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Comparison of the view of events in Czechoslovakia on example of Národní politika and České slovo magazines
Deutschová, Kristýna ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee)
The diploma thesis Comparison of the Exile Press's View of Events in Czechoslovakia Using Národní politika and České slovo As Examples analyses the content of exile periodicals relating to the events in Czechoslovakia from the late 1960s until 1989. The analysis focuses on four events which can be seen as key moments in the period in question. The first event covered in the work is the Prague Spring, commencing with the first flashes of change to the occupation by the Warsaw Pact forces and its consequences. The analysis then explores the Helsinki Conference and the related civil initiative of Charter 77. The last even analysed is the Velvet Revolution and the period immediately preceding it. The first part of the thesis gives a historical overview of the development of the situation in Czechoslovakia during the period in question with an emphasis on the aforementioned events in Czechoslovak history. The second part analyses and compares selected periodicals' view of these events and their reaction to the development of the situation in Czechoslovakia. Emphasis is also placed on how exiles saw their role in the events in Czechoslovakia. The thesis also focus on the second wave of emigration, often referred to as the post-August emigration, which brought a series of new challenges, including dealing...
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Comparison of the view of events in Czechoslovakia on example of Národní politika and České slovo magazines
Deutschová, Kristýna ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee)
The diploma thesis Comparison of the Exile Press's View of Events in Czechoslovakia Using Národní politika and České slovo As Examples analyses the content of exile periodicals relating to the events in Czechoslovakia from the late 1960s until 1989. The analysis focuses on four events which can be seen as key moments in the period in question. The first event covered in the work is the Prague Spring, commencing with the first flashes of change to the occupation by the Warsaw Pact forces and its consequences. The analysis then explores the Helsinki Conference and the related civil initiative of Charter 77. The last even analysed is the Velvet Revolution and the period immediately preceding it. The first part of the thesis gives a historical overview of the development of the situation in Czechoslovakia during the period in question with an emphasis on the aforementioned events in Czechoslovak history. The second part analyses and compares selected periodicals' view of these events and their reaction to the development of the situation in Czechoslovakia. Emphasis is also placed on how exiles saw their role in the events in Czechoslovakia. The thesis also focus on the second wave of emigration, often referred to as the post-August emigration, which brought a series of new challenges, including dealing...
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The Helsinki process and it's impact on the regime oposition in GDR and ČSSR
Jeřábková, Anna ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kučera, Jaroslav (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the opposition movement in the former Czechoslovak Socialistic Republic and the German Democratic Republic and aims at their comparison after signing the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. This Helsinki Accords committed both states to the observance of human rights. In the first part of the thesis the approaches of different authors to use the term of opposition and dissent are defined. The second part primarily outlines the international situation after the World War II and mentions the need for a European Security Conference, which after all led to the CSCE. In the third part, the opposition movements in both states are presented, and it is investigated how the situation of the opposition in both countries was influenced by the Helsinki process. The Charter 77 was quickly formed in Czechoslovakia. It referred to the commitments made in the Helsinki Final Act in its statement. The development was slower in the GDR. There was a stable opposition from the circle of the Evangelical Church, and mainly addressed was the peace question. The Human Rights Movement was inspired by the Czechoslovak Charter 77 and it began to emerge only in the second half of the eighties. This indicates that the development of the opposition movement...
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The Helsinki Conference and the Cold War
Hannibal, Marek ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
This Thesis is to examine the topic of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe which took place in 1973-1975. The proposals to convene the Security Conference date back to the fifties, when the Soviet Union called on the European countries to attend the Conference in order to resolve the security situation in Europe. During my research, I asked what motives were behind the invitation to convene the Conference and what caused the failure of these initiatives. I prove that the ultimate goal of the Soviet Union was not the conclusion of the collective agreement, but rather to weaken the West. In chronologic order I follow the development of the relations between the Warsaw Pact and the NATO in the sixties, which eventually led to the start of the Conference in 1973. I also describe interests of groups of countries during the Conference and analyze their role in the adoption of the Final Act.
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The Role of Helsinki Group on the Observance of Human Rights in Ukraine
Balahura, Milan ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Zilynskyj, Bohdan (referee)
This Bachelor thesis discusses the history of Ukrainian dissidents, especially in their final stage known as the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. It focuses on the influence of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group on the observance of human rights in Ukraine. This organization was created after the Soviet Union signed the Final Act of the Conference in Helsinki, and was intended to inform the Ukrainian people and the world community about the human rights situation in Ukraine. Although it was a legal civil organization, soon after its founding all of its members were arrested and imprisoned for many years in labor camps and in exile. Despite this repression, and primarily due to the strong will of the political prisoners and members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group abroad, this organization managed to continue reporting about the constant human rights violations perpetrated by the Soviet Communist regime. These violations occurred in spite of that fact that they were the very same human rights which the Soviet Union promised to observe and protect at the Helsinki Conference. The Group's members also managed to inform the world community about the status of political prisoners in the gulags. That information, coupled with pressure from the political representatives of the United States and Canada, was instrumental...
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Possibilities of the OSCE’s reform in the context of the European security dialogue
Manoch, Karel ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the contemporary position of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in the European security architecture and, in particular, it is devoted to the assessment of the reform possibilities of this organization whose efficiency and relevance are being questioned these days. The thesis concentrates on the unique features of the OSCE as well as on the analysis of its strong and weak points and of the interests of the key players too. Previous attempts of the OSCE's reform including the most recent initiatives and proposals in a wide European security negotiations framework are also profoundly discussed. On the basis of preceding findings, summarizing conclusions are finally drawn and the thesis predicts probable scenarios concerning the future of OSCE and its reform process.
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