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NGOs' perceptions of Japan's role in the nuclear disarmament regime
Naumov, Danila ; Smetana, Michal (advisor) ; Martinková, Viera (referee)
This Master's thesis analyses the perceptions international disarmament NGOs have on Japan's role in the nuclear disarmament regime. The research aims to examine the positions of the leading nuclear disarmament NGOs on various points in their relationship to Japan, but also to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which serves as the framework of interaction for between NGOs and Japan. For the purpose of drafting conclusions based on comparison and analysis of it, several variables are operationalised - such as strategies NGOs employ in their advocacy efforts, their expectations of Japan's ratification of the TPNW or the factors they believe prevent Japan from ratifying the treaty - and elaborated upon through scholarly literature on the topic of international norms and NGOs in general. Interviews and official documents, such as annual reports or proclamations of the NGOs, are used as the main source of data for analysis. In the conclusion, the author outlines the findings and how they contradict original expectations or confirm them. He drafts a few possible scenarios for the further development of NGOs strategies within the TPNW, based on the study of Japan's case.
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Nuclear Ban Treaty and Stigmatization of NATO's Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Responses from Germany and Czechia
Svobodová, Markéta ; Smetana, Michal (advisor) ; Ludvík, Jan (referee)
Markéta Svobodová: Nuclear Ban Treaty and Stigmatization of NATO's Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Responses from Germany and Czechia (2023) Abstract To change the way nuclear weapons are addressed in international politics, proponents of the Nuclear Ban Treaty have called out not only the nuclear-haves, but also states benefiting from extended nuclear deterrence. If the nuclear disarmament norm is central to what constitutes appropriate behavior in international politics, how do NATO member states react to this deliberate stigma imposition strategy? The presented diploma thesis aims to answer this question by examining the cases of Germany and Czechia, showing the discursive strategies they employ to manage the circulation of the potentially discrediting information in regard to their identity as responsible members of the international community. While success of stigma imposition depends on the degree of stigma power possessed by the stigmatizer in the given context, In Germany, the ties of the current political leadership to pro-disarmament non-governmental sector have contributed to a shift from an approach of stigma rejection to a degree of stigma recognition over the examined time period (2013-2023). In Czechia, the lack of such a connection has among other factors prevented the non-governmental...
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Common position of the European Union on the NPT since 2015
Csúzová, Kristína ; Smetana, Michal (advisor) ; Martinková, Viera (referee)
This thesis examines the EU common position on disarmament in the period from 2015, when the ninth 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) took place, to 2022, when the tenth NPT Review Conference took place. It assesses the change in the EU position on disarmament as a result of significant global events unfolding with potential implications for the EU common position, i.e. TPNW, Brexit and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Incorporating evidence from conclusions of EU statements on NPT-related events and interviews with senior diplomats representing different EU Member States, this study demonstrates that the EU common position on disarmament has remained at the status quo. Responsible for this argument is, on the one hand, Hererra's (2020) assessment that the EU historically tends towards the status quo and, on the other hand, the adoption and entry into force of the TPNW. This treaty has further deepened the existing rifts within the EU on the most contentious issue, namely when and how disarmament should be achieved. This thesis argues that the TPNW has exhausted the EU's already limited negotiating space and, thus, its ability to compromise and advance its common position. Keywords NPT, disarmament, first pillar, EU, common...
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Application of the Moral Foundations Theory on Czech Environmental Discourse
Rysková, Lenka ; Smetana, Michal (advisor) ; Franěk, Jakub (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on moral argumentation related to environmental issues within Czech discourse. The aim of the thesis is to find out what moral foundations is the environmental discourse in the Czech environment based on, which is achieved by applying the Moral Foundations Theory to this discourse. The theoretical part of the thesis maps the Moral Foundations Theory itself and the existing knowledge from its application to political science and environmental issues. In the practical part, the theory is applied to two separate parts of environmental discourse - op-eds published on internet news portals and speeches delivered in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. A qualitative content analysis is used to establish an image of the representation of each moral foundation within these two parts of the research. The combination of the results from these parts is then used to answer the research question.
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