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Influence of the Iraq War on the international relations
Pelc, Vítězslav ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
Bachelor thesis analyzes the influence of the War in Iraq on the international relations. It is focused on the international relations before war, causes of the war and approaches of the individual states which influenced international relations after war. The main objective of the thesis is to analyze how the intrnational relations were affected by the conflict and whether the situation in the Middle East became more stable or not. The partial aim is to capture the main circumstances that led to the War in Iraq. Thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter relates to the time period between the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the 2. War in Iraq. It is focused on the main events that led to the Operation Iraqi freedom. The second chapter provides information about the conflict itself, its legitimacy and the real purpose of the operation. In the last chapter I deal with the reactions of the international community to the conflict, the success of the US strategy and the post-conflict international relations.
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Madeleine Albright - United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Krzyžanková, Gabriela ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
Madeleine Albright, born in Czechoslovakia as Marie Jana Körbel, has become a woman that every citizen of our country can be proud of. This thesis has secondary purposes to give an idea about Albright´s character, about what being a female diplomat for world power means, why did she deserve to become an United States Ambassador to the United Nations and why did president Bill Clinton appoint her to the post of the Secretary of State. By observation and comparison methods the main purpose of the thesis are fulfilled, how did Albright influence decision-making processes in the UN Security Council on selected interventions or actions in international affairs and what impact did these decisions have on participating countries. Part of this work also forms the result from own online and offline questionnaire survey among students of diplomacy about women in diplomacy.
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The changes in foreign policy of Russia during the first presidential term of Putin
Muchin, Viktor ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is evaluation of changes in Russian foreign policy during the first presidential term of Putin. The thesis is divided into two parts- theoretical and practical. In theoretical part I am concerned with operating one of the theories of international relations called social constructivism. This theory brought manifold changes into foreign policy of Russia through seeking Russian own national identity. My observational question asks to which magnitute national aspect of Russia was approved in its foreign policy. Social constructivism is consequently introduced in the analysis of three Russian doctrinal documents- the National Security Concept, Military doctrine and the Foreign policy Concept of 2000. In practical part I present the application of this theory on demanded complex of co-operation with the USA as the representative of Western civilization, while there is also the effort to maintain the sphere of influence on post-soviet region such as Baltic states, Ukraine and Belarus.
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The security policy of the first two Czech presidents (2003-2013)
Matoušková, Kateřina ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on comparison of the security policy of the first two Czech presidents. It examines the views of Václav Havel and Václav Klaus on wars after 1990, specifically Desert Storm, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. It also deals with the views of both presidents on NATO enlargement. The result of a comparison of speeches, interviews and books by Václav Havel and Václav Klaus is the answer to the questions on which topics they agree and disagree.
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Aplikace poznatků z Rudých brigád v boji proti globálnímu terorismu
Lagazzi, Alexandr ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This Bachelor thesis seeks to analyse the rise and fall of the Red Brigades within the wave of Italian political terrorism in order to suggest the application of findings onto global terrorism, while working on three hypotheses. First, the thesis implies that features of multiple phases of terrorism are present in the life-span of the Italian left-wing terrorist organization. Secondly, within the dismantling of the Red Brigades, the role of the State is regarded as substantial (combined with internal conflicts). Lastly, upon the outlined analyses, the findings are deemed to be applicable onto the phase of global terrorism. Through mapping the activities of the Red Brigades and subjecting the major attacks to an analysis through the theoretical definitions of terrorism, the author seeks to draw conclusion mainly by a synthesis of the communicative strategy, psychological impact and state reaction(s) to terrorism. Concluding, the thesis suggests some key findings, regarded as effective tools of fight against Italian terrorism, to be applied onto global terrorism.
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Military intervention in Libya 2011 and its impacts
Dvorník, Tomáš ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the military intervention in Libya in 2011 with particular emphasis on its execution and its impact. The aim is to assess the intervention both in terms of the application of selected theoretical concepts of international relations, and in terms of real change in the sociopolitical and security situation within the country and the consequences for international security. In the thesis, the concepts of liberal peace and Responsibility to Protect are mentioned. The thesis examines to what extent the two concepts were applied and what impact the intervention had on them. In terms of the analysis of the country's transformation, a special focus is placed on the political stability and the security threats that emerged from the former Gaddafi regime, and the threats posed by present-day Libya.
