been treated as a marginal phenomenon. Appleby (2000) points out that identifying and documenting the roles of religious actors in resolving protracted conflicts remains an unfinished task. This thesis is an attempt to meet such challenge by focusing on religious leaders and their role in search of solutions in deeply rooted conflicts. Working from the premise that religious leaders can make a substantial contribution in conflict transformation, the overarching goal of this thesis is to examine what roles religious actors play and how equipped they are to serve their communities in their capacity as peacemakers.
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The Russian Geopolitics of Energy
Vlčková, Kateřina ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
This Thesis is titled The Energy Geopolitics of Russia and its main purpose is to analyze the energy geopolitics of Russia and the country's shifting energeopolitical pivot to Asia, especially to China. The Thesis is divided into three respective sections -- a theoretical approach, Russian geopolitics of energy, and one descriptive and exploratory case study. It strives to answer three main research questions considering Russia's shifting energeopolitical pivot, Ukraine crisis, and the development of Russia's foreign policy in regard to her energy geopolitics.
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Kolumbie Zahraniční politika Tvorba: vliv nestátních subjektů
Alviz Hernandez, Maria Alejandra ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Maslowski, Nicolas (referee)
This study is titled Colombia Foreign Policy Making: the influence of non-state actors and its main purpose is to analyze the influence of Non-State actors, violent type and Human Rights NGOs, in the Colombian Foreign policy behavior. It is divided into three respective sections -- a Constructive theoretical framework, the directions of the Colombia Foreign Policy, and the practical part to find the influence of Non-state actors in Colombia Foreign Policy behavior. It strives to answer how Colombian Foreign Policy behavior it's affected by Violent Non-state actors negatively and by Human Rights NGOs.
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Risk Analysis of Sino-American Military Conflict: The Trends in China-US Military Relationship
Šetina, Martin ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (referee)
The ascent of China to a global power status has created a new wave of theoretical discourse on what this means for the future of international relations. The general consensus on a unipolar order of international relations is slowly giving way to discourse. The time of polarity shift in the system is associated with a likely conflict between the descending hegemon and the ascending power (Snyder 2002; Mearsheimer 2010). This theoretical background suggest that in the future, we might witness a military conflict between the US and China. On the other side of the spectrum is a more optimistic view of China's rise, which emphasizes the role of economic interdependence and the extreme cost of any aggressive foreign policy that would escalate the conflict potential between China and the US (Ikenberry 2008; Kang 2007; Fravel 2010). This assumption of a future military conflict between the US and China is at the center of this research. In the following pages I will explore the idea of a military conflict between the US and China in an in-depth analysis of the most contested and conflict-prone issues between China and the US: the future of Taiwan and the Senkaku Island dispute.
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