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The Causes of Iraqi War: Why the US Administration decided to invade Iraq in 2003
Bartková Sodomová, Renáta ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
The thesis: "The Causes of Iraqi War: Why the US Administration decided to invade Iraq in 2003" focuses on explanation why the administration of the USA made that step. The specification of the roots of war is based on five causes and seventeen subcauses according to the essay of Stephen Van Evera and other scholars, and the paper trough the methodology of text's analyzes investigates behavior, decision-making process and motivations of the US administration (the level of units) and some steps of the US president G. W. Bush (individual level) in the process leading to the war in Iraq. Concerning the causes of war, the paper introduces different concepts of the offense-defense balance and analyzes whether the balance was disrupted. Secondly, it examines the role of cumulative resources in Iraq like oil, territory and state structures and it shows how they influenced the decision. Third, it searches for the linkage among an emergence of a new threat and responses to it which mouthed to the acceptance of the concept of the first move advantage. Fourth, the thesis accounts for the roots of misperception, where they originate and how they operated in perception of the US administration of the Iraqi threat. Finally, the investigation of the last root of conflict explains why and how windows of...
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The Role of the US in NATO: How Did It Change after 9/11 under Bush Administration
Štverková, Iva ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Hornát, Jan (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to examine president Bush's policy after 9/11 and its implications for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The shock of 9/11 attacks resulted in "war mentality" manifesting itself in the pressure of the public and media for swift radical actions. This resulted in ad hoc decisions taken without proper analyses and consideration of consequences. After 9/11, Bush Administration used black-and-white rhetoric and simplified the war on terror into war between good and evil. The U.S. under Bush did not consider international institutions to play significant role in international politics and preferred bilateral cooperation. By omitting the Alliance, Washing, however, undermined NATO. Europe was sympathetic to the U.S. and proclaimed its support for Washington since day one but European NATO members and the U.S. had different threat perception regarding Iraq, and could not agree on a common solution. The actions taken by Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq and the reluctance of European allies in supporting the U.S. war against terrorism resulted in escalation of relations in the Alliance. As the U.S. headed toward engagement in two conflicts, it increasingly appreciated the value of NATO. On the other hand, Europe never forgot that the United States is its main ally. Most...
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Hard power and soft at the beginning of the 21st century
Najmanová, Karolína ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses the concept of power. It speaks about historical concepts of power and ways of defining and understanding across humanities. Special attention is devoted to the application of power in international relations. According to recent history at the turn-of-the-century, the main part of this thesis is based on the concept of American political scientist J. S. Nye, Jr., who distinguishes three kinds of power -- hard power, soft power and smart power. Afterwards, this concept is applied on the foreign policy of the United States of America with special consideration on the presidential administration of G. W. Bush and Barack Obama. The main purpose and aim of this thesis is to analyze the results of using different kinds of power and generalize the main findings for its application in international affairs at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Changes in foreign policy of the USA: analysis of the fundamental documents
Zákoutská, Eva ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Školkayová, Marta (referee)
The main theme of this text is an analysis of G.W. Bush's speeches, especially focused on the documents State of the Union Address. Text is based on analysis of fundamental terms and evaluation the context of their using in speeches. One of the topics is to capture the changing image of the enemy of the United States of America as it is presented by president. The theoretical framework of this work is defined in two introductory chapters that deal with historical roots of the United States of America and with the events of eight years of G. W. Bush's presidency.
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