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US Foreign Policy towards Turkey in the 21st Century
Brach, Radim ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
With the end of Cold War Turkey found itself in power vacuum created by the fall of Soviet Union. American-Turkish relations at that time lowered its priority-status and 90s in general are perceived as a "lost decade" for the relations. During that time, traditional secular parties in Turkey experienced a loss on electorate. Therefore space emerged for a new party which will respect (at least partly) democratic rules and at the same time will be based on Muslim traditions. The party was AKP lead by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Almost simultaneously George W. Bush became the President of the United States and both countries started to cooperate closely especially after 9/11 attacks. Although the AKP supports fighting terrorism (Turkey has problems with Kurdish terrorism) and Turkey supported Afghan mission, relations of both countries started deteriorating soon. Turkish stances towards Iraq War, together with bad communication by political elites of both countries lead to colder bilateral relations. Turkish approach towards foreign policy in the region is one of the leading factors for the quality of relations. During the past decade, Turkey tried "zero-problem" policy with its neighbors, which was not always feasible and led to little success. With Barack Obama taking the office the relations started...
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US Foreign Policy towards Turkey in the 21st Century
Brach, Radim ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
With the end of Cold War Turkey found itself in power vacuum created by the fall of Soviet Union. American-Turkish relations at that time lowered its priority-status and 90s in general are perceived as a "lost decade" for the relations. During that time, traditional secular parties in Turkey experienced a loss on electorate. Therefore space emerged for a new party which will respect (at least partly) democratic rules and at the same time will be based on Muslim traditions. The party was AKP lead by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Almost simultaneously George W. Bush became the President of the United States and both countries started to cooperate closely especially after 9/11 attacks. Although the AKP supports fighting terrorism (Turkey has problems with Kurdish terrorism) and Turkey supported Afghan mission, relations of both countries started deteriorating soon. Turkish stances towards Iraq War, together with bad communication by political elites of both countries lead to colder bilateral relations. Turkish approach towards foreign policy in the region is one of the leading factors for the quality of relations. During the past decade, Turkey tried "zero-problem" policy with its neighbors, which was not always feasible and led to little success. With Barack Obama taking the office the relations started...
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European Integration: US Plan for Protection of Western Europe against Communism
Brach, Radim ; Anděl, Petr (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
After the World War II Europe was in a situation in which there was no possibility of enhancing its prosperity on its own. At that moment it was necessary to choose one of the dominant opponent sides the USA or the USSR to cooperate with. Due to political and economical systems similarity Western Europe joined the side of the United States, which immediately started developing new approaches towards defeated Germany, expansionistic Soviet Union and devastated Europe. This resulted in formulation of containment policy which was later developed into the Truman doctrine and the Marshall plan. In the first post- war years the main tool of the United States approach towards European stability was economical help. Development of economies was impossible without active cooperation among European countries and therefore the United States and especially the Congress pressed for economic integration. It was also supposed to create better connection between European economies and to enable the expansion of American goods to Europe. At the beginning of 1950s with the first sparks of Korean War the main stress was laid on cooperation in defensive field. All these attempts for enhancing the US position and development of Europe also led to the initiation of European integration process.
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