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Great Britain and Spanish Civil War: A Contribution to the Changing Attitudes of British Elites and Foreign Policy on the Background of the Conflict in Spain
Jan, Albert ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
Spanish Civil War in contemporary sense is used to be portrayed as a prelude to the WW2, as well as a proving ground for military equipment of Europe's dictatorships. Rather than warfare, this bachelor thesis is concerned with international dimension of said conflict, specifically its influence on Great Britain. British role in this war is, as opposed to that of nazi Germany, fascist Italy or communist Soviet Union, not well known, despite its policy of non-intervention having significant impact on the wars outcome. My intention is to explain generally the position of Great Britain and its development, as well as attitudes of certain british politicians: Neville Chamberlain, Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee. Their subsequent conduct during events leading to the outbreak of the WW2 was in my opinion heavily influenced by their experience with the conflict in Spain. I strive to contribute to better understanding of these steps of Great Britain, as from Central Europe's point of view they may seem irrational. However if we set them in the context of british foreign policy tradition and the situation Great Britain had to face with Spanish Civil War, we will reach in my opinion some interesting conclusions.
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German-Russian relations during the Chancellor Angela Merkel governments
Hynčíková, Magdalena ; Romancov, Michael (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis deals with the topic of German-Russia relations during the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel and also with the dynamic of these relations in the stated period. The theoretical part is focused on foreign policy and the levels of its analysis. The analytical part researches the behavior of the Russian Federation and Germany in international crises. The research works with the historical context and the background of selected affairs which may have affected the behavior of both participants in the international field. This thesis aims to explain how the German-Russia relations changed between 2005 and 2021, which direction they took and how they were affected by international crises.
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Ogaden War in the Soviet Foreign Policy
Balazh, Evelina ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
Thesis "Ogaden War in the Soviet Foreign Policy" aims to describe the dynamic development of Soviet foreign policy in the Horn of Africa. Its main focus is placed on the events preceding the Ogaden War between Ethiopia and Somalia as well as the war itself while attempting to clarify the circumstances that lead to the realignment of USSR's alliance from one African country to the other. Moscow's mutual relations with both governments had been complicated by various factors and therefore it had attempted to seek balance between the two adversaries. The Ogaden War itself represented a shift in the Kremlin policy towards this region. As such, this thesis seeks to explore the circumstances that had caused Moscow's support to be reoriented from a long-term ally of Somalia towards Ethiopia. In analyzing the Soviet behavior a wider context will be presented in regards to its policy in the Third World during the 1970's in the larger framework of Cold War and détente.
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Czech(oslovak)-Israeli Relations from 1945 till today
Kupková, Kristýna ; Kalhousová, Irena (advisor) ; Konrád, Ota (referee)
The presented bachelor thesis deals with the changes in diplomatic approaches between the Czechoslovak or Czech Republic and the State of Israel. The thesis examines the period since the end of World War II in 1945 up to the present i.e., the first twenty years of the 21st century. The work is divided into five chapters, which correspond to the various time periods of mutual relations. The aim of this work is to examine five different time periods and capture their characteristic phenomena and influences in order to determine which factors were or are most active in the Czecho(slovak)-Israeli relationship, and whether they had changed throughout history or even are still altering. The thesis presents both international and national influences and therefore focuses on the international political position of Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic in the global order, as well as on the formation of internal politics and the position of the social organization. The thesis uses the methods of case studies, analysis of secondary sources and comparisons, through which in the summary of the thesis it detects changes in the given five periods.
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Margaret Thatcher's foreign policy in domestic and foreign press between 1979 and 1990
Štěpánková, Martina ; Šmíd, Marek (advisor) ; Petráček, Tomáš (referee)
This master's thesis will focus on Margaret Thatcher's foreign policy, starting with her appointment as Prime minister of Great Britain in 1979 and ending with her resignation in 1990. Next it will reflect on the social and political situation in Europe during her reign. The key element of this paper will be the analysis of domestic and foreign press, both democratic and communist, in which the student will target the Falkland war, policy towards European Economic Community, the North Ireland conflict solution, attitude towards African continent and the Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf war and also special relationship between the Great Britain and United States of America. The goal of the student's research shall be a complex overview of the press in the period in question, put into the context of foreign policy of the first woman in charge of Great Britain.
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Support for Insurgents as the Tool of the State Foregn Policy
Bahenský, Vojtěch ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Kofroň, Jan (referee)
The primary concern of this thesis is the question, what risks and costs are associated with using support for insurgent groups as an instrument of state foreign policy. It attempts to connect various contemporary concepts and approaches and presents the concept of risks and costs based on existing literature. It offers examples of possible application of such concept, which simultaneously reveal insufficient theoretical understanding of other aspects of support for insurgent movements. These are inappropriately formulated for their use in the study of impacts of the support for insurgents on the supporting state. In conclusion the thesis offers several areas for future research that would help to address these shortages of contemporary literature.
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The change of Luxembourg's foreign policy
Jelínek, Jan ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Drulák, Petr (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The change of Luxembourg's foreign policy" focuses on contemporary foreign policy of Luxembourg. The state of flux of Luxembourg's foreign policy is visible from the second half of the twentieth century, occurring at the present time as well. Past far- reaching changes of the world sphere were in the background of prevailing part of changes in external Luxembourg's priorities. The current alteration of Luxembourg's foreign policy illustrates the presented relation as Luxembourg's external priorities adapt to the changing global stage. Luxembourg decided to directly come down to the process of European integration in the time of the beginning of European Community in post-war Europe, which provided the opportunity to become an important European centre. In the present time, Luxembourg's foreign policy concentrates apart from other things on remote world regions of Arabian Peninsula and south- eastern Asia. This bachelor thesis is firstly devoted to illustrate the past approximation of Luxembourg's foreign policy towards Western Europe as well as to present the position of Luxembourg in Europe. Followingly, it depicts the changing orientation of foreign external priorities of Luxembourg associated with the extending of the network of Luxembourg's embassies. Discovered findings of...
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Indian foreign policy towards the U.S. during the term of Indira Gandhi
Gilánik, Vít ; Štipl, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Hons, Pavel (referee)
The focus of bachelor thesis is foreign politics between India and the United States Of America in period of rule prime minister Indira Gandhi. The thesis is focused on four main fields: development of indo-american relationship; Pakistan - the origin of state Bangladesh; Soviet Union and Peoples Republic Of China. The introduction of bachelor thesis contains insight of these four fields up to the voting of prime minister Indria Gandhi in her office. The aim of the thesis is to describe development of situation of three areas as described before between the years 1966 to 1977 show political and diplomatical steps of both Indian and American governments. The conclusion of thesis contains development of these topics till nowadays.
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