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Nord Stream Project in the context of European energy security
Juříčková, Romana ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Nord Stream Project in the context od European energy security is concerned with bulding a new pipeline to lin Russia directly to Western European Countries without a participation of transit countries on transportation of natural gas. First, Thesis explanes European energy policy which has recently responding to the growing consumption of natural gas in Europe and the dependece on Russia in gas supply. Then describes the possibilities for further diversification and expansion of existing resources and building new transport routes. The second main theme which is linked to the development European energy security is the Nord Stream pipeline. The paper provides basic informations about the project, about its beginning, its planned construction and about subjects which participate in it. Nord Stream may be regarded as a controversial project and the article explanes reasons. Finally it describes attitude of several European countries which are concerned in building the Nord Stream pipeline. Countries were selected in terms of attitude which they have toward the Nord Stream project. The text focused on the attitude of Russia and Germany as countries which bring the life of the project, promote it and find it beneficial, then on the attitude of Poland as a transit country which refuses the...
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The language issue during the formation and development of independent Ukraine between 1991 and 2001
Pelíšková, Eva ; Zilynskyj, Bohdan (advisor) ; Horák, Slavomír (referee)
This master's thesis examines the first decade of independent Ukraine in terms of language policy and political organization. It purports to show the impact that Ukraine's political independence had on the national and language situation in the first years of its existence. The first part of the thesis deals with the demographic, national and political state of affairs at the outset of the examined period, in 1989. The second part provides an analysis of the most important laws and other official documents that were supposed to influence further developments in the language policy. The third part deals with the actual evolution in individual spheres of life, namely education, media, bilingualism, administrative and territorial structure, and demographic changes. The conclusion answers two questions, firstly, "How does the reality differ from the plans in the official documents?", and secondly, "What changes can we notice in the language and territorial issue of Ukraine after the first decade of its independence?"
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Everyday life of Central Asia in the second part of the XIX-th century
Challyjeva, Ajna ; Horák, Slavomír (referee) ; Veselý, Rudolf (advisor)
The goal of this thesis is to try to pull together a multidimensional description of everyday life of Central Asia in the second part of the 19th century. The emphasis of the study is put on gender, class, social and ethnic specifics of population of Central Asia, as well as divide between nomadic and settled, urban and rural segments of the existing nations. In separate chapters the daily life is described according to the major spheres: economy (production), household, education, leisure, etc. Special attention is paid to the status of women of Central Asia.
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"The Politicization of Russian Energy Exports based on the Example of Natural Gas"
Lipavský, Jan ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Horák, Slavomír (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the politicization of energy supplies to Europe. The introduction deals with the characterization of European dependency on the import of energy. At the same time, the introductory part analyzes the structure of Russian import, including the transport channels and its geopolitical consequences. The main body of the thesis is devoted to research on Gazprom. It traces the origins of this company's affiliation with Russian government and its subsequent emergence as the main international player on the field of energy. Two case studies are used to demonstrate Gazprom's ambiguous relationship with, first of all, countries through which the transport routes pass - Ukraine and Belarus, and, secondly, the relationship with the producing state, in this case Turkmenistan (for its substantial natural gas resources). The outcome of the analysis is the identification of three main factors that are most influential in Gazprom's foreign policy. First being Gazprom's attempts to raise the prices for the CIS states to equate those of the rest of Europe. The second factor is Gazprom's effort to secure its proceeds through massive expansion to foreign market. Finally, Gazprom is working on securing its control of the reserves of natural resources in the Caspian region.
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The Factor of Water in Central Asia
Kopajová, Zuzana ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
The final thesis Factor o f Water in Central Asia presents an analysis of the phenomena of trans-boundary water interaction in the Aral Sea basin. Particular attention is given to the emerging political inter-state and regional affairs, connected to international management and security at Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers. Global hydro-politics debates offer various theoretical frameworks of approaching the inter-state water relations. Theories such as Integrated Water Resource Management, Environmental Security and Hydro-Hegemony are explored with the ambition to find a comprehensive research background for our case studies. Thereafter, the theory is applied to the particular negotiating constellations in the Central Asian water basins. The case studies at Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers illustrate several interesting cleavages, for example between: (1) upstream and downstream riparian states; (2) irrigation and hydropower; (3) water and energy; (4) geopolitics and international law; (5) national and regional affairs. Central Asian water situation is perceived in the context of geopolitics; economic and human development; culturally-historical background and future potential challenges. Further we present, the overall tendencies in the Newly Independent States, consequences of the Aral Sea catastrophe and the...
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"In Oil We Trust?" US Policy in Persian Gulf after the Cold War
Kašík, Jakub ; Nálevka, Vladimír (advisor) ; Horák, Slavomír (referee)
6. Resumé (Shrnutí práce v anglickém jazyce) The end of the eighties was not just a change in the time but it happened to be one of the biggest historical changes in the twentieth century. Two camps that stood against each other in ideological as well as realistic animosity were enemies no more. The Cold War ended. American scholars became to question new world? Two main visions were represented by the theories of Fukuyama and Huntington. The first came with the thesis that the end of Cold war was not just the end of more than 40 years long struggle but that it was the confirmation of the superiority of the United States and the ideas that it was based on. Liberal democracy was said to be the final stage of human struggle to find the ideal way of statehood. The second theory came with totally opposite idea that considered the new world unleashed from the bounds of Cold war as full of geopolitical vacuum that will turn into more clashes between cultures and civilizations. The euphoria of those days appreciated the first theory but was afraid that the second one is closer to the truth. The main question was: how will the new world look like? United States were considered to be the winners but the main task was to find their role in the new world. The new administration of George H. W. Bush even though shocked...
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