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The Role of Interpreters in Conflict Zones
Uková, Martina ; Špirk, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Čeňková, Ivana (referee)
This thesis The Role of the Interpreter in Conflict Zones presents a general overview of some basic characteristics of interpreting in conflict zones. The theoretical part characterizes historical development of interpreting in conflict zones and describes the legal status of interpreters working in such an environment based on the international humanitarian law. The following section describes the use of interpreters in the Czech Army, examines the language training of the Czech soldiers and defines a summary of the past and current missions of the Czech Army. These descriptions serve as a basis for the empirical section of this thesis which analyzes responses of Czech soldiers represented in the questionnaire survey that aimed to clarify their experiences with interpreting in foreign missions of the Czech Army. The survey shows that the Czech soldiers appreciate the quality of interpreting in foreign missions and prefer to use the local civilian interpreters. Key words: interpreter, conflict zone, civilian, combatant, Czech Army.
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Dilemma of combined army build-up on case of Czech republic
Fridrich, Rostislav ; Pernica, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
The Czech Armed Forces (CAF) constitutes the most important element within defense system of Czech republic. Primary role of CAF is to defend country against foreign invasion to which purpose should its build-up and structure correspond. From the perspective of military theory defined by Carl von Clausewitz, there is pivotal component in case of composition of CAF which is porportion of individual arms and services. Proportion of military occupations matching these arms and services as well as combat and support parts of CAF is of primary concern in this work. This relationship is also compared with composition of United States Armed Forces due to fact that these are the most important and the most effective armed forces in the contemporary world. Based on this comparison, there can arise some of generally valid principles and procedures for developing the armed forces which can be also applied in case of CAF. Geopolitical position of Czech republic and its historical context is also taken into consideration in this work.
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The approval process of participation of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in foreign operations
Petružálková, Kateřina ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Karásek, Tomáš (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with the approval process of participation of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in foreign operations. The aim of this thesis is to find political elite's dominant motivation which leads to the decision take part in foreign military operations. Hypothesis assumes that according to the material capabilities and power ambitions of the Czech Republic there is only one dominant motivation which can be described as commitments to the membership in UN, NATO or EU. To fulfil this aim we used a content analysis of relevant discussions realized in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic since 1993 until present. Identified arguments are assign with one of the five relevant categories (policy related to the commitments to the membership, security and political interests, historical symbolism, potential of profit in the future and influence of the domestic political situation). Analysis also considers the revelation of official statements of the political party and speeches of its members in the Chamber of Deputies.
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The approval process of participation of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in foreign operations
Petružálková, Kateřina ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Karásek, Tomáš (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with the approval process of participation of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in foreign operations. The aim of this thesis is to find political elite's dominant motivation which leads to the decision take part in foreign military operations. Hypothesis assumes that according to the material capabilities and power ambitions of the Czech Republic there is only one dominant motivation which can be described as commitments to the membership in UN, NATO or EU. To fulfil this aim we used a content analysis of relevant discussions realized in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic since 1993 until present. Identified arguments are assign with one of the five relevant categories (policy related to the commitments to the membership, security and political interests, historical symbolism, potential of profit in the future and influence of the domestic political situation). Analysis also considers the revelation of official statements of the political party and speeches of its members in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Security capabilities optimalization of Czech military forces
Melich, Ladislav ; Štalmach, Pavel (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
The topic of this diploma thesis is "Security capabilities optimalization of Czech armed forces". The original research aims to propose the strategic optimalization of the security capabilities of Czech armed forces. After the description of the evolution of the transformation of Czech armed forces from 1989 the thesis has offered an analysis of threats, risks and assets to Czech republic made on the basis of Czech strategic security documents. On this basis matrix of security risks has been created. Then preventive and liquidation measures that are necessary to adopt in case of emergency situations have been formulated. In the next section necessary security capabilities for realization of the measures have been suggested. Although the author examined all security capabilities necessary for elimination of security risks, major emphasis has been given to military capabilities. The actual military capabilities of Czech armed forces have also been described. The main aim of this thesis has been to define the strategic gap - the difference between desirable military capabalities and actual military capabilities - and to present strategic goals for approximately next twenty years.
