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The US-Mexico Cooperation to Combat the International Threat of Drug Trafficking
Švejdová, Anna ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Demková, Marcela (referee)
Mexico and the US are facing a transnational threat in the form of drug trafficking. This paper focuses on the US-Mexico cooperation to combat this threat with the objective to evaluate its effectiveness. First, a theoretical base is set for a constructivist analysis of the cooperation by identifying changes that have resulted from the new post-international environment. An explanation of the rise of transnational threats and the ways they are constructed is given according to constructivism and the securitization theory as used by the Copenhagen school of security studies. This leads to an examination of how the threat posed by drug trafficking is perceived by Mexico and by the US and identifies why drug trafficking is indeed a transnational threat. To answer the question of the US-Mexico's effectiveness in this cooperation, a constructivist approach is used to identify the main flaws of their relation. Finally, an analysis of how these flaws have affected the forming and enforcement of specific anti-drug strategies is used to assess its impact
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The Importance of the Pacific Alliance in Mexican Foreign Policy
Kubínová, Karolína ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Demková, Marcela (referee)
The thesis analyses how Mexico uses the Pacific Alliance as a tool for its foreign policy. The first chapter explains the international relations framework, the structure of international organizations, the foreign policy network and also the international integration. The second chapter looks over Mexico's foreign policy. The chapter expounds the basic macroeconomic indicators describing the development of Mexican foreign policy and discusses Mexico's position in Latin American integration. The third chapter deals with Mexico in the Pacific Alliance. It lays out basic data on the Pacific Alliance out, and goes on to analyze the activities of the Pacific Alliance with which Mexico is involved. The chapter concludes by comparing these broader Pacific Alliance with Mexico's objectives, and considers the activities' impact on Mexico.
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Comparison of Cuban Republic foreign policies under the governances of Fidel and Raul Castro
Červená, Pavla ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Demková, Marcela (referee)
This thesis compares foreign policies of Cuban Republic under the governance of Fidel and Raul Castro. An analysis of Foreign policy is undertaken by comparing each individual policy and their apparent differences in architecture. The fundamental changes and differences are identified primarily by undertaking a personality analysis and looking at each president's ways of carrying out decision making process of policies that alter the governance of the nation. This thesis also focuses on their different attitudes in negotiation with key world governments. In concluding the thesis, I point out a forthcoming development of Cuba's foreign policy in the years to come.
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Mexico´s Combat Against Illicit Drug Trade
Nekutová, Kateřina ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Demková, Marcela (referee)
The thesis deals with the topic of illegal drug trade in Mexico. First, it briefly describes the evolution of the trade from a historical point of view and tries to identify some of the key moments that gave a start to this form of organized crime. The final chapter is devoted to the situation after 2006, when the then newly elected president Felipe Calderón declared war on drugs, which meant a significant deterioration in the security situation within the country. Based on the evaluation of the current developments in this field, possible future solutions are outlined.
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Position of UNASUR in International Relations
Kvašinská, Pavla ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Demková, Marcela (referee)
This bachelor thesis concentrates on the position of the regional block UNASUR in international relations. UNASUR is an integration block of the South American region, which was created in 2008. It aims to strengthen and extend the cooperation between the countries of South America. In this thesis I make detailed analysis of this efforts made in the field of security and international relations. Both relations between the individual member states and between the block and other international actors are observed. The main goal of the thesis is to evaluate the position of UNASUR in the system of international relations.
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Drugs as the threat to international security: Case study of Colombia-USA relations
Kolomazník, Filip ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Demková, Marcela (referee)
The issue of drug trafficking is, for most societies, the actual topic. The international security is threatened every day in many different ways due to the transnational organized crime, which is a natural result of the need of a drug producer to sell the product to an end user, usually in a different country. The aim of this work is to analyze different types of threats that drug trafficking brings. The threats will be divided into four basic sectors according to Swanstrom's concept, which is based on the Copenhagen School. These sectors are: political, economic, social and military. The analysis will be performed on the case study of two specific countries, Colombia and the United States.
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