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Issues in British-American relations: the Falklands War
Podolková, Klára ; Hornát, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
Diploma thesis Issues in British-American relations: the Falklands War deals with the special relationship between Great Britain and the United States and analyses in particular relations between their leading political figures - American president Ronald Raegan and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The aim of the thesis is to find out whether the special relationship played any role during the Falkland Islands War in 1982. The theoretical part is focused on the search for a definition of the term special relationship. I found different definitions of special relationship, but no universal one exists. The thesis operates with the definition of John Dumbrell, who says that the special relationship existed, specifically during the Cold War. The analytical part examines British-American cooperation during the above-mentioned conflict and the role of the United States as a mediator. The diploma thesis concludes that the special relationship played a role in the Falkland Islands War. It was reflected in the two countries' military, satellite, and intelligence cooperation. Even the personal relationship between Reagan and Thatcher confirmed the existence of a special relationship. The role of the US as a mediator was criticized as it proved to be non-neutral. Also, it was concluded that the...
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"Special relationship" before the World War 2?
Bayer, Michael ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee)
The thesis describes the relationship between the United States of America and Great Britain in the period before the Second World War, with emphasis on the interwar period. The two Anglophone countries have been in some elementary connection since the War of Independence, which did develop further during the administration of President Theodor Roosevelt and later his cousin and distant relative Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, close cooperation, as was the case after the outbreak of World War II and during the Cold War, was rather non-existent and relations were not always ideal. What never disappeared, however, was the mutual effort to lead the discussion, despite almost sometimes hostile relations. This work aimed to examine those difficult relations between Great Britain and the United States and to show how mutual relations changed and over time connected their destinies.
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Analysis of September 11, 2001 terrorist attact impacts on the United Kingdom foreign policy
Plesníková, Markéta ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
Main theme of submitted thesis is the analysis of the impact of terroristic attacks 9/11 on the foreign policy of the United Kingdom. The impact is evaluated in three fields. The first one is the "special telationship" with the United States and how it changed with the accession of the prezident George W. Bush and followinf "war on terror". The second area of focus is the relationship of the UK with the rest of continental Europe. The last one is the so called ethical dimension of New Labour's foreign policy and the intervencionism. The events of 9/11testified the importance of foreign policy even for the Great Britain, in that time embodied in the figure of prime minister Tony Blair. Tony Blair is certainly one of the most influential politics in British history since Second World War. His worldviews and ideas shaped the direction of British foreign policy. Blair lived with notion of his country serving as an imaginary bridge connecting both the Europe and the USA. However the later geopolitical development prove this idea unreal. The main reason was the Iraq. The invasion also showed that the special relationship between the UK and the USA does not exist anymore and that Britain has to search for a new place in the post-cold war world.
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Transformation of the British-American "Special Relationship". Since the Government of John Major until Theresa May
Kochová, Nicole ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee)
The aim of the master thesis is to deal with the specific bond between the USA and the Great Britain - by Winston Churchill defined as a special relationship - which connects the both countries based on their common history, language and culture or on their common threat. The special bond then further leads and helps to close cooperation and support in between the USA and the Great Britain. The era the thesis is concerned with begins at the very end of the Cold War when the common enemy was defeated and it was claimed that the special relationship is supposed to vanish as well. It then ends with the term of David Cameron who was later succeeded by Theresa May. The work further focuses on the three significant British premiers - John Major, Tony Blair and David Cameron and the description of their attitude to the relationship with European Union and more importantly to the USA, as the references about the special relationship appear further in their speeches. The subject of my analysis are the speeches of individual statesmen and the fact how exactly they perceive the Great Britain in the international system. Whether the Great Britain should accept its role in the European Union or rather deepen its bond with the USA on the contrary.
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Grenada Invasion: A Contribution to the Development of the Relationship between Great Britain and the USA
Tománek, Michal ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Dopieralla, Jakub (referee)
Bachelor thesis Invaze na Grenadu: Příspěvek k vývoji vztahů mezi Velkou Británií a USA is a historical analysis of the impacts of invasion of Grenada (1983) on development of relationship between Great Britain and the United States of America. The relationship between these two countries is extremely specific that it has earned a particular term special relationship during the World War II. The Thatcher-Reagan era in 1980s is considered as an apex of this relationship. Grenada is a small island country in the Carribean that has gained independence from Great Britain in 1974. However Grenada was still a part of British Commonwealth of Nations with the British Queen still a formal head of state. Experts consider American invasion of Grenada the most critical moment in anglo-american relations of Thatcher-Reagan era. This thesis focuses on the formation a development of the special relationship concept including its historiographic approaches. Also it covers the revolutionary situation of Grenada that led to American invasion and it analyzes the influence of this clash of British and American interests on further functioning of special relationship. This thesis mainly is an analysis of primary literature (such as personal correspondence and speeches of the political leaders) as well as other...
