Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

ČZP v roce 2016: Analýza ÚMV
Jak se vyrovnala česká zahraniční politika s rozvířeným zahraničním prostředím, které bylo charakteristické pro rok 2016? Jací aktéři a jakým způsobem vstoupili do formulace české zahraniční politiky? Jak lze zpětně hodnotit nové impulzy, které vláda Bohuslava Sobotky vnesla do své zahraniční politiky? Počínala si Česká republika aktivně, pasivně, konfliktně či kooperačně? Nebo byla jen černým pasažérem ve vleku jiných zemí? Kolektiv autorů ÚMV a dalších spolupracujících institucí poskytuje odpovědi na tyto a mnoho dalších otázek v desáté pravidelné monografické analýze české zahraniční politiky, kterou ÚMV zpracovává již od roku 2007.

Radical Right in Post-Soviet Ukraine
Melanie G. Mierzejewski, our Associate Researcher, is author of the chapter focusing on "Radical Right in Post-Soviet Ukraine" in the prestigious Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right.

CfP: New Approaches to Foreign Policy Analysis of the Central European States
 Want to dig deeper into the study of Central Europe? Join us for a foreign policy workshop where we unpack the study of the Czech Republic, V4 and more.

The Social Construction of Slovakia as a Donor and its Power Effects
New article by Tomáš Profant in Europe-Asia Studies (journal with impact factor) shows the power effects of Slovak development cooperation discourses. It focuses on how the Slovak population is constructed as ‘willing to help’, and the effects of this construction on the legitimation of the current regime and on the construction of the Slovak identity as developed. The article further shows the unequal relationship between ‘old’ and ‘new’ donors, how transition experience enables this relationship, and the power effects of the discourse of donor effectiveness in Slovakia.

Sign up for Doctoral Degree!
The Metropolitan University Prague (MUP) and the Institute of International Relations (IIR) jointly organize Ph.D. programme in International Relations and European Studies. The programme is held in Czech or English language.

Crisis Management versus Collective Defense
"After more than 20 years of focusing on crisis management and intervention, NATO knows how to do crisis management, but has to relearn how to do collective defence." That is the main argument of policy paper our Associate Researcher Nicholas Williams published with Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark.

Do the Western Balkans face a coming Russian storm?
New ECFR report by Mark Galeotti focusing on possibility of launch of a renewed Russian campaign in the Balkans in 2018.

“Towards sustainable, resilient and inclusive societies through participation of all”
The Institute of International Relations is outstandingly pleased to co-host the ECOSOC Preparatory Meeting taking place in Prague this monday 26th March 2018. It forms part of the special initiative of the Czech ECOSOC presidency on sustainable, resilient and inclusive societies through participation of all, an initiative which will contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This meeting provides the participants with a platform to share best practices on participation and concrete examples of policy action, as well as to discuss the impact of the involvement of civil society and other non-state actors in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).