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Italian foreign policy during the government of Silvio Berlusconi
Nesměráková, Barbora ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of Italian foreign policy under Silvio Berlusconi. The first chapter focuses on the development of the domestic and foreign policy of Italy after World War II and its European integration. The second part is devoted to the domestic development of Italy at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries and the influence of Silvio Berlusconi on Italy as a whole. The last chapter and main chapter of this bachelor thesis is focused on foreign policy under the government of Silvio Berlusconi.
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The role of Chinese diplomacy in contemporary international relations
Stehnová, Jana ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to characterize Chinese diplomacy and its position in the area of International relations. Chosen theoretical basis from the area of diplomatic studies and the area of cultural analysis correspond with the main goal of the thesis. The paper is thematically divided into three chapters, where the first one is focused on the definition of theoretical basis from the area of cultural studies and on the analysis of Chinese foreign policy, the method of literary research and analysis is used here. In the second chapter, the value orientation and paradigmatic principles of Chinese society is specified. The third chapter comprises of the synthesis and of a case study that verifies its conclusion.
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Kolumbie Zahraniční politika Tvorba: vliv nestátních subjektů
Alviz Hernandez, Maria Alejandra ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Maslowski, Nicolas (referee)
This study is titled Colombia Foreign Policy Making: the influence of non-state actors and its main purpose is to analyze the influence of Non-State actors, violent type and Human Rights NGOs, in the Colombian Foreign policy behavior. It is divided into three respective sections -- a Constructive theoretical framework, the directions of the Colombia Foreign Policy, and the practical part to find the influence of Non-state actors in Colombia Foreign Policy behavior. It strives to answer how Colombian Foreign Policy behavior it's affected by Violent Non-state actors negatively and by Human Rights NGOs.
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The importance of petroleum for the economy of Venezuela and for its involvement in the international trade
Tkáčová, Petra ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Zamykalová, Miroslava (referee)
In the early 20th century, coal was replaced with petroleum, which turned into new source of world energy, and suddenly became a strategic resource with considerable influence at the international level. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the major oil and gas actor in the world and its decisions about raw materials have a worldwide influence. It is the fifth-largest exporter and eighth oil producer in the world. Venezuela owns the largest hydrocarbon reserves in the Western Hemisphere, specifically 172 trillion barrels of oil and 5.1 trillion meters cubic of natural gas. Hugo Chavez's government has used the situation and the issue of depletion of world oil reserves and through ownership of high oil reserves established diplomatic relations with a wide range of countries. Among those who were not in alliances should be mentioned countries such as China and Cuba or members of OPEC. He also used the oil to support the integration of Latin American and Caribbean States and created the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America. The structure of the thesis is designed to provide analysis of the foreign policy of Venezuela, and point to the importance of oil in international trade.
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Role malých států v mezinárodních vztazích: Komparativní analýza České republiky a Izraele
Hlavsová, Aneta ; Sršeň, Radim (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This study is titled Role of Small States in International Relations: Comparative Analysis of the Czech Republic and Israel and its main purpose is to analyze a typical small state's behavior in the international arena on the examples of the Czech and Israeli foreign policy. It is divided into four respective sections -- a theoretical framework, historical background, and the two case studies, and it strives to answer a foundational question whether the Czech Republic and Israel can be considered small players in international relations based on the theoretical definition of the notion of a small state as well as the countries' current foreign policy approaches and tools.
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Evoluce Italské Zahraniční Politiky
Kotúčová, Michaela ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Druláková, Radka (referee)
This paper work analyses the foreign policy of Italy from its foundation in 1861 until nowadays. Its main aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the Italian actions and its position within the international system as well as to examine core objectives, means and factors of the Italian foreign policy making. The country went through different stages during its 154-year existence and experienced various types of state organisation and ideologies which were all reflect in its foreign policy making. The analysis verifies that the approach to the foreign policy making, targets and means to achieve them in Italy differed in each phase. These phases were the Kingdom of Italy, the First Republic and the Second Republic. Hence, the foreign policy of Italy is examined in the framework of these stages and each chapter thus corresponds to one of them. A theoretical chapter is also incorporated into this paper work in order to facilitate the understanding of the forthcoming analysis further in the text.
