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The Visegrad cooperation in the Czech foreign policy since the year 2003
Kříž, Václav ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
The thesis is focusing on the issue of the role of the Visegrad cooperation in the Czech foreign policy since the year 2003. The aim is to clarify what role did the Visegrad co-operation or rather individual Czech presidencies of the Visegrad Group (2003-2004, 2006-2007, 2011-2012) have in the Czech foreign agenda. The thesis tries to answer based on the diachronic comparison if in the case of the topic of the Visegrad cooperation it is possible to talk about lack of the political interest, which means basically that the agenda of the cooperation is defined by the state's bureaucratic apparatus. The main focus is aimed at the role of the Government of the Czech Republic in the process while it is the main player of the Czech foreign policy. For this reason there are sources analyzed as for instance concept documents o the governments as well as literature, which provides better insights to what actually was achieved during the period of the Czech presidencies. The analyses confirms that in case of the Visegrad cooperation it is appropriate to speak about the lack of the political interests and in the same time about rather successful managing of the presidencies by the bureaucratic apparatus. The thesis might possibly serve as bases for the further study of the topic.
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The Visegrad cooperation in the Czech foreign policy since the year 2003
Kříž, Václav ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
The thesis is focusing on the issue of the role of the Visegrad cooperation in the Czech foreign policy since the year 2003. The aim is to clarify what role did the Visegrad co-operation or rather individual Czech presidencies of the Visegrad Group (2003-2004, 2006-2007, 2011-2012) have in the Czech foreign agenda. The thesis tries to answer based on the diachronic comparison if in the case of the topic of the Visegrad cooperation it is possible to talk about lack of the political interest, which means basically that the agenda of the cooperation is defined by the state's bureaucratic apparatus. The main focus is aimed at the role of the Government of the Czech Republic in the process while it is the main player of the Czech foreign policy. For this reason there are sources analyzed as for instance concept documents o the governments as well as literature, which provides better insights to what actually was achieved during the period of the Czech presidencies. The analyses confirms that in case of the Visegrad cooperation it is appropriate to speak about the lack of the political interests and in the same time about rather successful managing of the presidencies by the bureaucratic apparatus. The thesis might possibly serve as bases for the further study of the topic.
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The position of the Visegrad countries in the European Union
Molnárová, Bettina ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Vrňáková, Irena (referee)
The aim of this paper is to identify common and differing opinions of the governments of the Visegrad countries and introducing the character of their cooperation in case of convergence of interests. The paper seeks to answer the following research question: In what areas of current European policy are the interests of the Visegrad countries similar and in which do they differ? Do Visegrad countries cooperate in case their interests are similar? What is the current situation in the V4 countries and what are the prospects for the adoption of a common currency?
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Importance of the Visegrad Group for member states
Stanová, Zuzana ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
Nowadays, there are numerous regional and universal international organizations. The objective of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the importance of one of them, the Visegrad Group. The importance of the Visegrad Group is observed in term of fulfilling the functions of international organizations. This thesis introduces in the first (theoretical) part different typologies of functions of international organizations, other (analytical) parts of the thesis tie in with the theoretical one and provide short overview of some examples of (not) fulfilling the six observed functions. The Visegrad Group doesn't fulfil adequately all the observed functions, therefore it is also considered to be an international regime. Moreover, some of the functions are fulfilled by other international organizations, which the Visegrad Group member states are the members of. This fact waters down the importance of the Visegrad Group.
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Sub-Regional Cooperation and European Integration. The Role of the Visegrad Cooperation and Baltic Cooperation in the Architecture of the European Union
Zelenická, Zuzana ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Krines, Vlastimil (referee) ; Vlček, Dalibor (referee) ; Had, Miloslav (referee)
The aim of this work is to analyse the mutual relationship of sub-regional cooperation structures and the dominant integration structure: the European Union. We follow the evolution of mutual relationship between Visegrad Cooperation and the EU from the establishment of such sub-regional cooperation structure until today. Similarly, we analyse the relationship of the Baltic Cooperation and the EU. Later, we compare the evolution of both cooperation types on the background of their integration into the EU and thus identify their specifics. In the final part, we widen the research scope on the whole European Union and even more on the European continent and we try to identify and categorize existing cooperation and integration structures in this wider European region. As a conclusion we introduce brief characteristics of sub-regional cooperation and integration process in Europe in the relation to the EU and suggest future development.
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The role of the Visegrad Four under current conditions.
Harvišová, Simona ; Klosová, Anna (advisor) ; Gullová, Soňa (referee)
The theme of the diploma thesis is the Visegrad Four and its activity from the establishment in 1991 to the present. The aim of the thesis is to focus on the main purpose of the Group. The thesis examines fulfillment of set goals, which accomplishment the cooperation of V4 enabled. Significant activities of the group include EU entry, NATO entry, Schengen membership and establishment of CEFTA. The thesis covers present economic development of members of Visegrad and monetary policy regarding possible Euro acceptance. In the closing part there are the current priorities and spheres of cooperation of the Visegrad Group evaluated, i.e. activity in the EU and cooperation within V4, as well as other future perspective interest areas.
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