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The European Union and the adoption of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Kosovo: the role of material interests and shared ideas
Procházka, Karel ; Karlas, Jan (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
The thesis seeks to examine the underlying motivations behind the conclusion of the Stability and Association Agreement between European Union and Kosovo on the 27th of October 2015. To determine the role of material interests and shared ideas in the process of concluding the SAA the thesis discusses and applies rationalism and constructivism, both grand theories of international relations. To test the theories and their respective hypotheses identifying the role of the relevant concepts, the research employs a single case study method, using a congruence analysis approach. In conclusion, through the rationalist lens within the perspective of the EU, the thesis confirms the existence of material interest in the conclusion of the SAA, representing security, power and economic gains. To complement the analysis via a constructivist lens within the perspective of Kosovo, the thesis solely implies a limited role of identity and norms while it points out that such constructivist concepts rather impeded the reaching of the SAA, veiling the actual role of material interest.
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Explaining the UN Security Council's Selective Involvement in African Conflicts
Urbánek, Daniel ; Karlas, Jan (advisor) ; Daniel, Jan (referee)
The debate over possible selective involvement of the United Nations Security Council in armed conflicts is currently re-emerging both in the academic discussions and in the sphere of practical politics. This thesis aims at explaining the possible reasoning behind this selectivity - often exemplified by the contrasting participation of the United Nations in the crises of Libya and Syria - through a qualitative case study focusing on African intrastate wars. Two possible factors, influencing the Council's decision making, are based on classical theories of International Relations - while realism stresses the interests of the five permanent members of the Council, constructivism puts an emphasis on the normative goals of the organization, therefore on the role of the crisis' severity. The impact of these variables is subsequently assessed within the civil wars in Algeria, Burundi, Djibouti and Guinea-Bissau, with an attempt to depict the relationship between the discussed explanatory factors and the eventual activity of the Security Council.
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Sport as a tool of International Politics: International Olympic Committee and mechanism of host city election
Králová, Kristýna ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
This thesis is focused on one of our sport diplomacy institutions, namely the International Olympic Committee. It aspires to primarily introduce the International Olympic Committee as an influential institution in international relations, whereas, also attempting to examine whether it behaves normatively and with certain political responsibility. The International Olympic Committee is introduced, based on content analysis method, in the introductory part of the thesis, whereas attention is focused on its structure, decision making process, the idea of Olympism and primarily the mechanism of host city election. Furthermore, logistic regression analysis is conducted. The analysis aspires to answer, whether the International Olympic Committee elects host cities in accordance with the principles of the ide of Olympism, or whether other factors prevail. The analysis is then supplemented with a case study, which deals with the issue of the Beijing Games. The Case study stems from the Rising Powers theory and the regression analysis results and attempts to elucidate the Beijing second success in winning the bid for the 2022 Games despite the controversy which followed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. The Thesis comes to several conclusions. Firstly, it negates the idea of the normative function of...
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The Paris Agreement: major emitters from the two-level game perspective
Janoušková, Johana ; Karlas, Jan (advisor) ; Parízek, Michal (referee)
In December 2015, the COP 21 adopted the Paris Agreement, which aims to address the global problem of climate change. The global climate change regime has virtually oscillated between the top-down multilaterally decided formulaic arrangements and the bottom-up nationally-determined approach. The Agreement partially prevailed over the longstanding preference for bottom-up deals and was initially ratified by the "Big Four" of world's emitters: the United States, the European Union, China and India. The purpose of this thesis was therefore twofold: (1) to determine the extent to which the Paris Agreement has adopted elements that were top-down in nature, and (2) conclude whether the regime's strengthening can be explained based on the two posed hypotheses. The former was addressed by proposing a coding scheme that applied a set of indicators obtained through academic literature review. The latter was guided by the two-level game theory authored by Robert D. Putnam. The first hypothesis anticipated an overlap of negotiation positions of the largest emitters concerning the top-down elements eventually adopted in the Paris Agreement. The second hypothesis assumed these negotiation positions were compatible with the respective domestic preferences related to climate policies and cooperation. Identified Level I...
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Diversity of interests of OSCE member states and its effects on internal policy of the organization: Case of Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Nestercova, Jelizaveta ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
The armed conflict in Ukraine once again opened space for the operations of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that was in times of Called War was established as a platform for political dialogue between the western allies and Eastern Block. The OSCE as the only international agent was able to deploy a monitoring mission provided with a mandate to operate on the whole territory of Ukraine and whose observers should ensure impartially gathered information on events in the country. The organization therefore faces a great pressure: the monitors must carefully impose its authority as their mandate is limited by wide range of measures imposed by the OSCE participating states and at the same time bring to light information that may be hurtful for the interests of some of the key member states of the OSCE (namely the Russian Federation and Ukraine). The aim of this thesis is to examine the OSCE proceedings regarding conflict of interests among OSCE member states which it may create with its own acts and decisions. How does the OSCE deal with the diversity of interests of its key member states? How does the diversity of interests of the key member states affect OSCE acts and decision? These questions are followed by two hypothesises on the possible scenarios that may occur. The...
