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The Merchant or the Vicar? The Role of Values and Interests in the Dutch EU Enlargement Policy
Lellák, Jan ; Rovná, Lenka (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis examines with the Dutch attitude towards enlargement of the European Union. In Netherlands the EU enlargement is a politically sensitive issue. Dutch foreign policy is traditionally closely connected with the concept of "merchant and the vicar", reflecting both values of the society and national interests. Interestingly the attitude of the government, reflecting the public opinion, is much more conservative compared to other member states and strictly support the democratic conditionality as the core strategy of the EU to induce candidate states to comply with its human rights and democracy standards. Netherlands gives also special value to the need to give particular regards to the current absorption capacity of EU. The main purpose of the thesis is to evaluate to what extent is the official attitude of the Dutch government towards enlargement shaped by either interests or values of the society as a whole. I put the current Dutch attitude in the context of the current development in Serbia, as the most significant candidate state form the region of Western Balkans and Iceland. The thesis analyses two very similar cases: the cooperation with the ICTY in Hague and the Icesave dispute. Netherlands has long and persistently blocked the accession negotiations with Iceland and...
The comparisson of the foreign policy of Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice in the field of the International Criminal Tribunals
Láníková, Hana ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
This thesis compares the foreign policy of Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice in the field of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. The first chapter describes and compares the situations that led to the creation of the tribunals and their foundation. The second chapter characterizes and compares the foreign policy of the United States at the turn of 20th and 21st century in these regions. The third and fourth chapter compare the approach of both foreign ministers on the issue, primarily based on personal and political interests. Both chapters include the position of the administration in which the two women acted and their attitude and activities towards the tribunals. The aim is to compare coherently the approach of both ministers towards the tribunals during various administrations and US interests.

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