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Russia and the EU: Oil and Gas as a Source of Power
Medvedeva, Diana ; Baštář Leichtová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
This thesis is focused on the analysis of the Russian strategic narratives through the prism of two Russian energy projects - Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream. News from two Russian mass media (Channel One and RIA Novosti) is the object of analysis. With the help of this work, it can be answered what strategic narratives Russia was using from 2015 to 2021 and how Russia perceive itself internally. Moreover, this work can demonstrate how Russia sees its relationship with the EU as the end customer of Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream.
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Turkish Nationalism and its European Origins
Stein, Michal ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Lupták Burzová, Petra (referee)
of Bachelor Thesis Michal Stein Turkish Nationalism and its European Origins CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE FACULTY OF ARTS Department of Ethnology Bachelor Thesis 2015 Michal Stein 40 pages Abstract: Turkish Nationalism and its European Origins Author in his thesis treats the question of relation between Turkish Nationalism and its European origins and models of inspiration. At the beginning the author focused on the general context of relation between Europe and the Otttoman Empire. In next chapters author expains main Theories of Nationalism of some chosen important theorists of Nationalism. The following part is concentrated on a comparison between the specific cases of German and French understanding of Nationalism and comparison of their features. This comparison is in author's view crucial for the understanding to Turkish modernisation and the phenomenon of Turkish Nationalism. In the second half of the Thesis the author define classical view on Turkish Nationalism and its development in the context of Turkish Modernisation processes and European models of nationalism. He focused on the particularities of Turkish Nationalism. The goal of this work is to point out to the compenents adopted from European Nationalisms and to the components which are specific and different from European ones. In...
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Turkey's EU accession: Analysis of the Turkish attitude
Hlavatá, Nora ; Malečková, Jitka (advisor) ; Kučera, Petr (referee)
The subject of this thesis is Turkey's stance to joining the European Union in the year 2014. The first part of this text is a summarization of the relationship developments between Turkey and the EU, with special focus on those issues which could potentially play a significant role in current affaris. The second part of this thesis focuses on analysis of three examples of Turkish daily press, in order to demonstrate the different stances towards the issue of EU membership as raised in Turkish society. The second part is also divided into thematic segments which are relevant to Turkey's possible membership in the EU. The main goal of this thesis is to accurately present the various Turkish viewpoints and opinions, as they took place in 2014, about entry into the EU. Particular attention is also dedicated to Turkey's changing stance towards the issue in the year 2014, as opposed to previous years. Key words: European Union - Turkey - Accession Process - Public opinion
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The Cyprus Crisis in 1974 and the Role of the United Nations
Lauer, Maroš ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
This thesis explores the impact of the UN on the development of the Cyprus crisis from its beginning until its peak in 1974. This impact is analysed on two levels: 1. Negotiations of the Cyprus Crisis during the UN Security Council and General Assembly meetings and their effects on the escalation of the local situation in Cyprus. 2. Activities of the peacekeeping mission UNFICYP since its establishment in 1964 until the division of Cyprus ten years later. For the purpose of examination of the aforementioned, both detailed historical analyses, as well as theoretical concepts from international relations theory are used in this paper. The paper describes the evolution of the Cyprus Problem as a dynamic process, which needs to be perceived in its full extent, thus it is not concentrated only on the period of 1960s and 1970s, but describes original sources and causes of the conflict.