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Attitudes of states towards the WHO
Lukáš, Filip ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis tries to provide an outlook on the attitudes of states towards the World Health Organizations (WHO). These attitudes were assessed by using the data acquired through content analysis of statements delivered at the meetings of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board of the WHO. The data were afterwards statistically analyzed. This work's core hypothesis claimed that the attitude of a state is determined by its position in terms of being a donor or an acceptor of the WHO aid combined with its global status, meaning whether the country is an established or a rising power. Contrary to the expectations the results were statistically insignificant, meaning that the attitudes are based on more complex factors than just the economic and power status. Another intriguing discovery is that there might be a consensus over the reform draft proposals within the WHO. Furthermore, even the rising powers themselves are part of this consensus. These two findings are interesting mainly from the point of view of the literature based around the rising powers. The anticipation was that rising powers should be antagonistic towards the established powers. The results of this work, however, suggest that there are no power struggles between those two groups within the domain of the WHO. The...
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Effectiveness of the decision-making process in the WTO - the Uruguay and Doha round
Jánská, Lucie ; Karlas, Jan (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
The study examines multilateral negotiation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and later in the World Trade Organization. It analyses the effectiveness of the decision-making process on the liberalization of trade in agricultural products in the Uruguay and Doha rounds of negotiations. Agriculture seems to be the most problematic and the most controversial issue on the agenda during the both rounds of negotiations. The aim of the study is to analyse the negotiation processes in selected cases and compare them to identify factors explaining the difference in the effectiveness of the decision-making process between Uruguay and Doha round. The study also attempts to clarify why it is so complicated to conclude the Doha round after more than fifteen years of negotiations. Therefore, six factors with presumed influence on the effectiveness of the decision-making process are defined in the theoretical part of the study: number of actors, leadership, inclusiveness of negotiation, agenda complexity, coalitions and strategies of actors. The degree of influence of these factors is then tested in the practical part of the study. The study assumes that the efficiency of the decision-making process is increased by the reduced number of active actors in the negotiation, the willingness of the actors...
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Gibraltar and EU
Košťál, Vratislav ; Plechanovová, Běla (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd / Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 01 Praha 1 info@fsv.cuni.cz, tel: 222 112 111 www.fsv.cuni.cz Dle čl. 4 Opatření rektora č. 6/2010 o Zpřístupnění elektronické databáze závěrečných prací http://www.cuni.cz/UK-3470.html a čl. 1 Opatření děkana 29/2010 se z časového hlediska závěrečné práce dělí do tří skupin: a. "nové práce", tj. práce odevzdávané k obhajobě počínaje 29. 9. 2010, b. "starší práce", tj. práce odevzdané k obhajobě od 1. 1. 2006 do 28. 9. 2010, c. "práce před rokem 2006", tj. práce odevzdané k obhajobě před 1. 1. 2006. V tomto případě jde o "starší práci" odevzdanou k obhajobě od 1. 1. 2006 do 28. 9. 2010. Omlouváme se, ale dokument není v elektronické verzi k dispozici.
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Evaluation of the European affairs communication strategies of the Czech Republic and European Commission
Zykmund, Jakub ; Plechanovová, Běla (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd / Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 01 Praha 1 info@fsv.cuni.cz, tel: 222 112 111 www.fsv.cuni.cz Dle čl. 4 Opatření rektora č. 6/2010 o Zpřístupnění elektronické databáze závěrečných prací http://www.cuni.cz/UK-3470.html a čl. 1 Opatření děkana 29/2010 se z časového hlediska závěrečné práce dělí do tří skupin: a. "nové práce", tj. práce odevzdávané k obhajobě počínaje 29. 9. 2010, b. "starší práce", tj. práce odevzdané k obhajobě od 1. 1. 2006 do 28. 9. 2010, c. "práce před rokem 2006", tj. práce odevzdané k obhajobě před 1. 1. 2006. V tomto případě jde o "starší práci" odevzdanou k obhajobě od 1. 1. 2006 do 28. 9. 2010. Omlouváme se, ale dokument není v elektronické verzi k dispozici.
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A Comparative Analysis of South American Integration: Cases of CAN and UNASUR
Husáková, Gabriela ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of different efficiency between two integrational organizations in Latin America: Andean Community, and Union of South American Nations, by using neoliberal theory of international relations to examine he causes as to why the Andean Community is more efficient than the Union of South American Nations. First, the theoretical definition of neoliberal theory and the concept of cooperation problems are discussed. Then, follow chapters describing integration in Latin America, in general with all its characteristics, and a chapter describing history and basic institutional settings of the two organizations. In the practical part, each cooperation problem is either applied to the organizations and a relation between these problems and institutional setting, number of member states, and homogeneity between member states is examined. In the conclusion, the all three cooperational problems are brought together to determine, whether the main cause of different efficiency is the institutional setting and number of member states, or the homogeneity between members.
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