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The history and conception of collective security under the League of Nations
Potucký, Jan ; Bílková, Veronika (advisor) ; Ondřej, Jan (referee)
Master thesis is dealing with the topic of Collective security during the time following World war the first, during the time of League of Nations duration. Except the introduction and conclusion Thesis is divided into five sections. First section is dealing with the issue of Collective security. In order to conduct deeper analysis, term is divided into two parts - Security and Collectiveness. Concept of Security is analysed further when four different aspects are identified. Collectiveness is also examined in order to define its meaning. First part also includes distinction between Collective security and Collective self-defence. Despite their different meanings these two terms are often interchanged. Second part deals with the events preceding the creation of League of Nations. Especially the Paris peace conference. Since it laid down the foundations for the new International organization and its prime document, the Covenant. Second part is also dealing with the demands of the victorious powers on a concept of Collective security. Since the victors did not share single opinion on how to organise new international organisation, the Covenant of League of Nations and its legal mechanisms are result of a diplomatic compromise. Third part is dealing with the specific parts of the Covenant. The parts related to...
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The relation between the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Recinová, Pavla ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Žíla, Ondřej (referee)
The present bachelor thesis entitled "The Relationship between the Russian Federation and NATO" aims to describe and analyse the development and the dialogue between the Russian Federation and NATO. Emphasis is placed on analysis of key events in which both actors were involved. The development of mutual relations between NATO and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and the subsequent process of forming relationship between NATO and the Russian Federation are analyzed in detail. Special attention is paid to the characteristics of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, especially their emergence, structure, strategy, and objectives. The thesis also touches on all strategic concepts of NATO and the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation since the turn of the millennium. Afterwards, benefits of countries' membership in the political-military formation are evaluated in theoretical and practical perspectives. Keywords Russian Federation, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Warsaw Pact, Washington Treaty, Bilateral Relations, Collective Security, Military Doctrine, Strategic Concepts, NATO Summits
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The position and activities of the Czech Republic in the UN
Šlehoferová, Vanda ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
The theme of this work is "The position and activities of the Czech Republic in the UN." Within this theme, I focused on the UN's role in ensuring international peace and security and foreign policy of the Czech Republic in relation to this main task of the UN as an organization of collective security. I have chosen this topic, because this issue has always been, is and will be current, as to ensure the peaceful development of all countries is a major challenge for the entire international community. On this issue also meet all the discipline that deal with international relations as such. As the Theory of International Relations and International Law, trying to find solutions that would prevent the outbreak of another war. In this paper I analyze the Czech foreign policy at three levels of analysis, at the level of the international system, on state level and on level of national institutions. At the level of the international system I describe reality from the perspective of international intergovernmental organizations, in this case the United Nations, using sociological institutionalism. At the state level I will analyze the Czech foreign policy in terms of classical realism, since it is at this level of analysis still the strongest and most influential theory of international relations. At the level of national institutions I analyze the Czech foreign policy in terms of the bureaucratic model. The thesis has three main chapters, equal to the three levels of analysis. The first chapter is dedicated to two theories of international relations, namely structural realism and social institutionalism. The theories and their views on reality of world politics are important, because at this level of analysis, I am trying to define the theoretical assumptions for the UN's role as an international sovereign. The second chapter is devoted to foreign policy of the Czech Republic in relation to the UN as a system of collective security, which is the optimum solution for the maintain security of the Republic as a small state. This chapter also highlights the tradition and prestige, which enjoyed Czechoslovakia as a founding member of the UN. The third chapter analyzes the internal processes that precede the formation of Czech foreign policy. In this regard, I focus primarily on national institutions. The analysis at this level is to see how the creation of foreign policy is a complex process, which is also derived from those political parties that are just in power.
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Munich agreement and the Versailles system of international relations
Miňovská, Veronika ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Šauer, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis deals with the Versailles arrangement of international relations since its establishment at the Paris Peace Conference, through its changes in 20s and 30s, until its final disappearance. I try to argue, in the thesis, that the system's setting served Hitler as a powerful political weapon in negotiations with the Western powers. I seek for deeper clarification of causes leading to the signature of the Munich Agreement and I am also concerned with the policy of appeasement and the system of collective security which failed several times in 30s. Additionally, the thesis has ambition to shed some light on the Sudeten problem, that had been misused in favour of Hitler due to a well-targetted imperial propaganda of uprecedented proportions. Finally, a part of the paper is also devoted to the rise of Nazism in Germany, the circumstances under which it flourished and its later consequences.
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