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Manas Air Base and U.S.-Kyrgyz Relations
Nováková, Sabina ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Horák, Slavomír (referee)
The following thesis is a case study of the U.S. Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan. It addresses the significance of the base in the context of mutual U.S.-Kyrgyz relations after 2001. It aims to analyze the bilateral negotiations between the U.S. and the Kyrgyz on establishing the air base, its functioning, and eventually its closure in 2014. Among the research questions, it seeks to explain the respective positions of both parties, the motives behind their actions, and factors that influenced this negotiation process. The analysis shows that the extensive U.S. efforts to get and maintain access to the facility were driven by the necessity to secure transportation corridors to and from Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, was primarily interested in financial benefits stemming from having an American base on its territory. The U.S. let local elites enrich themselves in connection with the air base revenues. Kyrgyzstan's internal instability also had a major impact on its stance towards foreign policy matters and the issue of the Manas air base in particular. The U.S. was a stronger player in this asymmetric relationship, but Washington often got into situations where it was being pulled by Kyrgyzstan's domestic developments, which effectively determined mutual relations. The analysis concludes that...
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Analýza vnějších ekonomických vztahů EU a zemí CARICOM
Krejčí, Martin
This diploma thesis is occupied with the issue of the partnership between the European union and countries of the Caribbean Community. Expressed precisely, this analysis is focused on the Economic Partnership Agreement as a particular development cooperation instrument of the Union, which demonstrated new form of adjustment mutual economic relations, based on the reciprocity in comparison with previous agreements. This agreement can be perceived as a strategy for economic growth and the successive development of the Caribbean region states through the encouragement trade and investment flows between these regional players. This thesis offers the analysis and then an evaluation of the selected economic indicators, through which it is monitored efficiency of this agreement in reality compared with the period of time without its existence.
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External Action of Catalonia: the Path Towards Independence?
Körtingová, Gabriela ; Menclová, Barbora (advisor) ; Mejstřík, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with Catalan's external action and its role in seeking independence. The research focuses on the strategy and institutions formed by the autonomous government of Catalonia since 1978, through which this autonomous community is seeking to get the idea of independence at international level and gain support for it. The aim of the thesis is to prove that foreign relations of a non-state entity could play an important role its efforts to promote independence, and to contribute to the knowledge of the topic in the Czech environment. The paper describes the development of Catalan external actions since the adoption of a new democratic constitution of Spain from 1978, both in terms of the emergence of new institutions and of its mission and strategic goals. The first two parts of the thesis are separated by a chronological milestone, the year of 2006, and deal with the development of Catalan external action. Its third part is a brief analysis of the attitude of the European Union and the central government of Spain on the issue of conducting Catalan paradiplomacy. The whole thesis examines how singular legislative changes and political leaders have helped Catalonia to use its external actions as a method of promoting independence. In the conclusion, three hypotheses regarding...
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Manas Air Base and U.S.-Kyrgyz Relations
Nováková, Sabina ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Horák, Slavomír (referee)
The following thesis is a case study of the U.S. Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan. It addresses the significance of the base in the context of mutual U.S.-Kyrgyz relations after 2001. It aims to analyze the bilateral negotiations between the U.S. and the Kyrgyz on establishing the air base, its functioning, and eventually its closure in 2014. Among the research questions, it seeks to explain the respective positions of both parties, the motives behind their actions, and factors that influenced this negotiation process. The analysis shows that the extensive U.S. efforts to get and maintain access to the facility were driven by the necessity to secure transportation corridors to and from Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, was primarily interested in financial benefits stemming from having an American base on its territory. The U.S. let local elites enrich themselves in connection with the air base revenues. Kyrgyzstan's internal instability also had a major impact on its stance towards foreign policy matters and the issue of the Manas air base in particular. The U.S. was a stronger player in this asymmetric relationship, but Washington often got into situations where it was being pulled by Kyrgyzstan's domestic developments, which effectively determined mutual relations. The analysis concludes that...
