Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

Anes Makul: Can the European Public Block the Enlargement to the Western Balkans?
Let us introduce new policy paper "Can the European Public Block the Enlargement to the Western Balkans?" by Anes Makul, an associate research fellow of the Institute of International relations, Prague.

New policy paper by Tomáš Dopita
Let us introduce Tomáš Dopita's new policy paper "How Should We Deal with the Discrimination and Dysfunction in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Towards a New European Approach".

New Perspectives

Potential for Cooperation: Polish and Czech Standpoints on the Banking Union
In their recent policy paper, Tomáš Profant and Patryk Toporowski of the Polish Institute of International Affairs find some similarities between Poland and the Czech Republic in their approaches to the Banking Union and recommend a cooperation of both countries in this regard.

In memory of George Liska
George Liska, one of the most well known Czech IR researchers living in emigration, died on May 20. His texts, despite being very complex to comprehend, brought valuable insights which are worth being studied even today.

The new issue of the EU-28 Watch
he EU-Watch prepared by the Institut für Europäische Politik brings you information about national debates on European policies.

From Turkish liberalism to realpolitik?
New research article: "Turkish Diplomacy since 2003: Transition from Realpolitik to a Liberal Foreign Policy?" Author: Gilles Bertrand (Associate Professor in international relations, head of the Master Programme 'International Politics' at the Institut d'Etudes politiques de Bordeaux, France, and member of the Research Centre Emile-Durkheim, University of Bordeaux; research interests: Greek-Turkish relations Review by: Anja Grabovac

Perspectives review: Holy See's actorness?
New research article: "A State, a Diplomat, and a Transnational Church: The Multi-layered Actorness of the Holy See" Author: Mariano Barbato (DAAD-Lecturer and Director of the Center for European Studies and International Relations (ZEWI) at the BBU Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Lecturer (Privatdozent) at the University of Passau, Germany; Research interests: European and global transformation, religion and politics.) Review by: Jana Kotasová  

Perspectives review: German soft power
New research article: "Time, Space & German Soft Power: Toward a Spatio-Temporal Turn in Diplomatic Studies?" Author: James Pamment (post-doc at the University of Texas at Austin and a research fellow at the Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California; his research addresses issues related to communication and diplomacy) Review by: Kateřina Krejčířová  

Development, Environment and Foresight
The Department of Developmental Studies of the Natural Sciences Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc is preparing for publication the first issue of a new academic journal entitled Development, Environment and Foresight. The journal will publish original English language articles from the areas of developmental and environmental studies and foresight (teachings which are focused towards the future, involving modeling of possible future scenarios).