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French neocolonialism in 20th and 21st century: military interventions in Africa
Pokrupová, Michaela ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
The diploma thesis is focused on French neocolonialism towards its former African colonies. French neocolonialism is analysed from 1960 so called Year of Africa until nowadays. There are two case studies concerning recent French military interventions in Mali and Central Africa. The objective of this diploma thesis is to analyse French foreign approach towards the defined territory on the bases of specialized bibliography and primary resources, and to answer the question asked by the author of this diploma thesis in the Introduction of this piece and to reach the evaluation. The diploma thesis is structured into three parts. In the Introduction, there is a short summary of the topic and there is also the hypothesis stating that the French foreign policy towards its former African colonies shows characteristics of neocolonialism. The first chapter defines the basic terms such as colonialism, decolonisation and foreign policy. There is also a detailed description of terms necolonialism and postcolonialism. The second chapter analyses French actions in sub-Saharan Africa from 1960 till nowadays from the political, economic, cultural and military point of view. A special part of this chapter is a period from 1990 till our days. The third chapter is made of two case studies: military interventions in Mali and Central Africa that shows the neocolonial approach appearing in the French foreign policy towards sub-Saharan Africa. A part of this chapter is also a synthesis of both interventions. The conclusion of diploma thesis sums up all the knowledge gained thanks to the studying of specialized bibliography and it confirms the hypothesis set in the Introduction of this work.
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USA as a Global Superpower and its Position in the 21th Century
Wurstová, Adéla ; Sršeň, Radim (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This thesis is dealing with the analysis of American attributes of power which formed the USA as a superpower and has influenced the world politics in the 21st century. Hypothesis that the USA is still a superpower on the beginning of the 21st century was confirmed in six chapters. The first part of the diploma thesis presents theoretical and methodological bases, history and development of the United States and its rise to superpower status after the Second World War. The second part of the thesis, the last three chapters which are dealing with current American foreign policy and its relations with other important states and regions, proved the expected results of the hypothesis. Therefore the result of the thesis is that the United States still maintains its leading position of the global superpower despite of its relative political and economic weakness in the recent years.
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Actual state of bilateral relations between the EU and the PRC
Hlavan, Tomáš ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of actual state of bilateral relations between the EU and the PRC. The aim of this thesis is to answer question, whether diversity of actorness which occurs in cooperation between the EU and the PRC affects current form and content of their bilateral relations. The theoretical part applies two different approaches to the topic of actorness --theories of international relations and the theory of international law. The empirical part is based on an analysis of particular primary documents, adopted by these two parties. At first is performed an analysis of the EU external relations with the PRC in terms of their historical development which is followed by SWOT analysis which determines current content and form of their bilateral relationship. Based on research findings from this SWOT analysis the thesis suggests ten recommendations for EU-PRC relationship.
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Norský Vládní penzijní fond jako nástroj zahraniční politiky?
Poskerová, Lenka ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (referee)
This thesis focuses on the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund, and its linkage to the Norwegian foreign policy. The Kingdom of Norway is usually presented as a role model of a Nordic welfare state. Nevertheless, nothing of this would be possible without oil discovery on the Norwegian offshore in 1969. This thesis debates about possible oil discovery impacts on Norwegian foreign policy throughout the time and tries to analyse and elaborate on major foreign policy challenges. It tries to define whether the Norwegian foreign policy followed Norwegian investment interests and shifted policy's direction since the establishment of the Government Pension or not. Furthermore, the Government Pension Fund -- Global is not intended to be used as a foreign policy instrument. However, some information indicates the contrary. Thesis attempts to answer the question from a wider perspective.
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