scholarly journals Germany's Foreign Policy Towards Poland and the Czech Republic

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Cordell
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic

Trump Warsaw visit will widen intra-European rifts

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
Russian President ◽  
Arms Exports ◽  
The Eu

Significance Poland is looking to forge closer ties with Washington to establish its leadership in CEE, counterbalance Franco-German dominance of the EU and present a united front against Russia. Other CEE countries are looking elsewhere for allies, as Russian President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to Hungary demonstrates. Impacts Germany and Austria will move to maintain influence in CEE, probably through partnering with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Russia will work to avoid any threat to its natural gas monopoly in CEE, with Bulgaria and Hungary its levers of influence. Trump will point to gas and arms exports to Poland as a US foreign policy success, though US hawks will remain sceptical about Russia.

Twenty Years After

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Šárka Waisová ◽  
Linda Piknerová
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Czech Society ◽  
Rights Issues ◽  
Chamber Of Deputies

However obsolete it may appear in the environment of the post-1989 Czech Republic, dissident activity has left its imprint on Czech society and politics. In Czech foreign policy, there is something like a dissident tradition, which dissidents themselves seem to uphold. In the Czech foreign policy process, there exists an explicit mechanism that has incorporated the dissident tradition, which, in quite a few cases, has affected policy outcomes. The introduction of the dissident tradition into Czech foreign policy was facilitated by the dissidents’ great concern for foreign policy and for human rights issues, and, in particular, for human rights issues outside the Czech Republic. We present evidence that dissidents have been concerned with foreign policy and with human rights issues by analyzing the membership of parliamentary committees of both chambers of the Parliament as well as the dissidents’ activities in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Significantly, when activities tied to the dissident tradition emerge in the Parliament, the initiators of such activities are always (although not exclusively) dissidents; the opponents, always nondissidents.

Foreign policy, rhetorical action and the idea of otherness: The Czech Republic and Russia

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Kratochvíl ◽  
Petra Cibulková ◽  
Vít Beneš
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Rhetorical Action ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Political Speeches

This article employs the concept of rhetorical action in an analysis of the recent developments in Czech-Russian political relations. Through the discourse analysis of key Russian political speeches and official documents related to the Czech Republic, as well as Czech speeches tackling the same issues, we look at two different rhetorical actions employed by Russia to induce changes in Czech policy. The attempts to make Czech policy unacceptable in the wider community of European democracies were only partially successful. While the first rhetorical action aimed against Czech NATO membership failed, the new diplomatic strategy stressing the need for a “normalization” of relations was successful in transforming Czech policy towards Russia.

Czech Diplomacy: Challenges and Opportunities

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Institutional Culture ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Collapse Of Communism ◽  
Foreign Ministries

This article examines changes in the structure and operation of the Czech Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the collapse of communism through its entry into the European Union. Like all foreign ministries, the MFA must adapt to the changing nature of diplomacy, where the distinction between foreign policy and domestic policy has become increasingly blurred. The MFA must compete in a more crowded foreign policy-making environment. However, the MFA has also been transformed by the collapse of communism. The ministry has been purged and forced to reevaluate its operations, goals, and institutional culture. This article evaluates the success of the MFA in meeting these significant challenges, and compares these reforms to the reforms of other ministries in the Czech Republic and other foreign ministries.

scholarly journals Eurosceptycyzm znad Wełtawy. Inspiracja brytyjska czy oryginalny wariant czeskich konserwatystów?

2018 ◽  
pp. 67-88
Author(s):  
Paweł LESZCZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
British Variety

The aim of this paper is to reveal the connections between the British version of Euroskepticism (as one variety of this political and intellectual phenomenon) and its Czech variant, personified by the present President of the Czech Republic – Vaclav Klaus. The paper discusses the fundamental elements of the Euroskeptical outlook that are sometimes presented to public opinion in EU states as ‘Eurorealism.’ The British variety is presented alongside the most important elements of the same concept in France and Denmark. Although Czech Europskepticism refers to numerous significant structural elements of its British predecessor, it has a number of original features. Among others, they result from the geopolitical conditions of Central Europe. The author analyzes the statements of the present Czech president (who once described himself as a Thatcherist) to show his essential influence on the shape of Euroskeptical attitudes on the Vltava. The author also presents the most important foreign policy documents of the former political circles of Vaclav Klaus, i.e. the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), with their Europskeptical overtones. The paper concludes with the author’s observations concerning the similarities and discrepancies between British and Czech attitudes.

scholarly journals CZECH REPUBLIC FOREIGN POLICY: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
K.I Kuznietsova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Moral Universalism ◽  
Bank Group ◽  
The Cold War

