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The impact of geopolitics and the Syrian conflict and status of the Syrian Kurdistan
Kolář, Josef ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the matter of Syrian Kurdistan. Starting with brief history of the entire Kurdish ethnic group and the development of Kurdish status in Syria in the 20th century, along with Kurdish political parties, it explores the progress of Syrian Kurdistan's since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. It emphasizes the involvement of Syrian Kurds and their supporters in the war, the purpose is to analyse the Kurdish position in the clash and to describe the relationship of the superpowers to the question of Syrian Kurdistan after the end of the conflict. The thesis primarily aims at linking the development of Rojava's autonomy with Kurdish participation in the war and transformation the strength of their position at the regional and international level during and after the war.
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The Study of Use of Heavy Armoured Vehicles by Non-State Actors in Syria Conflict
Kotrbáček, Adam ; Kučera, Tomáš (advisor) ; Rosendorf, Ondřej (referee)
The use of heavy weaponry - such as tanks - in recent and current military conflicts has been overlooked, as were the principles of conventional warfare in general. With relation to armed conflict, attention has been given especially to the questions of conflict prevention and deconfliction. The thesis focuses on the ongoing conventional conflict in Syria, with the emphasis on the tactics of use of heavy armoured vehicles by non-state actors. The thesis takes advantage of volume of accessible primary sources concerning the topic to establish distinct modes of use of heavy weapons - the patterns of deployment, to analyse how the heavy weapons itself and the environment affecting their usage. On the two chosen case studies, these patterns of deployment are operationalised into an independent variable to assess whether the use of heavy armoured vehicles by insurgents in north-western Syria could be causally link with the outcome of military operations.
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The political system of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava)
Trubáček, Edmund ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Tesař, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the political system of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. Even though they are de facto autonomous institutions, the Syrian Democratic Council and TEV-DEM, which will also be discussed in this thesis, are generally grouped under the Autonomous Administration. Those institutions together form the political system of the regions located in the northeast of Syria, which since 2012 function independently from the official Syrian government. This thesis will first describe the context, the environment and the basic principles on which this system is based. The main part of this thesis is the description and analysis of the above mentioned institutions, which form this system. This political system is specific in that it does not aspire to be a state-centered model of social order, but often presents itself as an alternative based on the voluntary cooperation of individual communes, districts and regions. The goal of this thesis is to capture the main mechanisms of this unusual political system and to answer the question, whether it truly is a democratic system with a "bottom-up" power structure.
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Military Intervention Upon Invitation or with Consent of the State
Hruban, Jiří ; Faix, Martin (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee)
IN ENGLISH THESIS TITLE: Military Intervention Upon Invitation or with Consent of the State ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is to (i) define reasonably general criteria for an intervention by invitation to be lawful, and (ii) analyze two recent cases of intervention by invitation. Based on an examination of state practice, legal documents and expert opinions, the theoretical part of the thesis concludes that only government can be allowed to invite intervention, and that the intervener's rights are defined by the intersection of what the invitation allows and what is allowed by other rules of international law. Even though the so-called effective control theory still significantly impacts both state practice and expert opinions, there is an apparent shift towards accounting for democratic legitimacy of the inviter, which often causes more harm than good in practice. In this part, the author also explains why only governments should be allowed to ask for intervention, and why broadening the group of possible inviters might destabilize international community. The practical part examines whether Russian interventions in Ukraine and Syria were justified by respective invitations. When the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych invited Russia to intervene, he was already removed from power and forced...
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Russia's Syria policy: geopolitical interests or defense of great power identity?
Hirling, Marcel ; Kazharski, Aliaksei (advisor) ; Ananyeva, Ekaterina (referee)
of Master thesis Russia's Syria policy: geopolitical interests or defense of great power identity? Marcel Hirling Abstract: Russia has been the dominating actor in Syria since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011. Researchers disagree what Russia motivates to block UN resolutions, support Assad, and intervene militarily in 2015. Academics have mainly focused on neorealist explanations. Constructivist arguments have been shortcoming so far as they miss a detailed theoretical justification and empirical evidence. This thesis aims to fill this gap by arguing that the objective utility of Syria is marginal. Instead, Syria provided Russia the opportunity to present itself as a global power, able to shape world affairs on eye level with the US. Therefore, this paper conducts a congruence analysis, which evaluates each theory's explanatory power. The analytical section is split into three parts. The first shows that events before Syria did not make a Russian intervention in Syria necessary, but that recognition of Russia's global power identity has been denied. That Russia's actions in Syria are not entirely congruent with neorealist expectations is shown by the second part. Finally, by conducting a content-analysis, several Russian narratives are evaluated that support the argument that Russia seeks...
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Female reporters in Syria
Poslovská, Aneta ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Zavřelová, Monika (referee)
Batchelor thesis "Female reporters in Syria" is constructed as a comprative analysis of the work of two female reporters Janine di Giovanni and Zaina Erhaim. Both of them have a life-long experience in war reporting and the war in Syria is their common long term interest. Theoretical section of this thesis is dedicated to the descritption of political situation in Syria, history of women as war reporters and the position women have nowadays in the field of war journalism. The practical section analysis and compares the selected work of both journalists to create overview of their work in terms of Syria war. The hypothesis is that the conditions for the journalists born in Syria and the ones working for the international media would differ in certain aspects of their work process. This hypothesis is demostrated by four media outlets published by the two journalist on the subject of war in Syria. The focus is primarily on the differences in the work process, overall safety and access to sources. Other important part is focused on the different approaches of the West and the Arabic world, which both have a different opinions, ideologies and most importantly information. Last but not least, the thesis attempts to describe cultural and social obstacles that women have to face no matter the nationality...
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Islámský stát a jeho vliv na bezpečnost Iráku a Sýrie
Dvořáčková, Markéta
Selfcalled Islamic state has evolved in short while from small terroristic group to enermous movement, that occupied part sof Iraq and Syrian territory and deckared calif state on taken area. Islamic state, thanks to, organization, vombat tactics and marketing kompetence has become relevant proble of not just Near East but of the whole world.Formula clause:Selfcalled Islamic state has evolved in short while from small terroristic group to enermous movement, that occupied part sof Iraq and Syrian territory and deckared calif state on taken area. Islamic state, thanks to, organization, vombat tactics and marketing kompetence has become relevant proble of not just Near East but of the whole world.
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Post-conflict development - Case study of Syria
Chaloupková, Dita
The bachelor thesis deals with the proposal of changes in process of theory of post-conflict development in Syria, the development of education level in Syria from the beginning of the conflict. The work is divided into three parts. Literature research deals with theory of post-conflict reconstruction, demography, migration theory, theory of educational systems and process of reintegration. Second part is dealing with analyses of the demographic structure of Syria, their population with emphasis on children and analyses of education sector in different parts of the country. In the last part are proposed suggestions how to improve the education system of Syrian children.
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Ruské politické a vojenské ambice v současném konfliktu v Sýrii
Sandrosyan, Artur
This thesis is dedicated to the Syrian conflict. First, it describes relations between Syria and USSR, Russia’s predecessor, what played an important role in shaping modern relations between countries, as well as modern Russian foreign policy, which contributes to a better understanding of the causes of Russian intervention. Also, attention is paid to the analysis of the syrian war as a multilateral conflict of geopolitical interests, the reasons for its occurrence and the participants In addition, there is a description of the Russian military intervention, where its premises are also analyzed. Last but not least, the consequences of this conflict, both international and in local are also considered.
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