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The Final Externalization of the Others and its Consequences for the Turkish Foreign Policy
Chvátal, Viktor ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the analysis of Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP) towards the sub- regions of Central Eurasia (the Middle East and Central Asia) in the period between 1991 and 2010. Theoretically, this thesis combines a modified version of social constructivism with the assumptions of critical geopolitics. Interconnecting social constructivism with the Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), this thesis targets the domestic level of analysis. Therefore, the ideational background of the decision-makers is examined. Although, the potential impact of the identity variable on the TFP articulation is investigated after 1991 only, the genesis of the long-term identity conflict within the Turkish (Ottoman) society is also included in the analyses. Given the geopolitical part, this thesis draws upon the basic critical insight that the geopolitical argumentation is based on discursive rather than material factors. The aim is to identify the geopolitical metaphors which had been, in the examined period, applied while dealing with the above mentioned sub-regions. At this stage, the theoretical approaches are logically synthetized and the genesis and usage of the geopolitical metaphors is examined in relation to the identity of those who formulated them. This diploma thesis proves that the identity conflict...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Region - the role of geopolitical agents on its future status
Simanová, Lenka ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Kuľková, Miroslava (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse a perspective of acquiring an independence of Iraqi Kurdistan. With an application of normative theories of secession a first objective of the thesis is to prove that independence demands from leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan are really justified and that an autonomous region really meets the requirements of normative theories and so it is entitled to the secession. Subsequently, in order to find out the perspective of acquiring the independence of this autonomous unit in relations to selected regional and international political agents, the thesis applies a theory of Milena Sterio, American professor of law. This theory emphasizes the role of 'greatpowers' in a process of achieving the independence of states. The theory of Milena Strio is based on a precondition that a political unit trying to acquire its independence will not be successful in its aim until it gets an approval from the most powerful regional and international political agents. In order to come to a conclusion, it was necessary to look at a stand of the eight most important regional and international superpowers to this issue of the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan. The thesis also deals with a character of a recognition regime of states. It points out the current recognition of states is...
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Tatarstan between Moscow and Ankara: An Analysis of Tatarstan's Elite's Stance towards the Changing Relations between Turkey and the Russian Federation
Pospíšil, Tomáš ; Aslan, Emil (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
The Master thesis is dealing with the external policies of the Republic of Tatarstan, a unit of the Russian Federation, and its relations to Turkey, a nation Tatarstan has cultural ties to, in light of the Russo-Turkish conflict following the shooting down of the Russian fighter jet Su-24 by the Turkish army. To answer questions about the influence of national diplomacy over a region's paradiplomacy, and the possibility to conduct independent paradiplomacy in an authoritarian state, speeches given on topics related to Turkey by the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov were analysed against the background of the changing Russian relations to Turkey, using the Critical Discourse Analysis. The analysis revealed that although Tatarstani paradiplomacy reflects the developments of Russian diplomacy - it is not possible not to, since the decisions of the Federal government are binding for its subjects - President Minnikhanov continued to advocate for a long-term (and as close as possible) cooperation with Turkey regardless of Moscow's current stance. In fact, he was lobbying the Kremlin for this end, trying to influence the Federal diplomacy.
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Analysis of the geopolitical relationships between Iraqi Kurdistan, regional and global actors
Sommer, Filip ; Jelen, Libor (advisor) ; Lepič, Martin (referee)
Iraqi Kurdistan represents an entity capable of acting independently in international relations. This thesis evaluates its geopolitical position based on an analysis of relations with regional and global actors operating in the region. Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria are considered as regional actors because they are inhabited by a significant Kurdish population and can thus influence the possible formation of Iraqi Kurdistan. United States and the Russian Federation are considered as global players. The analysis examines the statements of the top representatives of all these entities and is carried out in the period from 2013 to 2017. Its aim is to find out how the geopolitical situation of Kurdistan in Iraq has changed as to the major events that have taken place in these years. These include the arrival of the Islamic State in the region in June 2014 or the declaration of the Kurdish referendum on independence in September 2017.
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Military coup as a distinctive feature of Turkish military, the changing civil-military relations, and the current position of the Turkish army
Tkadlečková, Daniela ; Kučera, Tomáš (advisor) ; Záhora, Jakub (referee)
The July military coup attempt in 2016 forced the Turkish nation to decide, whether it would follow examples of Republic's past and support the coup, or whether it would turn away from the army, thus giving up on the traditional perception of the army as a guardian of secularism and values on which Atatürk built the Republic. This work analyses how the Turkish civil-military relations changed, what factors influenced this change and how the Turkish society currently perceives the army. The research focused on four interventions staged by the army in the 20th century, as well as on the July coup attempt. Military coup is understood as a specific feature of the Turkish army and it is examined based on the theory of praetorianism; the coups in Turkey are then being presented as interventions, that were repeated not only based on army's determination to protect stability and the Republic as such, but also based on the nation's acceptance of the interventions which did perceive the army as a last resort. Furthermore, the work presents reasons, which played a crucial role in the transformation of civil-military relations in the beginning of 21st century, and it compares, how the perception of army by the Turkish nation was changing before and after the July coup attempt.
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