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Russian proxy or rogue mercenary army? Situating the Wagner Group
Sutherland, Matthew Donald ; Bureš, Oldřich (advisor) ; Aliyev, Huseyn (referee)
The Wagner Group is an umbrella term referring to a network of mercenary groups, extraction companies, and political strategists linked to the Kremlin by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin. Wagner has spread throughout Africa, the Middle East, and South America. Characterized by obscured activities and denied by the Kremlin, Wagner escapes conventional definitions of a Private Military and Security Company (PMSC) in both practice and theory. The pervasive labelling of Wagner as a "PMC" makes it difficult to effectively engage with the group at either an academic or policy level. Therefore, a scholarship situating Wagner in relation to PMSC literature would provide a platform to address Wagner across academic and political platforms. This project aims to fill that gap by situating Wagner in relation to current PMSC and mercenary literature. This will be accomplished by an extensive review of the current literature, followed by synthesizing PMSC definitions and categories that are relevant into the contemporary field. Once this has been established a comparative analysis of a variety of the Wagner Group's global activities will allow us to assess where Wagner sits amongst these definitions and categories. Addressing this gap in the literature will provide a new and effective platform for engaging with Wagner...
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Company of elears and the Czech War (1618-1620)
Vlasák, Patrik ; Županič, Jan (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe the polish elears in services of the Habsburgs in 1618- 1620. The main focus is put on the cause of formation of this cavalry unit, and circumstances under which they began to serve in the services of the Austrian empire. I equally focus on their identity and their place of origin. I also try to analyze internal relations within the Polishh-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its foreign policy, which, I believe determined the very existence of the polish elears, that I percieve as one of the symptoms of crisis of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Company of elears and the Czech War (1618-1620)
Vlasák, Patrik ; Županič, Jan (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe the polish elears in services of the Habsburgs in 1618- 1620. The main focus is put on the cause of formation of this cavalry unit, and circumstances under which they began to serve in the services of the Austrian empire. I equally focus on their identity and their place of origin. I also try to analyze internal relations within the Polishh-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its foreign policy, which, I believe determined the very existence of the polish elears, that I percieve as one of the symptoms of crisis of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Czech Lands' Thirty Years War Mercenary's Life
Andresová, Klára ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Ďurčanský, Marek (referee)
This thesis deals with life of mercenaries during the Thirty Years' War. It is focused on the situation in central Europe and especially in the Czech lands. The main part of the thesis concentrates on the appearance of military camps which is reconstructed based on normative sources, ego-documents, folk songs and period artistic literature, paintings and drawings. To introduce the topic I describe various types of soldiers in the Habsburg army and the subordination of the army. One chapter is meant to work as a guide through the life of a mercenary - about his living in the army from his recruitment up to his discharge. We mention the material equipment and soldiers clothing as well. Women were a usual part of the army, therefore I also pay attention to them. The main topic of the work is military camp, therefore a description of its appearance is given, describing the arrangement of all its parts. I mention tents, markets and inns. I also deal with camp life's negatives, for example with diseases or activities condemned by the contemporary moral. Military law is briefly described as well. I also mention administrative officers who are responsible for the aspects of military life related to the camps. In the end there is also integrated a chapter about the civilian view on mercenaries and the war...
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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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