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Territorial Disputes of the 21st Century in the Context of Resources Security
Machytka, Daniel ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
Mgr. Daniel Machytka, Ph.D. Abstract This thesis focuses on the comparison of four selected territorial disputes and on the analysis of their related realities with an emphasis on the strategic importance of these disputed areas. The chosen topics were the territorial dispute between Russia and Japan over the Kuril Islands, the dispute between Argentina and Great Britain over the Falkland Islands, and then two multilateral territorial disputes over the Paracel and Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. This work presents these researched disputes not only from their historical point of view but also with regard to valid international regulations, especially with regard to the rules based on the regulation of the law of the sea, which was adopted in 1982 by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Last but not least, the development of such disputes was studied as close as possible to the present time, when the main time period of the presented research was the period from the beginning of the 21st century. The studied territorial disputes were first analyzed separately and then compared together in order to discover mutual macro-causal connections and key similarities. The biggest similarity is the potential for conflict, which is evident from the actions that national states use to dominate their area of...
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Olivenza: the disputed area of the Portuguese-Spanish relations
Vyšatová, Eliška ; Šušlíková, Lada (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
Diploma thesis "Olivenza: the disputed area of the Portuguese-Spanish relations", is about lying to the Portuguese-Spanish border, whose domination is the subject of dispute for centuries. The first part describes developments since its inception in the fall of undemocratic regimes in Portugal and Spain, as well as their development under the current democratic groups and finally the current situation. It deals with the question, what exactly is the dispute of why the local population considers members of the Portuguese nation, despite living in a territory which is part of the Kingdom of Spain, that is exactly what the legal aspect of the current situation and whether this issue in the 21st century to date. This is intrinsic case studies using the analysis process and process tracing.
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Contemporary Japanese View of Present-Day China
Šašinka, Jakub ; Sýkora, Jan (advisor) ; Labus, David (referee)
The thesis describes contemporary Japanese view of present-day China. During last thirty years this view has changed from mutual respect to sense of rivalry. There are several reasons for that change. The first one is rise of Chinese and Japanese nationalism. The second one is problematic interpretation of Second World War in Japanese history textbooks. The third one is different economic, demographic and military development of Japan and China. Last reason covers territorial disputes between the two countries.
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Olivenza: the disputed area of the Portuguese-Spanish relations
Vyšatová, Eliška ; Šušlíková, Lada (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
Diploma thesis "Olivenza: the disputed area of the Portuguese-Spanish relations", is about lying to the Portuguese-Spanish border, whose domination is the subject of dispute for centuries. The first part describes developments since its inception in the fall of undemocratic regimes in Portugal and Spain, as well as their development under the current democratic groups and finally the current situation. It deals with the question, what exactly is the dispute of why the local population considers members of the Portuguese nation, despite living in a territory which is part of the Kingdom of Spain, that is exactly what the legal aspect of the current situation and whether this issue in the 21st century to date. This is intrinsic case studies using the analysis process and process tracing.
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The impact of political and economic situation in Argentina on the dispute over the Falkland Islands
Houšková, Lenka ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Melounová, Irena (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dedicated to the Falkland Islands dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom. It investigates Argentina's stand on the issue and its solution, while focusing on domestic political and economic conditions, and their influence on the dispute. Argentina's steps to reaching a solution and developments in Argentinian political system and economy are summarised. Consequently, it is discussed how and to which degree domestic conditions in Argentina have influenced the issue of Falkland Islands and why it has not been solved yet.
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