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The impact of centralization on democracy in Russia
Pavlova, Aleksandra ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The thesis aims at analyzing the consequences of centralization policies in Russia and its impact on the quality of democracy in the country. Centralization is believed to strengthen states' political power by increasing the effectiveness of governance and proliferation of secession movements. However centralization is also very often associated with antidemocratic governance because it implies the limitation of local authorities' power which can lead to decrease of local official's responsiveness, people participation etc. Thus there should be taken into account many factors when assessing whether the centralization policy is necessary or not.
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The Russian- Chinese relations since the end of bipolar world
Bastova, Vita ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
Russian-Chinese relations have been differed by the complex and full relations, which have been highly emerged since the end of the Cold War. Transition of the power in the world system had overcome the intention of Russia and China for the closer cooperation in order to decline the American sole hegemony. Concluding the Friendship treaty, it had become the first step towards cooperation which today can be considered as stable one. Master thesis will be focused on the realist approach, which at the same time will help to evaluate Rusian-Chinese relation through the pragmatic realist prism. Analyzing the relations in a global context within further movement to regional one, I will try to experience Sino-Russian relations through different approaches and relying on the balance of power theory. Description of the strategic partnership, supported by the multipolar world view and multilateral diplomacy as the tool for the national interests promotion, the research will move towards bilateral modes estimating security, political and economic relations. All in all, the conclusion will be made in order to predict the future of the Russian-Chinese relations and results which both countries have achieved by now.
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Presidential elections - Russia 2012
Frolova, Ksenia ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The uniqueness of 2012 Presidential election campaign lies in some new trends: for the first time Internet played such an important role in influencing voters. It's not just about traditional official websites of the candidates, but first and foremost about campaigning in blogs and social networks. The opposition, including "off-system" one (which is advocating the overthrow of the ruling elite), was much more active in this field. The Internet space became the scene of this conflict, and we should expect that it would only escalate in the future.
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Russia and the EU - Political Relations
Ivanov, Vladimir ; Kratochvíl, Petr (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The thesis aspires to convey a comprehensive and methodologically well-grounded image of the ideological dimension of political interaction between the EU and Russia. The research is based on the linguistic analysis of four key foreign policy documents, conceived as a continuous dialogue between the EU and Russia, and covering the period between 1994 and 2007. A model comprising several methods used in the study of international relations is applied to the aforementioned documents. The methods in question focus on discourse analysis. The methodological basis of the thesis incorporates the theoretical concepts of social constructivism, speech acts theory and dialogic analysis. Emphasis is placed on understanding the expectations and objectives of actors, the analysis of explicit and implicit messages in the dialogue, the definition of the actors' understanding of self, other and the third party. The thesis also tries to describe and explain the actors' changes in behavior towards each other.
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Rusko a Dohovor k energetickej charte
Gabrišová, Michala ; Cibulková, Petra (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
Energy Charter Treaty and related documents have brought a new dimension in legislative regulations of investment protection and investment dispute settlement in energy sector. It is now only a multilateral legally binding instrument that covers all spheres of economic activity in that sector. However, Russian Federation, as the strategic partner of European Union has recently decided to back out of this contract. The aim of the thesis is to clarify legislation of the Energy charter, it's importance and to connect it with the Russian case. Main part focuses on role of Russian media in the process of changing their attitude towards the Treaty and how media influenced Russian decision to withdraw from that contract.
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Importance of the Visegrad Group for member states
Stanová, Zuzana ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
Nowadays, there are numerous regional and universal international organizations. The objective of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the importance of one of them, the Visegrad Group. The importance of the Visegrad Group is observed in term of fulfilling the functions of international organizations. This thesis introduces in the first (theoretical) part different typologies of functions of international organizations, other (analytical) parts of the thesis tie in with the theoretical one and provide short overview of some examples of (not) fulfilling the six observed functions. The Visegrad Group doesn't fulfil adequately all the observed functions, therefore it is also considered to be an international regime. Moreover, some of the functions are fulfilled by other international organizations, which the Visegrad Group member states are the members of. This fact waters down the importance of the Visegrad Group.
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The interest of the Czech foreign policy in strengthening the cooperation with the Russian Federation
Staňková, Daniela ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
This Bachelor Thesis focuses on the Czech foreign policy and cooperation with the Russian Federation in the political and economic field during the period from 1993 to 2011. The Thesis is divided into three chapters which constitute individual stages in the Czech-Russian relations. The first chapter, commencing with the establishment of the Czech Republic 1st January 1993 and ending in the year 2000, looks into the development of political and economic cooperation in this period, characterized by the deterioration of the Czech-Russian relations. The second chapter focuses on the development of the Czech foreign policy and the Czech-Russian cooperation in the period from 2000 to 2006, which is characteristic by improvement of the Czech-Russian relations. The third chapter concerns the development of the Czech-Russian cooperation in the years 2007--2011, characterized by repeated deterioration of the mutual relations.
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The Eastern Partnership from Czech perspective
Hrdá, Jana ; Peterková, Jana (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The thesis is focused on the policy of the Eastern Partnership, which constitutes the east dimension of the European neighbourhood policy that was launched after the EU's enlargement in 2004. The Eastern Partnership is analysed from Czech perspective. The thesis deals with the Czech attitude towards the Eastern partnership and depicts steps that have been taken by the Czech Republic in order to enforce and promote the policy at both official and unofficial meetings. To provide a complete and relevant Czech view of the policy, the thesis also describes the contributions of Czech non-governmental organisations and Czech businesses to the policy.
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The changing role of Russia and China in the Kazakhstan's energy sector
Lacina, Jiří ; Cibulková, Petra (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
The following thesis deals with the changing role of Russia and China in the Kazakhstan's Energy sector. It focuses exclusively on oil and gas sector. The first part analyses the changing role of Russia as an important player in these sectors while the second part analyses China's role. The emphasis is put on Kazakhstan's diversification of export routes in relation to Russia and its interests. China is analysed as an independent player with its own interests, as a potential competitor to Russia and as a significant economic player offering Kazakhstan alternatives on its path towards the diversification of the export routes.
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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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