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Private Military Companies in Africa
Šváb, David ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
The Master's thesis "Private Military Companies in Africa" deals with the issues of the private military and security companies and their current position in international security relations. The central thesis of this academic publication is the question whether these commercial companies are capable of representing a significant position within the international community and executing extensive operations in conflict resolution and the subsequent transition towards a stable arrangement of the stricken regions. Essentially, the arguments leading to the key objective of this thesis are drawing upon a comparative study of recent activities of PMCs on the African continent, a discursive analysis of the approach towards these private subjects, as well as their international legal status. Consequently, by relying on the gathered information from the aforementioned research, the most substantial section of the text offers basic models of potential widespread use of private military companies in connection with national states and international organizations and explains the benefits resulting from this shift towards privatization of global security. Furthermore, the publication points out specific contemporary cases for the prospective application of PMCs and analyses the space for this industry within the existing international system.
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China’s economic diplomacy in Africa
Langová, Kateřina ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kašpar, Václav (referee)
The thesis focuses on China's economic diplomacy in Africa. The theoretical part deals with the concept of economic security (as a part of soft security) and economic diplomacy (as a way how to secure economic security). Africa is just one of many areas where China is engaged. The objective of the thesis is to identify the particular policies of China's economic diplomacy. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the theoretical concepts, the second part with the energy security and policy in China. The third part deals with the individual areas of cooperation between China and Africa and China's main principles of cooperation. The main areas are international trade, foreign direct investment and foreign aid. The last part describes the Chinese cooperation with two particular countries -- Angola and Sudan.
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Human Rights in China´s African Policy
Fiala, Petr ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
The thesis deals with the analysis of the importance of human rights issues in China's foreign policy in Africe. Its aim is to assess the importance of this issue in relations between China and Africa, and the perspective of changes of its importance in the further development of these relations. The thesis examines, how the Chinese stance on human rights is reflected in its foreign policy in Africa, and what impacts on their relations it has. In addition, it estimates how the further development influences Chinese approach to the issue of human rights. At first, the work analyzed the human rights issue and the International human rights regime. Then it studied the special African and Chinese stance on the issue of human rights. Further it analyzed Chinese foreign policy, and the projecting of the human rights issue into the foreign policy. Then the work analyzed the relations between China and Africa, and the significance of human rights issue in it. Finally, the thesis deals with the changing of the Chinese approach to human rights in Africa.
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The Holocene Climatic Optimum in Northern Africa: Geoarchaeological research of the environmental and cultural interaction
PARVONIČOVÁ, Lenka
This research work summarises results of geological and archaeological investigation in the Sahara Desert. The analyses of paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental deposits are combined with archaeological records of the human occupational development during the Early and Middle Holocene. The period characterised by higher humidity is called The Holocene Climatic Optimum. The region of the Eastern Sahara consisted of Libyan, Egyptian, Sudanian and Chadian area provides unique opportunities to study the relationship between climate changes and human occupation.
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The reasons and solutions to african poverty
Zelinka, Ladislav ; Prorok, Vladimír (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
Africa is a poor continent with many faults and problems, which we aren't able to solve sufficiently. There are many reasons for the prevailing poverty, including the influence of foreign companies and capital, foreign governments, enormous corruption and unfair international trade. Many countries don't grow although they are rich in resources. There have to be multiple and complex solutions, of which some are given in this thesis.
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The Presence of Africa in Czech Foreign Policy
Chocholoušová, Michaela ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
Africa is often explored and discussed topic in the field of international relations and current global system. This thesis concerns with the presence of Africa in Czech Foreign Policy and its goal is to analyze the presence of Africa, evaluate it and to propose the recommendations for future steps of Czech Foreign Policy in this region. This goal is reached in five chapters, while first one deals with characteristics of Africa region and detects its problems, the following three chapters are the core of the paper and provide analysis of Czech-African relations in terms of bilateral, trade and multilateral dimension (specifically EU and OSN). Finally the last chapter is dedicated to the evaluation of analyzed areas and to the recommendations for future actions of Czech Foreign Policy in Africa.
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Conflicts in Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea after the Second World War
Miženková, Lucia ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The work is concerned with political problems in the Horn of Africa region (Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea). It is focused on the course of politics, analysis and future development of both regional and mutual conflicts. First part provides general characteristics of the region as the whole. Next parts deals in detail with each state separetely. There is also given special space to the Ethiopia-Eritrea and Somalia-Ethiopia conflicts.
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Campaign against occurrence of blood diamonds
Vrábel, Peter ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Jeníček, Vladimír (referee)
The goal of this master thesis is a complex description of blood diamonds issues and assessment of existing efforts, specific steps and presented ideas, conceptions and strategies on the ground of Kimberley Process, as well as suggestions of possible solutions and future steps of organizations like Global Witness, Partnership Africa Canada, Human Rights Watch and other interested groups fighting against occurence of illicit diamonds. The thesis is divided into 4 chapters. The first chapter describes characteristics and significance of diamonds. The second chapter focuses on organizations agitating against blood diamonds in the world. The third chapter is subsequently designated for definition and features of the term of failed state, which is often highly connected with the blood diamonds issue. The fourth chapter analyses concrete conflicts or illegal activities in Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe.
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The determinants of the sino-sudanese relations in 2000-2010
Dudová, Sabina ; Knotková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Volenec, Otakar (referee)
The thesis deals with the identification of the main determinants of the sino-sudanese relations from 2000 to 2010. The first part focuses on the motivational factors which lead the People's Republic of China to the Sudanese territory. The remaining parts then deal with the particular determinants which are following: energetic dimension of the mutual relations, external actors, the Darfur conflict and Chinese development aid.
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The Role of Foreign Aid in the Chinese Foreign Policy
Horák, Michal ; Knotková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Druláková, Radka (referee)
The thesis deals with the Chinese foreign aid and its usage in Chinese foreign policy. The incentives for providing the foreign aid are examined from a general view in the first part of the thesis. In the second part the Chinese foreign aid is analysed from a general view and in the third part the particular demonstrations of its usage in the Chinese foreign policy are examined.
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