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Common foreign and security policy of the EU after the Lisbon treaty: Study 3.082
Pecháček, Štěpán
Studie popisuje institucionální a rozhodovací rámec společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky v kontextu změn, které v této oblasti přinesla Lisabonská smlouva. Společná zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika je Lisabonskou smlouvou prostřednictvím společných cílů propojena s dalšími činnostmi Unie, které mají dopad na unijní vnější vztahy, jako je např. společná obchodní politika nebo rozvojová politika. S tím souvisí vytvoření nové funkce Vysokého představitele Unie pro zahraniční vztahy bezpečnostní politiku, který personálně propojuje činnost Rady a Komise v oblasti vnějších vztahů. V oblasti rozhodovacích procesů k žádné podstatné změně nedošlo, nadále je smluvně chráněn státní zájem, který umožňuje členskému státu vetovat rozhodnutí. Autor konstatuje, že i přes výrazné změny, které Lisabonská smlouva přináší, především pokud jde o institucionální strukturu společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky a její propojení s vnějšími vztahy Unie prostřednictvím společných cílů, společná zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika je i nadále vytvořena jako svébytný pilíř evropské integrace.
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The common commercial policy of the European Union and its relation towards Russia
Zavadilová, Michaela ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Vondrušková, Barbora (referee)
This bachelor's paper is focused both on the common European Union trade policy and on the trade relations between the European Union and Russia. This work describes the tenet, principles and the sense of the common commercial policy. The main goal of this work is to answer a reasearch question: Firstly, how much do differ the objectives of the European Union's trade policy (thus the plan) from the actually fulfilled ones (thus, the reality). Secondly, what steps have been taken in order to achieve the objectives. The question is answered by a comparative research.The information were predominantly obtained from a conceptual material of the Global Europe-competing in the world, from publications and from the observations of experts on this topic.The main part of theses analyzes the mutual trade relations with Russia, as one of the most important trading partners and actors of the world economy, in oder to investigate their business interests, disputes and a position.
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EU - China relations
Ťažká, Andrea ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Cihelková, Eva (referee)
The thesis seeks to analyze the current relations between the EU and China, with an emphasis on the area of economic co-operation. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter discusses the external relations of the two main actors implemented in South East Asia, with a focus on the economic and also the political dimension. The second chapter provides insights into EU-China relations from the '90s until today. The emphasis is put on trade and investment relations. The third chapter is an evaluation of the current EU-China partnership focusing on achievements but also the problematic issues that still hamper the further development of mutual relations.
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French and Czech terminology in European legislative texts concentrated on the field: Aid to developing countries
KRUPOVÁ, Zuzana
The main theme of the thesis is the French and Czech terminology which is used in the European legislative texts focusing on the area of "External relations - aid to developing countries". As an introduction the work deals with the language policy of the European union and the translation service of the Union. The second part describes the procedure of choosing and arrangement of legislation texts and the work with the special program called "ParaConc". The texts were processed in a form of parallel corpus. Consequently, 201 key words and their collocations were selected which formed the subject of the investigation. Finally, translations and structures were analysed and evaluated.
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Development of Russia economy under Putin governance
Šnejdarová, Ilona ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Suchá, Tereza (referee)
The aim is to characterize the progression of the Russian economy after 2000, and the influence of Vladimir Putin. The beginning of the first chapter briefly outlines the situation before 2000. The main part follows up the assessment of macroeconomic indicators, classified according to the mandates of President Putin. The second chapter deals with relations between Russia and the EU and the U.S. The final part focuses on the impact of Putin's role as a premiere of the country and the prospects of the Russian economy.
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New Regionalism in the External Relations of Brazil
Chvátalová, Kristýna ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Suchá, Tereza (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of the external relations of Brazil. I compare the states in terms of a volume of trade and preferencies. That comparison is the main objective of this thesis. I used a variety of statistics from official websites of organizations - ALADI, World Trade Organization - WTO, Conference for Reconstruction and Development - UNCTAD and the Brazilian Ministry for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade - Ministerio do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior.
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