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The Ukrainian crisis in the news coverage made by ČTK and its comparison with ČT news with focus on crucial events within the conglict
Hušková, Jana ; Trunečková, Ludmila (advisor) ; Lokšík, Martin (referee)
This diploma thesis points out differences in the reporting methods of CTK and CT, the two public service's media, regarding the Ukrainian crisis. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on both of these media's properties with emphasis on their foreign coverageas well as related medial terms' definitions. One chapter is reserved to cover Ukraine as a state and its political history since the SovietUnion's disintegration through to 2014 and the Ukrainian crisis development; further studying the relationship between Ukraine and the Russian Federation resulting in the crisis in 2013. In the practical part of the thesis quantitative and qualitative methods are used to determine how much attention and screen-time both media dedicated to the crisis, which parties were given opportunities to comment and identify other sources of information. Keeping in mind the fact that CT had four reporters on site at it's disposal, the thesis tries to find out how big of an influence that had on the overall production, processing and tone of the television news and to what degree the production of both media agreed or diverged.
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Changing Public Opinion in Finland on NATO Membership in the Context of the Ukrainian Crisis
Kratinová, Dominika ; Plechanovová, Běla (advisor) ; Knutelská, Viera (referee)
Finland is nowadays a prosperous Nordic country, a member of the European Union, supporter of the EU-Russian relations and is one of the most developed economies in the world. Finland still has a unique role in maintaining friendly relations with Russia and therefore we can assume that Finland does not pursue NATO membership, because it would most definitely be perceived as threatening by the Russians. The Ukrainian crisis changed views of many people on Russian foreign relations and made the public, politicians and entire countries question what is Russia capable of and whether it should be perceived as a threat. Because of the Ukrainian Crisis, opinions in Finland are changing and developing and the NATO membership is seen from a brand new perspective and the much treasured policy of nonalignment is being reconsidered as well. That is the issue that I am going to research and examine in this thesis. I will describe changes in public opinion on NATO membership and general safety of Finland, because this public opinion has varied over the last decade and the Ukrainian crisis was the reason for these changes. In order to find answers to these issues, I performed a complex analysis of information coming from several sources, as well as results of research of public opinion and interviews with Finnish...
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Analýza dopadu sankcí na obchod mezi Evropskou unií a Ruskem
Kolářová, Andrea ; Klosová, Anna (advisor) ; Coniglio, Nicola (referee)
This thesis is trying to assess the effects of sanctions imposed on Russia in 2014 by the European Union and other countries, with respect to the changes in the trade flows among the two participants (EU and Russia). Firstly, the theoretical background for sanctions is provided, explaining their meaning and instruments which they use. Secondly, the overview of the Ukrainian conflict is conducted together with a brief review of the economic restrictions which were implemented, as well as the Russian counter-sanctions. The empirical part is firstly explaining the effects of the restrictions on the both economies and then introducing the state of the bilateral trade flows between the EU and Russia before the imposition of the sanctions. The most important part of the thesis is the gravity model conducted in the third chapter, which is trying to estimate the effects of the sanctions on the EU-Russian trade flows using two approaches. One of them is conducted with the help of regression analysis and a dummy variable which controls for the sanctions effect. The other one is predicting the values of exports without the disturbance of the sanctions and then comparing the results with the real values of the export for the years examined. The results of these analyses have proven the expectations about the negative impact of the sanctions on the trade flows between the EU and Russia.
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Germany's attitude to development of Ukraine crisis during years 2013-2014
Boubelík, Tomáš ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This work engages in circumstances related to escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. It tries to justify Germany's evident efforts to calm the situation down. In introduction it provides theoretical basis by defining actor and interdependence theory, which are subsequently applied to Germany's and Ukraine's position in the field of international relations. Term interdependence is explained in accordance with economic relations between Germany and Russia. Second part of this work is focused on German foreign policy since its shaping, institutional background to implementation within the European Union. In the third part, that could be considered as core of bachelor thesis, are chronological described events and attitudes of leading German politicians to violations of international law by Russia. The final chapter analyses German's diplomacy participation on negotiation process, establishment and enforcement of Minsk agreements.
