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Common Security and Defence Policy: Civilian Crisis Management of the European Union - A Geopolitical Perspective
Smejkalová, Tereza ; Hnízdo, Bořivoj (advisor) ; Kříž, Zdeněk (referee) ; Cabadová-Waisová, Šárka (referee)
The aim of my work is to apply the political-geographical or geopolitical optics to a specific foreign security activities of the EU, i.e. to put political aims and activities of political-geographical framework. In geopolitical terms, it is necessary to assess the potential and the current deployment of civilian missions. For this purpose, in accordance with the hypothesis of my work, that the civilian aspects of crisis management CSDP are based mainly on the willingness and desire of Member States in a given area or country involved should be analyzed for the three major priorities of Member States (UK, Germany and France) in civilian areas (see National Security Strategy). The work compares the current activities of EU civil security-CSDP and geopolitical intentions of the three great European powers, Germany, France and Great Britain. Civilian CSDP should concentrate in geographic areas that are of key importance to most member states and especially for three large powers. The question is whether the major European powers reflect their priorities in EU policy in its entirety or whether there are other factors that prevent them from doing so. Such factors include decisions based on consensus and the growing power of the European Commission, which defends its interests very hard in the CSDP. Large Member...
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New Impulses into EU-NATO Cooperation? France, United Kingdom and EU-NATO Relations
Konířová, Hana ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Karásek, Tomáš (referee)
Working and close relations between European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Alliance) has always been considered as essential. Despite the fact that both organizations perceive their relations as crucial and recognize the need to enhance them, the official cooperation had to (and still has to) face many obstacles. There are many limitations to closer EU-NATO relations, among the most significant is ranked the still unsolved Turkey- Cyprus dispute, forming the real obstacle to strategic partnership between Union and Alliance, and also the issue regarding the potential establishment of the European permanent operational headquarter. The current deadlock is foremost caused by Turkey strictly interpreting the Berlin Plus agreement. The situation became much worse with the accession of southern Cyprus into the EU resulting in nearly absolute impossibility of any official contacts due to the restrictions to collaborate under the agreement only for the members of NATO or PfP. Turkey was not alone playing the obstructive role, the other "trouble maker" and Turkeys traditional counterbalancer from the Union side was France. EU and NATO were perceived by France as rivals and their relations as "zero-sum game". French attitude from the Union's side was matched by the Turkey's from the side of...
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Czech Positions on EU's Security and Defence Dimension: Assesment and Perspectives
Málek, Jan ; Jireš, Jan (advisor) ; Barša, Pavel (referee)
The work is a case study that focuses on the attitude of the Czech Republic towards security and defence dimension of the European Union. It focuses on the context of European security and defence policy. It gives a detailed insight into the system formed by the European institutions, their powers and decisions on the one hand and Member States on the other. Within this context, formulates four major issues that the European security and defence policy reflected in the security policy of the Member States. The study focuses and examines the most significant of these problems, and probes whether and how these problems appear in the attitudes of the actors of the Czech security policy. Key words: European Union, Common Security and Defence Policy, Czech Republic, security policy
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Stabilization Role of the European Union in Africa with Focus on the Military Missions
Harabinová, Kamila ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
The master thesis is dedicated to the stabilization role of the European Union in Africa with focus on the military training missions in Somalia and Mali. The aim is to analyze and evaluate their prosperity and additionaly to draw conclusions about the future involvement of these types of missions in Africa, since the military missions with the civilian aspects seem to be the perspective way of the EU engagement in Africa. The thesis is also supported by the evaluation of the socioeconomic cooperation which is also crucial for the stabilization role of the EU in Africa.
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The Police of the Czech Republic in foreign missions since late 1990s
Siekliková, Lenka ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
The topic of this bachelor's thesis is the involvement of the Czech Republic into peacekeeping missions focusing on police services. The thesis first describes legal aspects of cooperation, institutional securing and funding, which are necessary for good functioning of security services abroad. The thesis deals not only with the activity of Czech police officers in standard peacekeeping operations, but it also describes the work of liaison officers abroad with embassies and international organisations. The core part brings an overview of particular missions, in which police officers of the Czech Republic were involved earlier or in which they are currently participating. The final part evaluates existing performance of Czech police officers and also mentions some imperfections. However positives of dispatching Czech police officers are emphasized.
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