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Subregional Cooperation in the Mekong River Basin: Program GMS
Součková, Lucie ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Musiyenko, Svitlana (referee)
The main focus of this bachelor thesis is the cooperation between the subregions of Southeast Asian countries situated on the river Mekong. The objective of the resesarch is to display subregional cooperation in this particular area and its impact on the development of these areas. Effectivity of subregional cooperation in this part of Southeast Asia has been discovered within the case study aimed to the program of the Asian Development Bank named Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). From the analysis of the indicators which are maping not only the econommical status but also standard of living conditions the big improvement has been made within last 20 years. Rising integration in the subregion leads to improvement of the infrastructure and effectivity of manufacturing processes which led to engagement of these countries on world markets and the intensity of intraregional trade growth. Opening the borders for easier movement of the goods, capital and people has its downs for instance the increase of criminality around the border areas. However, the criticism of subregional cooperation which compares them to confusing mixture of initiatives in the case of GMS program, the form of cooperation seems to be effective for several reasons: its based on cooperatiom on the local level which leds to bigger consequences towards the general standards of living, cooperation is mainly managed by the market and therefore is not so demanding for institutionslization and involvement of the government which is mainly beneficial for countries with weaker government sector.
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Foreign policy and security cooperation of the Visegrad Group
Kostelanská, Ivana ; Matějka, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
With the current developments in Ukraine and the escalating crisis, Visegrád Group is facing a serious foreign policy and security challenges. Are Bratislava, Warsaw, Prague and Budapest able to find common ground in relation to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine? The V4 countries come together to "save" Ukraine, but ultimately each country faces its own challenges and pursue its own interests. The first chapter of thesis is dedicated to the theoretical definition of regional cooperation. The second chapter will specifically address the creation and development of sub-regional grouping of Visegrád states. In the third and fourth chapter we will focus on current challenges, which determine the shape of Visegrád cooperation. In foreign policy, it will be the ability of the V4 countries to respond jointly to the Ukrainian crisis, which is set in the immediate vicinity of the borders of Visegrád countries. In the security and defence area we will focus on the V4 flagship project - European Union battle group consisting of the Visegrád group countries, which should be on the alert in the first half of 2016.
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