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Re-established partnership: Analysis of the American-Philippine security cooperation during Bush and Obama administrations
Kryl, Šimon ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Hornát, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyzes the security cooperation between the United States and the Philippine Republic during the period between 2001 and 2016 during which the security cooperation went through major changes. The U.S.-Philippine alliance became one of the cornerstones for the stabilization of the turbulent region of Southeast Asia. The main goal of this thesis is to analyze the areas of mutual cooperation, what are the arguments for the improvement of the partnership and what role was played by the People's Republic China in forming this relationship. The first chapter is explaining the historical context of the cooperation which is necessary to deepen the understanding of the topic. The second part analyses the security threats which influenced the building of the security cooperation between Washington and Manila. The third chapter focuses on the evolution of the U.S.-Philippine security relations during George W. Bush's administration. Bush's declaration of War on terror had a significant impact on improvement of the U.S.-Philippine security relations. The last chapter analyzes president Obama's Pivot to Asia and examines how Chinese military activities are reflected in Washington's relations with Manila. The thesis concludes that both Bush and Obama administrations could be credited for...
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Re-established partnership: Analysis of the American-Philippine security cooperation during Bush and Obama administrations
Kryl, Šimon ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Hornát, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyzes the security cooperation between the United States and the Philippine Republic during the period between 2001 and 2016 during which the security cooperation went through major changes. The U.S.-Philippine alliance became one of the cornerstones for the stabilization of the turbulent region of Southeast Asia. The main goal of this thesis is to analyze the areas of mutual cooperation, what are the arguments for the improvement of the partnership and what role was played by the People's Republic China in forming this relationship. The first chapter is explaining the historical context of the cooperation which is necessary to deepen the understanding of the topic. The second part analyses the security threats which influenced the building of the security cooperation between Washington and Manila. The third chapter focuses on the evolution of the U.S.-Philippine security relations during George W. Bush's administration. Bush's declaration of War on terror had a significant impact on improvement of the U.S.-Philippine security relations. The last chapter analyzes president Obama's Pivot to Asia and examines how Chinese military activities are reflected in Washington's relations with Manila. The thesis concludes that both Bush and Obama administrations could be credited for...
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Have the Finnish-Russian relations been influenced by Finland's entry in the EU?
Pajskr, David ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
Due to its complicated position between East and West Finland had to face a number of complicated situations in its history. After the gain of independence in 1917, Finland decided to commit to a policy of neutrality in order to avoid possible complications. After the Second World War, Finland was among vanquished nations. Finland used to be an ally of Germany, and also because of it and other things Finland was among vanquished nations. Finland was de facto forced to sign The Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance between The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and The Republic of Finland. Finland experienced a period called Finlandisation, when the USSR intervened mainly in Finnish foreign affairs policy which largely limited Finnish cooperation with the West. Finland tried to act as a "mediator" between East and West in this period. Entirely new situation occurred after the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent entry of Finland to the EU. Until 2004 Finland was the only EU country that had a common border with Russia. This work aims to determine whether the Finnish entry to the EU has changed the character of the Finnish-Russian relations due to the above mentioned facts.
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Normalization of relations between Japan and the PRC and its implications for current Japan-Taiwan relations
Tomečková, Lenka ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
Presented bachelor thesis is dealing with the normalization of relations between Japan and the PRC, related factors and events and their implications for current pattern of Japan-Taiwan relations. The research topic is narrowed down to security and economic dimension of Japan-Taiwan relations. In order to catch the change in Japan-Taiwan relations, the thesis analyses mentioned dimensions in three different time periods: before normalization, right after normalization and in the present i. e. at the turn of millennium. The thesis concentrates especially on the process of normalization of relations between Japan and the PRC and on the analysis of chosen aspects that were influencing the foreign policy of Japan, so it eventually changed its attitude towards the PRC. The other goal of the thesis is to name factors that are influencing current Japan-Taiwan relations
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Contemporary Development of the Persian Gulf States
Cimpová, Jitka ; Novotná, Yvona (advisor) ; Volenec, Otakar (referee)
This thesis analyses Persian Gulf states foreign policies development and a position of the region in international relations using a collective case study. At the theoretical level the thesis works on the elements of (neo) realism, (neo) liberalism and social constructivism. The analysis is focused on security context and examines both challenges to internal security (regime and government, Shia expansion, the so called Arab spring, media) and external security (the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Syrian conflict, terrorism, globalization and oil market developments). In the regional security complex of the Gulf are involved interests of the three main world powers, U.S.A., Russia and China. Regional cooperation in the GCC organization and mutual relations of the Gulf States are important, too. Based on the findings it is possible to assert that the development of the region is dynamic and depends on the oil rents.
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Bezpečnostní systém východní Asie
Hojzáková, Věra ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (referee)
The aim of the master thesis is to characterize and evaluate the current security system in East Asia, to show the security strategies of the system actors and the existing friction points, and to assess the future development of the security system in place. For this purpose the author first defines the East Asia's security system using the conceptual tools of three international relations theories, namely neo-realism, neo-liberalism, and constructivism. In the following section, the security strategies and security issues are discussed. In the final section, the international relations theories are used again to assess the stability of the current security system and lastly the prospects for a change of the system are evaluated.
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