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Czechoslovak diplomacy and its evaluation of De Gaulle's policy of grandeur between 1958 and 1969
Jiráčková, Magdaléna ; Matějka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Šmidrkalová, Michaela (referee)
Czechoslovak-French relations developed gradually since the early 1960s. At the time Charles de Gaulle was the president of France. He enforced the politics of grandeur, according to which France had to restore its superpower position while Czechoslovakia was one of the satellites of the Soviet Union. Based on the research of historical sources with elements of qualitative content analysis of documents from the Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, I answer my question on how the phenomena related to de Gaulle's politics of grandeur between 1958 and 1969 were evaluated by Czechoslovak diplomacy. The archival documents show that Czechoslovak diplomacy was interested in French policy towards disarmament in the early 1960s when talks were held on this topic in Geneva, in which Czechoslovakia was directly involved. French rejection of disarmament agreements was always negatively assessed by Czechoslovak diplomacy, but over the time it ceased to be an obstacle to the development of mutual relations. The evaluation of French politics towards the countries of the West was full of contradictions. France's attitude towards the United States, whose influence in Europe was France trying to limit, was positively assessed, but France's rapprochement with West Germany was viewed...
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Czechoslovak diplomacy and its evaluation of De Gaulle's policy of grandeur between 1958 and 1969
Jiráčková, Magdaléna ; Matějka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Šmidrkalová, Michaela (referee)
Czechoslovak-French relations developed gradually since the early 1960s. At the time Charles de Gaulle was the president of France. He enforced the politics of grandeur, according to which France had to restore its superpower position while Czechoslovakia was one of the satellites of the Soviet Union. Based on the research of historical sources with elements of qualitative content analysis of documents from the Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, I answer my question on how the phenomena related to de Gaulle's politics of grandeur between 1958 and 1969 were evaluated by Czechoslovak diplomacy. The archival documents show that Czechoslovak diplomacy was interested in French policy towards disarmament in the early 1960s when talks were held on this topic in Geneva, in which Czechoslovakia was directly involved. French rejection of disarmament agreements was always negatively assessed by Czechoslovak diplomacy, but over the time it ceased to be an obstacle to the development of mutual relations. The evaluation of French politics towards the countries of the West was full of contradictions. France's attitude towards the United States, whose influence in Europe was France trying to limit, was positively assessed, but France's rapprochement with West Germany was viewed...
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The "Ukraine-Lithuania-Belarus" approach and Polish Eastern Politics after 1989
Kocháňová, Alena ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Šmidrkalová, Michaela (referee)
This bachelor's thesis discusses the "Ukraine-Lithuania-Belarus approach" (ULB) and the way in which it influenced Poland and its Eastern policy during 1989-2005. The approach was formulated by the Polish exile in France during the Cold War. It promoted the independence of Polish's Eastern neighbors and good-neighbor policy in order to stabilize the region and impede the Soviet influence. This approach was revolutionary given the historical tensions that existed among Poland and the ULB nations. The purpose of this paper is to find out to which extent the approach was put into practice and what motivated its use. Therefore, this study uses the method of historical analysis to examine the area of independence, security, minorities and common history, find out how much the ULB approach was actually present, and the various factors that influenced it, which include Russia, NATO, EU, national interests, Polish romanticism, and different political tendencies of Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus. Moreover, the paper examines the changes in approaches to ULB by the different Polish governments, tries to identify the common points and differences, and whether the ULB approach was more of oral or of practical nature. Finally, the thesis evaluates the Polish accession to NATO and EU and how it affected...
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