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Analysis of interventions of detached units from Czech Armed Forces
Kopecká, Jana ; Fiala, Miloš (advisor) ; Vilášek, Josef (referee)
Title: Analysis of interventions of detached units from Czech Armed Forces Objectives of work: to make overview of interventions of Czech Armed Forces for Integrated rescue system in the period 2001-2010 and divided by the nature of the emergencies. The results will be analysed in order to make conclusions in five areas: 1. overall use of Czech Armed Forces for Integrated rescue system 2. factors limiting use of Czech Armed Forces for Integrated rescue system 3. strengths and weaknesses in the internal management of Czech Armed Forces during deployment 4. cooperation of Czech Armed Forces and Integrated rescue system including a focus on functionality of established principles and algorithms required to deploy forces and equipment of Czech Armed Forces to rescue or liquidation operations. 5. financial costs of interventions of Czech Armed Forces for Integrated rescue system Method: Search in literature and writing the results in logical order. Procedures of reduced PEST analysis are used to assess the general risks of environment in the Czech Republic. The analytical part is processed with the help of elements of system analysis. Keywords: Integrated rescue system, Czech Arrned forces, natural disasters, epizootic, anthropogenic emergencies.
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The Reflection of the Army of the Czech Republic in NATO and EU Operations in Czech and Foreign Newspapers
Žilková, Věra ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
The master thesis examines the war reporting of two Czech dailies (Mladá fronta DNES and Právo), specifically their coverage of the Czech Army mission and deployment in Afghanistan. In the theoretical part the quality of reporting, topic and factors that influence the journalist work are considered. A major theme is the relationship of media and political elites and some of its manifestations - the CNN effect connected with the media and public push on the departure of US military from Vietnam, and peace- journalism a concept of reporting on wars by exploiting more themes like reconstruction and peaceful solutions rather than war and combat. The quantitative analysis aims to verify these phenomenon in the Czech media. This is done mainly by analysing the reports sources and looking for the presence of three frames derived from the theoretical literature on this topic: heroic framing applied on Czech soldiers, national framing reflecting the national interests, and humanitarian and development aid framing.
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The effects of changes in the legislation of the Act on Military Police in emergencies in the South Bohemia region
HRSTKOVÁ, Jarmila
At the present time, a large number of entities participate in handling emergency situations both basic and other constituent parts of the Integrated Rescue System, and both legal and natural persons. The Army of the Czech Republic, an important entity falling under the other constituent parts of the Integrated Rescue System, provides much workforce and many resources for handling emergency situations. The Army of the Czech Republic includes a special police corps, the Military Police. The task of the Military Police is police protection to the extent specified by the Military Police Act. The new Military Police Act brought some changes which became the subject of my inquiry.
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Management of the certain property group in Department of military of Defence of the Czech Republic
Janoušek, Martin ; Hřebík, František (advisor) ; Jitka, Jitka (referee)
The thesis is focused on the property management in within the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, specifically on example of equipment for personal use. The theoretical part of the thesis is aimed on personal equipment and specifics of its use within the Army of the Czech Republic. The management process including dealing with equipment is being governed by legislative standards and internal regulations. The practical part is addressed to personal equipment including the consideration of the need for acquiring, managing and registering. In all the cases of compating, the form of equipment standards is being used. The thesis is targeted on differencies and specifical needs of the personal equipment of the Prague Castle Guard, which performs representative and other specifical tasks linked with security, protocolar, and representative activities of the President of the Czech Republic. In the final section a particular management of personal equipment is described and supplemented by finding from practice. The work provides a comprehensive overview of the management and handling with personal equipment within the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic.
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