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UN Role in the Mediation of Intractable Conflicts: The Case of Cyprus
Kaya, Onur ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kaleta, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis investigates United Nations role in mediation of intractable conflicts through the case of Cyprus. Intractable conflicts are identified as complex, long- standing and resistant to conflict resolution. We examine the complexity of intractable conflicts regarding its persistence, deep-rooted fear, the existence of historical grievances, political and social asymmetries, and lack of communication between conflict parties. Mediation is a conflict resolution method which is a third-party intervention and aims to encourage conflict parties to produce a permanent solution to the conflict. The case of Cyprus is an obvious example to understand and analyze the UN mediation as a conflict management policy in intractable conflicts. The UN, Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities have tried to find a permanent settlement over 50 years. Despite all efforts, the conflict remains unresolved. Although the UN mediation has managed to prevent further escalation and violence in Cyprus, it has limits to encourage parties to produce a permanent solution. This thesis empirically analyzes the historical development of the UN engagement in Cyprus and examines its role in the mediation of intractable conflicts through the UN-sponsored inter- communal talks in Cyprus. Keywords: Intractable conflict, conflict...
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Media framing of the Ukrainian conflict - articles comparison of German and Russian governmental servers concerning the theory of peace journalism
Prchlík, Václav ; Kaleta, Ondřej (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
This diploma thesis called "Media framing of the Ukrainian conflict - articles comparison of German and Russian governmental servers concerning the theory of peace journalism" focuses on the extent, to which differ news coverage of Russian progovernmental webpage rt.com and German progovernmental webpage dw.com. It also researches how much these media contribute to potential escalation and de-escalation of the conflict. These results are gained by implementation of the concept of peace and war journalism into analysed articles. Thanks to quantitative and qualitative analyses methods, the research showed that the coverage of the Ukrainian conflict differs in both media. They vary primarily in the extent of contextual insight into the issue, in thematic contents of articles and in descriptions of parties involved in the conflict. Neither of these two media however can be associated with the practice of war or peace journalism according to the findings. They proved to choose certain aspects of the reality and increase its meaning in their articles, but the amount of such interventions cannot be interpreted as inclination to war or peace journalism.
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Sweden's migration policy and its approach to the migration crisis
Utinková, Hana ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Kaleta, Ondřej (referee)
The thesis examines the form of Swedish migration policy in a relation to migration crisis. It describes and analyses kinds of migration policies and examines its openness and restrictiveness. This theoretical framework is then used in the practical part for analysis, if the Swedish migration policy was changed by the events of 2015 to be restrictive. Changes are demonstrated on legislation and actors, who can influence its creation.
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The role of Czech media in the securitization of immigration
Kučmáš, Kryštof ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kaleta, Ondřej (referee)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is the securitization of immigration in Czech media from 1. 1. 2015 to 30. 6. 2015. The securitization was analyzed using the research tools of content analysis on contents of the chosen Czech newspapers. The chosen newspapers were Lidové noviny, Právo, Aha! and Blesk. The thesis provides several remarks on the securitization of immigration in the Czech printed media.
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Immigration policy and integration of immigrants in Norway
Sasová, Kateřina ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Kaleta, Ondřej (referee)
This Bachelor Thesis deals with the immigration policy and integration of immigrants in Norway. The main aim is to compare Norwegian approach with the other two Scandinavian countries, Denmark and Sweden. In the context it describes as well what reason the migrants have to settle down in Norway and the author also supports these reasons with the theoretical approaches explaining migration. The other important thing is how open Norwegian society is in the sense of immigration since at least partially open society is important to the migrants if they are supposed to integrate successfully in the country. While comparing the Scandinavian region the author comes to a conclusion that Norway indeed does stand somewhere in the middle between relatively restrictive Denmark and on the other hand quite liberal Sweden, at least in some of the aspects. The author relies to a large extent on statistical methods and the data from Swedish, Danish and Norwegian statistical offices. The comparison of Scandinavian countries is however also carried out on qualitative basis as immigration policies are compared with special emphasis on the process of naturalization that can very well demonstrate Norwegian position "in the middle".
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Italian political discourse and securitization of imigration: the case of revolutions on Maghreb in 2011
Kaleta, Ondřej ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Šánová, Lucie (referee)
The master thesis titled Italian Political Discourse and Securitization of Immigration: the Case of the Maghreb revolutions in 2011 deals with the issue of mass immigration waves reaching Italian shores and, in particular, the tiny island of Lampedusa during the initial phase of the so called Arab Spring. Its main goal lies in reconstruction and interpretation of the political discourse led by Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government presenting the immigration crisis as a serious threat to national and potentially to European security. The first part introduces the general theoretical framework. The securitization theory of the Copenhagen School was used as an instrument for the thesis, including major criticism raised by the authors belonging to the social constructivist approach. In the second part, the author tries to characterize the basic historical and political context and clarifies the specifics of immigration in contemporary Italy. The last segment contains structuralized discourse analysis of the 2011 events and explores the extraordinary measures adopted and implemented in reaction to the government rhetoric at both the national and supranational levels. In this respect, the author pays special attention to how the process of negotiations finally led to the revision of the EU...
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On the front line of the migration wave. Analysis of securitizing discourse of Silvio Berlusconi's government in Italy in the wake of the Arab Spring in 2011
Kaleta, Ondřej ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
The present thesis titled "On the front line of the migration wave. Analysis of securitizing discourse of Silvio Berlusconi's government in Italy in the wake of the Arab Spring in 2011" deals with the issue of mass immigration waves reaching Italian shores and, in particular, the tiny island of Lampedusa during the initial phase of the so called Arab Spring. Its main goal lies in reconstruction and interpretation of the political discourse led by Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government presenting the immigration crisis as a serious threat to national and potentially to European security. The first part introduces the general theoretical framework. The securitization theory of the Copenhagen School was used as an instrument for the thesis, including major criticism raised by the authors belonging to the social constructivist approach. In the second part and third parts, the author tries to characterize the basic historical and political context and clarifies the specifics of immigration and migration discourse in contemporary Italy. The last segment contains structuralized discourse analysis of the 2011 events and explores the extraordinary measures adopted and implemented in reaction to the government rhetoric at both the national and supranational levels. In this respect, the author pays...
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