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Britain's Nuclear Policy and the Special Relationship in an Era of Harold Macmillan
Weiss, Tomáš ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
The study deals with the theme of applied nuclear diplomacy by the United Kingdom during the government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in the period of 1957-1963. This issue cannot and must not be separated from so-called Special Relationship between Britain and the United States, the core of which occupies bilateral cooperation in the nuclear field. The method of the study is a chronological analysis of the individual stages of the Special Relationship within a defined period from the perspective of British nuclear policy. The primary objective of the study is fully consistent with the research question and is defined as the identification of Britain's nuclear interests in relation with the U.S. and their comparison with concrete achievements. The conclusion summarizes the results of the research and assesses the extent to which the interests of British nuclear policy were fulfilled. Subsequently is identified, what share of these successes can be attributed to political pragmatism or the Special Relationship. Keywords: Great Britain, Harold Macmillan, Special Relationship, nuclear diplomacy, nuclear weapons, defence policy
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Analysis of September 11, 2001 terrorist attact impacts on the United Kingdom foreign policy
Plesníková, Markéta ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
Main theme of submitted thesis is the analysis of the impact of terroristic attacks 9/11 on the foreign policy of the United Kingdom. The impact is evaluated in three fields. The first one is the "special telationship" with the United States and how it changed with the accession of the prezident George W. Bush and followinf "war on terror". The second area of focus is the relationship of the UK with the rest of continental Europe. The last one is the so called ethical dimension of New Labour's foreign policy and the intervencionism. The events of 9/11testified the importance of foreign policy even for the Great Britain, in that time embodied in the figure of prime minister Tony Blair. Tony Blair is certainly one of the most influential politics in British history since Second World War. His worldviews and ideas shaped the direction of British foreign policy. Blair lived with notion of his country serving as an imaginary bridge connecting both the Europe and the USA. However the later geopolitical development prove this idea unreal. The main reason was the Iraq. The invasion also showed that the special relationship between the UK and the USA does not exist anymore and that Britain has to search for a new place in the post-cold war world.
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"Special Relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom and its Importance in the Context of War on Terror
Šohájková, Barbora ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The 'special relationship' between the United States and the United Kingdom has existed since the beginning of the 1940s. During the Second World War, a strong alliance emerged that was based on a defense policy against a common enemy and a shared value principle. Throughout the Cold War, the special relationship evolved from a weakening of mutual relations in 1960s and 1970s to a renewed rapprochement in 1980s, mainly because of the shared opinions of the U.S. President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. After the geopolitical changes in 1989 a debate developed over the future of their special relationship. The question was whether (or in what form) the transatlantic alliance will continue to remain. The 9/11 terrorist attacks upon the United States gave the answer to this question and provided the impetus for renewed mutual British-American relations. Immediately after the attacks, the United Kingdom expressed its full support for the US-led fight against terrorism and followed the United States first into Afghanistan and later into Iraq. However, both President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair were strongly criticized that their war engagement, particularly in relation to the war in Iraq, had been unlawful and was based on false evidence supporting the...
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Special relationship? British-U.S. relations, 1979-1990
Potůček, Ondřej ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
Diploma thesis Special Relationship? British-U.S. Relations, 1979-1990 examines the nature of relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, focusing predominantly on the period of parallel governance of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. The aim is to study both the extent to which the relationship was genuinely special and anticipations both countries connected with it. Providing an overview of the development of the special relationship after the WWII the paper addresses foreign, political, economic and ideological bonds between the countries and their political leaders. It considers not only the basic similarities of domestic and foreign policies, but also tensions and conflicts accompanying this alliance. The paper also describes the influence of the special relationship on the relations with European states and the Soviet Union. The uniqueness of the special relationship is identified in both the nuclear, defence and intelligence cooperation and in the British Prime Minister's and American President's ideological and political comprehension.
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