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Chinese Economic Statecraft in Central Asia: the Case of Kyrgyzstan
Michalová, Anežka ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
This work delves into the modalities of Chinese economic incentives and their reception in Kyrgyzstan. After tracing the rise of China as the main economic power in Central Asia since 2000, it uses Blanchard's and Ripsman's theory of economic statecraft to evaluate Kyrgyzstan's level of stateness and its susceptibility to economic inducements during president Atambayev's era. The objective is to address the issue of economic statecraft from the perspective of the target state and explain why Kyrgyzstan's co-operation with China has been less successful than in the case of other Central Asian countries. Kyrgyzstan's overall level of stateness was low but it did not result in compliance with Chinese demands. Instead, the low level of stateness prevented the government from overcoming domestic resistance to Chinese projects and implementing compliant behavior. Developmental aid and investment designed to favor the expansion of Chinese enterprises failed to gain the support of public opinion and contributed to the rise of anti-Chinese sentiment due to their involvement in corruption affairs and public scandals. Russia as a third-party actor represented an alternative for Kyrgyz policymakers and might have supported the resistance to Chinese endeavors.
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Special relationship? British-U.S. relations, 1979-1990
Potůček, Ondřej ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
Diploma thesis Special Relationship? British-U.S. Relations, 1979-1990 examines the nature of relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, focusing predominantly on the period of parallel governance of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. The aim is to study both the extent to which the relationship was genuinely special and anticipations both countries connected with it. Providing an overview of the development of the special relationship after the WWII the paper addresses foreign, political, economic and ideological bonds between the countries and their political leaders. It considers not only the basic similarities of domestic and foreign policies, but also tensions and conflicts accompanying this alliance. The paper also describes the influence of the special relationship on the relations with European states and the Soviet Union. The uniqueness of the special relationship is identified in both the nuclear, defence and intelligence cooperation and in the British Prime Minister's and American President's ideological and political comprehension.
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Local Action Group and its sustainability in rural areas
Přílepková, Magdaléna ; Varvažovská, Pavla (advisor) ; Milan, Milan (referee)
Aim of this thesis is to theoretically and empirically survey the territory of activity of the local action groups (MAS), MAS Šumavsko, z. s. and MAS Třeboňsko o. p. s., and on the basis of the gained information to testify or disprove possibility of sustainability of their existence just in the rural areas.
The thesis focuses on evaluation of activities of the local action groups and on solutions which would aim at maintaining of activity of the local action group, making innovation faster even overall development of the solved region.
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