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The Russian Federation in front of the 21st century security challenges: Cooperation or confrontation
Mkrtchyan, Mikhail ; Michálek, Luděk (advisor) ; Solovyeva, Anzhelika (referee)
The past two decades have led to dramatic changes in Russian foreign policy, shifting it from post- communist democratization to the path of aggressive revisionism and confrontation with the West. These changes are, to greater degree, regarded with Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategic vision on Russia's future. Since 2007, Russian revisionist foreign actions progressively led to confrontation with the West, which culminated in March 2014 amid Russian annexation of Crimea. The work discusses a number of aspects the Russia-West confrontation such as economic sanctions, nuclear proliferation, proxy wars and current rapidly evolving military escalation at the Ukrainian borders. This also includes Russia's security demands presented to the United States and NATO on 17 December 2021. Simultaneously, this work attempts to connect the role of Western sanctions in worsening of domestic issues inside of Russia such as declining demography, poverty and corruption. In addition, the thesis indicates unnecessary securitization of the Russia- West and Russia-NATO relationships. At the same time, the thesis attempts to show a number of the structural level threats that should be securitized by Russia. These challenges are growing Pan- Turkism and risks of strategic partnership with China, which may pose a...
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The Causes of Bill Clinton's Health Care Reform Failure
Sukopová, Hana ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
This bachelor's thesis seeks to examine the causes of failure of health care reform which was debated in the United States of America during the 103rd Congress in 1993-1994. The reform was closely connected with president Bill Clinton and its main aim was to enact a universal health insurance. A universal health insurance has no tradition in the United States. The thesis begins with a brief summary of traditional American values that resulted in establishing a very different system of health care from the one common in most European countries. Following is a brief historical overview of the development of American health care from the 19th century till the end of the 1980s, which outlines the problems leading to the need of the reform. Subsequently, the process of reform preparation and Congress debate are examined and the most important and controversial modifications of the system are unveiled. In the following chapter, reasons for the failure of the reform proposal are analysed. Those reasons are divided on the basis of their matter into two parts. A viewpoint of the GOP, the most important counter-proposals of members of Congress, opinion reversal of the public, employers' and interest groups' objections are described in the first part. Errors committed by the Clinton's administration during...
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Factors influencing individuals as international relations actors
Adamková, Petra ; Peterková, Jana (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with factors influencing individual's decision-making in the international field. These factors are divided into two sections - inner and exogenous, and are described and analysed. Emphasis is put on those entities, which play a key part when describing the foreign policy of Mr Vaclav Havel, the president of the Czech Republic and a respected figure abroad. Specific factors having influence on Vaclav Havel are stated in the empiric part of the thesis. All of these are linked to president's acts on the international stage.
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