In the 1990s the Czech foreign policy objectives were to secure its proper place in international relations after the end of the Cold War, which included the entry of a number of international intergovernmental organizations (IMF, World Bank Group organizations, OECD, EBRD, NATO, EU, etc.) and the development of friendly relations with neighboring states and partners. In this sense, there is no reason to identify the foreign policy of the Czech Republic during this period only as a course aimed at "returning to Europe". In the early 1990's, most Czech political actors shared the idea of "return to the West" and "liberal democracy", the differences in their vision of the models of the geopolitical orientation of the Czech Republic make it possible to distinguish between the interaction of the three main foreign policy ideologies in the process of adopting foreign policy decisions: atlanticism, continentalism, and autonomy. Different interpretations of the essence of "liberal democracy" led to the emergence in the Czech politics of two ideological trends that had a significant impact on the vision of the foreign policy priorities of the Czech Republic: economic universalism (aimed at eliminating institutional barriers to the free flow of goods, services, money), and moral universalism (oriented towards the spread of democracy and the protection of human rights, which is a priority in foreign policy). Followers of economic universalism (primarily V. Klaus) actively advocated the development of economic ties with Russia and China, while the followers of the ideology of moral universalism (V. Havel and his followers) actively opposed it. The article also investigates the influence of foreign policy prejudices on the formation of the foreign policy of the Czech Republic, among which the most influential are anti-Russian and anti-German.

scholarly journals India’s foreign policy towards Central and Eastern Europe in 2014-2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Michał Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Expansion ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Trade Turnover ◽  
Interesting Direction

It has been said that Central and Eastern Europe can be seen as an interesting direction for Indian political and economic expansion. Both the data on diplomatic activity and India’s trade with the countries of CEE, however, prove that the region is not of key importance for New Delhi’s foreign policy. On the other hand, a steadily growing trade turnover allows assuming that the current situation will gradually change. The conclusions may be confirmed by the analysis of New Delhi’s diplomacy directions in the region. The Indian leaders (not the most important figures, taking into account symbolism and real significance) visited in the years 2014-2019 the CEE countries with the highest trade turnover with India, namely Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. They also paid visits to Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia, that is countries with which India’s trade turnover is relatively low, but steadily growing. It may indicate a desire to establish more active diplomatic and economic involvement in this region than previously.

scholarly journals Conflicted Cultural Memory and U.S. Foreign Policy: The “Lost Ca(u)se” of the U.S. Radar Base in the Czech Republic

Ad Americam ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 123-142
Author(s):  
Kryštof Kozák
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The U.S

This article analyzes the developments in cultural memory in Czech-U.S. relations since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on the heated debate about placing a U.S. radar base on Czech soil in 2008. It first describes the abrupt transformation in cultural memory related to the transition from communist rule from the transatlantic perspective. It claims that the debate about the radar base is a clear indication of the shift within cultural memory, which became much more contested, especially when compared with the previous period culminating with the Czech Republic’s entry into NATO. As cultural memory is closely linked to dominant historical narratives as well as identity, the findings have serious implications for the future of the transatlantic ties in the region.

scholarly journals The Czech Republic in the World: Conflicting Loyalties, Organizational Memberships, and Changed National Images

2008 ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
James W. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Cold War ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Central European ◽  
International Role ◽  
National Images ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Eu

Czech foreign policy in the post-Cold War period bears three significant imprints. First, a country that had been torn by conflicting loyalties solved that dilemma by firmly positioning itself in the orbit of the West. Second, NATO and the EU became the organizational anchors of that western orbit. Third, fresh images of the possibility of choice and control over history replaced past national images of submission to dependence and fate. Thus, new loyalties, organizations, and images interacted to create a different foreign policy chemistry. That chemistry could enable the Czech Republic to move from its protected Central European base to a purposeful international role in a proactive way.

scholarly journals Constructing Foreign Policy vis-à-vis the Migration Crisis: The Czech and Slovak Cases

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarissa Tabosa
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Central European ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
External Threats ◽  
Group Coherence ◽  
Copenhagen School ◽  
Migration Crisis

The study examines contemporary discourses in two small Central European states, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The aim is to analyze how key domestic political players discursively construct foreign policy vis-à-vis the migration crisis. Securitization, a concept developed by the Copenhagen School, serves as an analytical framework for revealing the kinds of discourse being produced in the two countries. The analysis of the discourse of the Prime Ministers from 2015 to 2018, indicates that in the Czech Republic and Slovakia foreign policy is being constructed around the issue of Europeanness (belongingness) and accommodation in the core-periphery spectrum. The article shows that the construction of external threats is done in different security sectors in each country, but in both it seems to promote the in-group coherence needed to affirm their belongingness to Europe, and it no longer happens on grounds of ethnically defined nations, but on grounds of the broader idea of civilizational Europe.

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