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Unification policy of South Korea in the years 2007 - 2012
Polivka, Ervin ; Ferklová, Blanka (advisor) ; Zemánek, Marek (referee)
The main topic of thesis is to describe and draw attention to the unification policy of South Korea during Lee Myung-bak administration in 2007-2012 term. Thesis contrasts different aspects of the policy from the policies of the previous administrations. Furthermore, the economic and social character of the problem is included, where I lightly try to outline the opportunities and prospective scenarios of the given term. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The EU foreign policy toward the North Korea: its effects and limitation
Jang, Seong Jung ; Rovná, Lenka (advisor) ; Biriczová, Hana (referee)
Jang, Seong Jung EU has been engaged in North Korean affairs since it started humanitarian aid in 1990s. EU has developed institutional grounds for the diplomatic relation and it has implemented foreign policy towards North Korea in the context of Asia strategy. Its approach to North Korea is connected with Neo-liberal thinking. It stressed the international cooperation to resolve the nuclear problem, and utilized political dialogues and international institution to improve the poor human rights in North Korea. It also continued humanitarian aid irrespective of security problem, and offered economic cooperation programs for the economic development of North Korea. However, EU is not in the strong position to affect the security issue in the Korean peninsula due to various causes such as the geopolitical distance. Moreover, EU's economic cooperation programs are often frustrated by the political constraints. Rather, it puts the energy in keeping the position by playing a leading role in the improvement of human rights and continuing humanitarian aid. This policy trend will be continued in the near future. Though there are limited capacity, EU has strengths in part to contribute to the settlement of the North Korean issues with a few reasons. First, EU gains a favorable position to access to North...
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North Korea's media construction under Kim Jong - il and Kim Jong - un rulership
Peka, David ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
North Korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world. The media therefore play an important role in shaping the image of this country abroad. The aim of this diploma thesis was to find out how Czech online media represented the DPRK between 2010 and 2012, when the power was transferred from Kim Jong-il to Kim Jong-un. In the first part of the thesis, I qualitatively analysed 48 articles from five Czech online media: lidovky.cz, novinky.cz, iHNed.cz, respekt.cz and reflex.cz. I chose grounded theory as a research technique. However, the aim of the research was not to build the theory itself, but to conceptualize and describe the relations among the individual media representations of the DPRK. The analysis revealed that the online media reported on the DPRK mainly in connection with country's poor economic situation and with related deep inequalities between the ruling class and people. The transfer of power in North Korea was reported by Czech media in connection with Kim Jong-il's poor health. After his death, the media focused on uncertainty about the country's future. At the end of the period the media represented Kim Jong-un as the new North Korean leader, who was seeking for his own ruling style, which was based on the cult of personality.
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Assesment of the Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions: The Cases of Iran and North Korea
Hába, Tomáš ; Ditrych, Ondřej (advisor) ; Plášek, David (referee)
This thesis examines the apparent discrepancy in success between Iran and North Korea when it comes to developing nuclear weapons. Both states at one time sought to acquire nuclear weapons for internal political and external security reasons. But whereas North Korea successfully detonated its first atomic bomb in 2006, Iran was pressured into an agreement in 2015 which put significant restraints on its nuclear programme. This thesis finds that there were multiple contributory factors that lay behind these differing outcomes. Specifically, it finds that while both nations had similar motivations to acquire nuclear weapons, their economic/military capabilities and the external pressure against their ambition differed in one case from the other. The ability of North Korea to deter a potential military attack from the United States together with the regime's ability to rely on its Chinese and South Korean partners for diplomatic protection as well as its own brutality towards its own population played the key role.
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China's Identity in Relations to North Korea
Vlčková, Michala ; Karmazin, Aleš (advisor) ; Hynek, Nikola (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with Chinese national identities that can be found in its foreign policy towards North Korea. At the beginning of this thesis the basic notion of national identity is defined and the overall methodological procedure of the submitted work is presented. Subsequently, Chinese identities and the basic historical context necessary to understand the broader context of this work are presented in more detail. Then we analyze Chinese statements and Chinese foreign policy in relation to North Korea and determine the possible occurrence of some of the Chinese national identities. In the conclusion of our analysis, we find that Chinese common identities apparent in China's global orientation are only partially found in China's policy towards North Korea. From the analysis of both Chinese statements and foreign policy, it is clear that there are some elements typical of individual identities, most often for the identity of China as one of the great powers. Even though we find that the progressive traditional Chinese-North Korean fraternal relations are weakening, the analysis of Chinese identities confirms the historical specificity of this relationship and, in general, both these nations.
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The role of the U.S. in Six-Party Talks
Čížek, Michael ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Stejskalová, Kristýna (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with multi-party negotiations about denuclearization of North Korea called Six-Party Talks. The negotiations took place from 2003 to 2009 during presidency of G. W. Bush. He was known for his hard-line policies towards enemies of the United States. The role of the U.S. is the main topic of the thesis. The first part analyzes the concept of hegemony and its historical development. The second part deals with the idea of identity of the U.S. through the theory of constructivism. The last part mentions the Six-party Talks itself. The American politics, strategy, main interests and aims of the negotiations are presented along with the form and evolution of the talks. Last but not least, the thesis portrays the main reasons of the discontinuation of negotiations. The main aim of the thesis is to find out the cause why the Six-party Talks crashed before they reached a solution.
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Mezikorejská ekonomická spolupráce a role obchodu v ní.
Sapelnikova, Anna ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Jedlinský, Jakub (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the economic cooperation between North Korea and South Korea. This topic is essential to study because not only does it illustrate significant historical affairs, such as division of one nation and a fight for independency, but it also has a serious impact on the global economy. The topic is chosen for several complex reasons. First of all, the issue of South-North relationship is quite interesting in and of itself. Secondly, the economic potential of the East Asian region is exponential. The rising importance of Eastern Asia in the global economy became self-evident. The purpose of the diploma thesis is to study Inter-Korean economic cooperation, determine the role of trade in it, and to find answers for the research questions using quantitative analysis within methodology.
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