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European Union and its approach towards the Ukrainian crisis from Maidan until Minsk 2
Hovorková, Petra ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dealing with the topic of the Ukrainian crisis in the historical and present perspective. The goal of this thesis is to analyse approach of the European Union towards the war in the eastern Ukraine as well as towards violations of the international law by the Russian Federation. This work covers the events in Ukraine since demonstrations on Kiev's Independence Square until the negotiations of the second peace agreement signed in Minsk. The subject of research is also the future of the Ukrainian state as an equal partner of the EU and Russia.
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Foreign and security policy of Slovakia in relation to the crisis in Ukraine
Čuba, Andrej ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to evaluate the involvement of the Slovak Republic in the action in Ukraine and their political and economic impact on Slovakia based upon the analysis of foreign and security policy of Slovakia. The work consists of two parts. The theoretical part explains the focus of foreign and security policy of the Slovak Republic from the point of view of Slovakia's most important participants in Slovak public administration, and their jurisdiction. In the empirical part I focus on the analysis of the ongoing crisis on Ukrainian territory in a global context, starting with historical causes of the civilian unrest till the present times, the subsequent military intervention and annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation, and eventual imposition of sanctions and their consequences for both Russia and the European Union. In the second half of the empirical section I continue with the analysis of the Ukrainian issue, but this time I focus on the point of view of the Slovak Republic, beginning with the shaping of foreign relations between the Slovak Republic and Ukraine since their independence till the present day. Within the second part of the work I will mention the general position of Slovakia and the significant cacophony between the statements of the President and the Prime Minister of Slovakia to the crisis. The thesis concludes with the direct and indirect impacts of imposed sanctions on the Slovak republic.
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The development of economic relations between the Czech republic and the Russian Federation
Dohnalová, Miroslava ; Čajka, Radek (advisor) ; Bolotov, Ilya (referee)
The Bachelor Thesis describes the development of economic relations between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation with the use of analysis. The first chapter deals with the economic development of this two countries, with the relation between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation and with their participation in the International Organizations. The second chapter deals with the Czech Republic's Intrernational Trade and the Russian Federation's International Trade. It is followed by the beginning of the economic cooperation and trade exchange. The trade exchange itself represents the major part of this thesis therefore it is in terms of time divided into 2 parts with the analysis of the communitiy structure. It is followed by the role of services of the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation in the International Trade and then there is described the exchange of services between these countries. There is also mentioned the investment climate in the Russian market. At the end of the second chapter is described the Ukrainian crisis with its impacts of the sanctions on the Czech republic. The fird chapter evaluates the Russian market for the Czech exporters and the are listed possible lines of business for them to succeed.
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EU restrictive measures against Russian Federation during the Ukrainian crisis
Nečasová, Berenika ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
Sanctions have been a significant tool of the foreign policy for states and international organizations such as the European Union. The sanctions are considered to be a compromise between diplomacy and military intervention. This bachelor thesis is focused on the restrictive measures which were imposed by the EU against the Russian Federation in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and deliberate destabilization of a neighbouring sovereign country in 2014. It aims to evaluate the impact of restrictive measures and their efficacy. The first chapter provides theoretical framework for the bachelor thesis. In the second chapter I am focused on the classification of the restrictive measures against Russia and Russian counter-sanctions. Last chapter is concerned with the objectives and efficacy of EU restrictive measures.
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The Impact of European sanctions on exports from the European Union to the Russian Federation
Kuckirová, Mariana ; Müller, David (advisor) ; Hrušková, Nikola (referee)
In my bachelor thesis I will work on the effects of the European sanctions against Russia. These sanctions are connected to Ukraine crisis. The aim of my thesis will be to reveal the impact of these sanctions on the export of the Czech Republic and the European Union to Russia. I will try to estimate the effect of the European sanctions on business relations between EU and Russia. I will compare the exports from the Czech Republic and EU for the periods 2011-2014 where main emphasis is made on years 2013 and 2014. For sanctioned goods identification I use classification SITC. This thesis should provide a better overview of the impact of these sanctions and quantification of specific changes in selected export commodities to Russia. In theoretical part I will discuss sanctions in general and in EU framework. Further, I will try to describe business relations between EU and Russia before imposing sanctions. The practical part will be focused on the impact of European sanctions against Russia on the Czech Republic exports mainly and the European Union exports.
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