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NATO Transformation and the Capability Gap
Ruml, Ken ; Plechanovová, Běla (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
The present Master Thesis is a macro-level comparative case study that addresses the problem of most member states' lack of adequate motivation to acquire innovative military capabilities and contribute them to the North Atlantic Alliance. There has been a significant gap between NATO's ambition and its military capability since at least the 1999 Kosovo Crisis. Even today, a couple of years after the adoption of the longawaited new Strategic Concept, which confirmed NATO's role in crisis management beyond its borders, the evaluations of the recent NATO operation in Libya hint to fact that the gap persists. The question is: what factors play the most significant role in shaping state behaviour within NATO and what can be done to stimulate the member states' proactive attitude? The problem is addressed through the prism of Neorealism, which emphasizes structural constraints of state behaviour, and Constructivism, which, for its part, highlights the importance of domestic factors, namely state identity. Based on the results of the fuzzy-set analysis, it is argued that the harmonization of NATO's and EU's capability development initiatives, as well as the eventual military integration of lower-capability NATO member states is most likely to reset the balance between the Alliance's ambition and available...
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Changes in CFSP and EUBAM missions after the Lisbon Treaty
Hoferková, Natálie ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
Bachelor thesis deals with Common foreign and security policy of the European Union (CFSP), especially with the influence of the Lisbon Treaty to this policy. Except of the evolution analysis and influence of the Lisbon Treaty in general, are these changes demonstrated on two EUBAM missions, when one of them has begun before the Lisbon Treaty, and the second one after. First chapter focuses on the development of CFSP, second chapter deals with changes, brought by the Lisbon Treaty. Third chapter deals with two EUBAM missions and describes their objectives and progress. At the end of this chapter, there is a comparison of those two missions and the Lisbon Treaty influence conclusion.
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European Security and Defence Policy
Havelka, Ladislav ; Grmelová, Nicole (advisor) ; Korecki, Zbyšek (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to assess integration efforts in the field of European security and consider to what extent the Lisbon Treaty (effective from December 2009) will affect the future of the Common (European) Security and Defence Policy. The first part is focused on the history of security cooperation in the Western Europe during the Cold War. The second part deals with the evolution of security integration after the fall of the Iron Curtain, which has started convergency of European countries and gave rise to the European Union (EU). Changes induced by the Lisbon Treaty are mentioned in the third part, which decribes the ESDP/CSDP and crisis management. This part also describes the EU's response to the ongoing crisis in the Libya and outlines possible solutions to the crisis.
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Neutrality of Sweden as EU Member Country
Bohatová, Martina ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Sweden is currently viewed as a small country of North Europe. However, it can be proud of a long historical tradition with a number of political successes -- the fact that there has not been a war for more than two hundred years due to neutrality can be considered as the biggest one. The neutrality is perceived as a politico-security conception. The thesis tries to sum up the perception of Swedish neutrality, to chart its changes in time and to measure its compatibility with the EU membership through the observation of the Swedish foreign policy, the participation in Common Foreign and Security Policy, Common Security and Defence Policy and the preparation of the EU Council Presidency. The aim is to confirm the hypothesis that Sweden is due to changes in the perception of neutrality concept the full member of the European Union also in such complex things as Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy.
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EU Operations as an Instrument of the Common Security and Defence Policy
Nechanická, Barbora ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) noted a relatively fast progress during its eleven-year existence. Its main task is to deploy operations abroad. This bachelor thesis analyses their development emphasising the civilian operations. After the introductory general characteristic of CSDP the thesis deals with the tasks of the operations, military and civilian capabilities development and with the institutional framework including the changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty. The practical aspects are examined by the case study of the police operations Proxima and EUPAT in Macedonia. Despite several shortcomings they can be evaluated as successful. The thesis argues that civilian operations are for the CSDP at least of the same importance as the military ones. Not only are they more numerous but also their ambitions are growing. The EU has become an important security actor, also owing to the civilian operations.
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