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Presidential Election in the US: Barack Obama's Campaign
Hronová, Lada ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
Barack Obama's theme of candidature for President of United States of America, campaigning and then succesfuly won presidential election have became milestone in american history, when the afroamerican president has been elected for the first time. When candidate in primaries with Democratic Party or in final fase of presidental election against his republican competitor John McCain Barack Obama became well admired by american and also world public. Unmistakably important role had common unpopularity of previous president George W. Bush. Obama was also well known and treasured for his novel opinions on events in USA and in the world, as called problem regions (Afghanistan, Irac, etc.). But main assumption for his election became the way of leading and financing of his campaign. Organisation team introduced new ideas into system like internet campaign in a first place but mainly decisive was the way of gaining finance fonds. In my work I would like to analyse Barack Obama's campaign and reasons why he was elected to be the president. During this campaign rose logical race question considering Obama's etnic and race origin. I would like to concentrate on how important role in the campaign played color of his skin and if this fact was advantage or disadvantage considering historicaly deeprooted...
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The Comparison between Health Care Reform of W. Clinton and Health Care Reform of B. Obama
Čermáková, Zuzana ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis The Comparison between Health Care Reform of W. Clinton and Health Care Reform of B. Obama deals with the health care system of the United States of America. The aim is to explore the mechanisms for securing affordable health coverage of the reform proposals of the last two Democratic presidents of the USA, The National Health Security Act and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Despite a lapse of more than fifteen years the goals of proposals were the same. Both presidents called for reducing the federal deficit and the number of uninsured Americans. Analysis of the bills shows there are many similarities in the mechanisms for ensuring health insurance. Even if President Obama adopted a more conservative approach than President Clinton, both reform proposals were based on the system of managed competition and on the state intervention.
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Applying the Reagan doctrine in Afghanistan During the Soviet Occupation
Šimčíková, Klára ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 ended the period of détente between the USSR and the US. In this new phase of escalation of the Cold War, Ronald Reagan's administration applied a new foreign policy strategy in the Third World. This new strategy, known as the Reagan Doctrine, included increased assistance to anticommunist insurgencies against client regimes of the USSR. This thesis examines the application of the Reagan Doctrine in Afghanistan. Using this country as a case in point, it attempts to find out to what extent the Reagan Doctrine was a coherent strategy or whether there were any inconsistencies in its application. Also, it seeks to find out how successful the Reagan Doctrine was in Afghanistan with regards to forcing the Soviet troops to withdraw. It also shows the long-term consequences for the USSR, the United States and Afghanistan itself.
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Beijing as a responsible stakeholder: the role of the PRC in the international system of the 21st century according to the USA
Hornát, Jan ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
In a speech in 2005 Robert Zoellick called on China to become a "responsible stakeholder" in the international system. This notion soon became an official American concept widely used in US-China relations. Washington urges Beijing to become a responsible country, which sustains and enhances the international system. Zoellick's concept encourages the engagement of China and bilateral cooperation between China and the US/Western world. Beijing accepts the concept as an important part of US-China relations; on the other hand Chinese leaders seem hesitant and cautious regarding certain aspects of Zoellick's idea of "responsible stakeholder". This paper will first define the American concept and compare it with Chinese political concepts; in the second part, it will concentrate on the various examples of the practical application of the concept. A case-study dealing with China's role in the Six Party Talks (where the US considers China to be a "responsible stakeholder") will demonstrate the duplicity of Chinese behavior and show that China in most cases prefers to follow its own "vital" interests rather than acting as a "responsible stakeholder".
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Comparison of climate change policy of the United States and People's Republic of China between 2004 and 2009
Kopecký, Václav ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Comparison of climate change policy of the United States and People's Republic of China between 2004 and 2009" deals with a development, main actors and key documents of two above mentioned countries between years 2004 and 2009. Contrary to different social-economic conditions, political system or rhetoric, the two governments had, surprisingly, a lot of in common in their stance towards climate change or policy of mitigation. They were unwilling to curb their GHG emissions mandatorily but they supported renewable resources of energy, improvements of energy intensity in industry, improvements of energy efficiency and implementations of
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American Security Policy towards Failed States with a Special Focus on the Case of Somalia
Kindl, Lukáš ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
During the 1990s, the United States gradually came to recognize that failed states emerged as a new threat to international security as they could become safe havens for terrorist or criminal groups, destabilize entire regions, and also provoke humanitarian crises. This thesis starts with an analysis of the general trends in the U.S. security policy towards these states since the early 1990s. Subsequently, it focuses on the concrete case of the U.S. policy towards Somalia, probably the most typical example of a failed state. Somalia has lacked a viable central government since 1991 and is internally fragmented as a result of a struggle between various clans. In the aftermath of negative experience from a humanitarian intervention in the midst of Somali civil war, the United States disengaged from Somalia and reevaluated its approach to such interventions in general. However, with regard to the War on Terror, the U.S. focused on this country once again and supported a newly created central government in hopes that it could restore order and prevent Somalia from becoming a breeding ground for terrorists. However, the government turned unable to govern, as it was challenged by an armed resistance. The aim of this thesis is to assess the most suitable approach toward Somalia the United States should implement...
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