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Does the speed of transition impact tourism in post-communist countries?
Shurgaia, Zurabi
The topic of the bachelor thesis is "Does the speed of transition impact tourism in post-communist countries?" The goal of the thesis is to show the historical development of tourism industry in post-soviet countries, during the Soviet Union and after it until nowadays. In my case the focus is on the country called Georgia, because it was one of the most important touristic areas from the all USSR countries and it still has a big potential to develop further. For the end, with the help of different indicators, data and statistical researches, I will show the institutional changes in the country. The period during the USSR, later after the crash of it till 2003, and from 2003 post Rose Revolution period till nowadays. Impact on tourism development was mainly positive and lots of changes occurred that needs to be understood.
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Current foreign politics of Georgia
Skrbková, Petra ; Matějka, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Voráček, Emil (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the era of foreign politics of president Saakashvili and especially its comparison with Georgian national interests. The key issue of this thesis is the Russo-Georgian war of 2008. The main aim of this work is a wide-ranging study of national interests of Georgia, politics of Michail Saakashvili, with special attention given to his role in war with the Russian Federation in 2008 and consequently a comparison of both. The hypothesis of this work claims that one-sided orientation of foreign politics of Georgia is not beneficial and does not comply with its national interests.
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Civil War Phenomenon
Dushtakov, Aleksey ; Matějka, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Druláková, Radka (referee)
The research issue of this diploma thesis is a civil war. The main aim is to uncover mechanisms that form a logical chain reasons - mechanisms - indicators. The work is composed of a theoretical research and 2 case studies (Sudan, Georgia). A list of general indicators of CW is included. Our of a comples analysis of a civil war there's a main emphasis on previous context and reasons.
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Trade of the Czech Republic with the transcaucasian states
Paseková, Markéta ; Gullová, Soňa (advisor) ; Hinčica, Vít (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with analysis of mutual trade and economic relations among Czech Republic and Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia. Considerable economic potential of those countries makes this topic significantly attractive. Thesis also focuses on their economic situation with emphasis on international trade. The main part describes trading barriers and problems which are connected with entry of Czech investors and entrepreneurs to the Transcaucasian markets. The aim is to evaluate the mutual business exchange, determine the most appropriate area for the mutual cooperation and point out the best business partner from this region. The analysis was based on comparison of statistical numbers from year 2000 to present. The last chapter discusses possible cooperation of the European Union with these countries and the possible effects of their accession to other integration groupings. Chosen topic is important in context of globalization of the world economy -- every business contact with countries on border of Europe and Asia is very desirable.
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Russia's Soft Power - Use Cases
Samková, Barbora ; Peterková, Jana (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
Russian foreign policy is particularly associated with the application of hard power resources. The aim of the thesis is to examine, whether is the Russian Federation trying to create soft power, as J. Nye defines it. The text is divided into 3 chapters. The first chapter describes the theoretical concept of soft power and public diplomacy. The second chapter addresses the foreign policy development in the Russian Federation; the main part of this chapter defines Russia's soft power resources, split into the culture, political values and foreign policy. The last chapter is dedicated to application of the use of soft power in the post-soviet region focusing on a specific case of Georgia. In the end there should be clear, whether Russia has soft power resources, what instruments uses and whether its new strategy is successful in Georgia.
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Obchodní a kulturní specifika Gruzie
Pachovský, Petr ; Müllerová, Františka (advisor) ; Korandová, Jiřina (referee)
This work presents basic ekonomic and cultural facts about the Republic of Georgia. It describes cultural enviroment and political goal of the country. The work is trying to introduce Georgia based on observation. The first chapter presents Georgia from the geografical, political and historical view. In the second chapter is explained the ekonomical factors with focus on the Georgian-Czech relations. The third chapter describes georgian culture with focus on the language and tourism.
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2008 Russian-Georgian conflict and energy security
Stárek, Václav ; Cibulková, Petra (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
The submitted text pursues the string of rather complex events called the Russian-Georgian conflict of August 2008 with attempt to satisfactorily address two separate aspects. First, it summarises the conclusions of the fact-finding mission set up by the European Commission in December of th same year. The purpose of this chapter lies in both acquainting readers with the substantial findings compiled by the delegated team of experts and disclosing the consequences stemming from their final report with regard to energy sector. Second, thesis assesses the nature of motives, which led two major rivals, i.e. Georgia and Russian Federation, into deteriorating the situation towards open violence. The analysis derives from information promulgated in the final report of the above-mentioned mission as well as official documents specifying the national energy strategies of respective countries. The main intent of this section aims at clarifying whether and to what extent both parties engaged in the military conflict did pursued their own energy policies.
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Enlargement of NATO to Post - Soviet Area (Georgia as a possible member)
Ovečka, Jan ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
This thesis deals with possibility of future enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to Georgia. The first part pursues readiness of Georgia to accede to NATO according to article 10 of The North Atlantic Treaty and The New Strategic Concept of NATO, economic and energy situation in Georgia and development of NATO -- Georgia relations. Other parts describe interests of great power, such as Russia, USA and EU, in region and examine their impact on possible access of Georgia to NATO.
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