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Development and use of chemical weapons
ČAMRA, Radek
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of chemical weapons usage. Its goal is to assess the relevance of chemical weapons in terms of their development, usage, and international limitation, prohibition or liquidation efforts, as well as to determine whether they currently present a threat and if so, what kind. The thesis first presents a brief characteristic of the historical development of chemical weapons, international efforts for their limitation or prohibition, and subsequently the individual types of chemical weapons and means of delivery during conflicts. In the practical section, the author then focuses on 20th and 21st century armed conflicts in which chemical weapons were used or could have been used. Using an analytical-descriptive method, these conflicts are evaluated in terms of the very nature of the conflict, the circumstances surrounding the deployment of chemical weapons, the types of chemical weapons used, their impact on the final result of the conflict, and more importantly, the influence that relevant international treaties or previous experience and political characters of the countries in question had on the decision to use or not use them. Other specific areas dealt with are chemical terrorism and the Czech Republic´s initiative regarding chemical weapons. In the end, results of the performed analysis and a discussion are given by the author, in which he presents the conclusions made from the stated information as well as his own opinions on the given issue.
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Small states in international relations and international security issues
Žáková, Alice ; Sršeň, Radim (advisor) ; Voráček, Emil (referee)
With the collapse of the bipolar system and increasing number and importance of small states, the emphasis is not placed only on the great powers anymore. In the globalizing world states have to face new threats and adapt its security and foreign policy tools. The aim of the thesis is to find out which steps two small countries - Czech Republic and Norway, undertake to ensure their safety and minimize their threats. The first chapter analyzes foreign policies of the selected countries, and decides whether they are really small states. After defining the major threats as terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, an analysis of counter-terrorism actions based on the official counter-terrorism strategies of the UN, the OSCE, the NATO, and the EU follows. From this analysis the thesis then concludes that Czech Republic and Norway are small, but not weak states and they may contribute to minimizing global threats.
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