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Developments and Changes in Swedish Security Policy in the Context of Globalization
Rolenc, Jan Martin ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (referee) ; Krč, Miroslav (referee) ; Kraftová, Ivana (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to examine the aspects and benefits of neutrality for both Sweden and the international community, to look for the causes of its current changing and problematic situation and to identify the opportunities it still offers. The text therefore answers these research questions: What was the contribution of neutrality to Sweden's security policy in the 20th century? What was the contribution of Swedish neutrality to the international community in the 20th century? What has changed and how that, since the end of the Cold War, Swedish neutrality has been transformed? What opportunities does Swedish security policy offer today? In accordance with the aims and questions, the topic is elaborated as an historical interpretive (and explanatory) and literature-assessing dissertation. Its first part (chapter 1) is a conceptual analysis and a state of the art review of the wider context of the topic. The second part (chapters 2 and 3) is a qualitative single case study. As to theory, the thesis draws from liberalism, constructivism and the Copenhagen School of Security Studies. The changes in (international) security and Swedish security policy and neutrality are interpreted in the context of globalisation processes. The text identifies two notions of security - military and open/liberal, which it links to two dimensions of political neutrality - realistic and idealistic and, by applying them, answers the questions asked. It concludes that the Swedish security policy or neutrality has been and is primarily about finding effective and legitimate alternatives and ways to implement them in a transforming, complex and uncertain world.
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Foreign policy statements of American presidential candidates
Malická, Kateřina ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to analyze the extent in which candidates discussed foreign policy during the presidential campaign in 2016 and their positions to certain foreign policy issues. The primary research questions are: In what extent did the candidates discuss foreign policy issues on their official websites? On which foreign policy issues did the candidates agree and disagree on? What was the consistency of their opinions throughout the campaign? The content of this thesis is created mostly by using a content analysis and the method used in the last chapter is a comparison of different objects under the same conditions. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter presents the traditions and basic features of American foreign policy and explains the role of its main actors. The second chapter explains specific features of the American election system and describes the election process and the results and analyzes the time devoted to foreign policy during presidential debates. The third part examines the space that the candidates devoted to foreign policy issues on their official websites. The last part analyzes and compares particular stances of the candidates on selected foreign policy issues.
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An Effort to gain the first hegemony vs. the dissemination of the fragmentation of the power after the Cold War
Štaif, Vít ; Voráček, Emil (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
An Abstract The text focuses on the aim of the state politics to gain the position of the first global hegemony after the end of the Cold War. It observes, with the regard to the wide-ranging influence of the USA at that time, and to the important American visions about its character, especially their particular decisions. It tries to describe the way, which the other influential participants of the global politics, the states as well as those of other kind, used to express their reactions to this activity, and their relation to the USA, the strongest contender in the effort to acquire the first global hegemony. The power contest is here mainly introduced by the insight into the course of the conflicts, which they, after the end of the Cold War, faced and influenced. The text concentrates on those political and security challenges with, apart from the policies of the USA, the strong presence of the intervention of the international organizations, above all the UN, the NATO and the EU, or of the occassionally created alliances. The prospects of hegemonial possibilities is presented in the conclusion.
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Cuban missile crisis through security dilemma theory view
Demko, Marián ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
Bibliografický záznam DEMKO, Marián. Kubánska kríza z pohľadu teorie bezpečnostnej dilemy. Praha, 2016. 104 s. Rigorózna práca (PhDr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut politologických studií. Katedra mezinárodních vztahů. Vedoucí diplomové práce Doc. PhDr. Jan Eichler, CSc. Abstract Subject of this work is Cuban missile crisis from security dilemma theory point of view. This crisis, as one of the most important confrontation between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during Cold War period, allows us to illustrate processes and dynamics of security dilemma in relations between superpowers. For analytical purposes, this work addresses several viewpoints of the issue. At the first place, it is theoretical viewpoint. Here the works focuses on neorealism, which was chosen as theoretical basis and on perception of international relations through its optic. As next it describes concept of security dilemma, as well as questions of security threats perception by actors of international relations and of mistakes, that can occur during that perception. Following is a historic viewpoint, where the work delivers brief chronological overview of progress of the crisis, as well as its final solution. Major part is then the analytical viewpoint. Here, in the first...
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