Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

Slovenští autoři k volbě prezidenta
Tomáš Profant okomentoval pro Deník Referendum průběh slovenských prezidentských voleb. V anketě zveřejněné 15. 3. přiblížil klady a zápory Roberta Fica a jeho konkurentů i nová témata, která přinesla předvolební kampaň.

Eurozone and the Banking Union
The Polish Institute of International Affairs, the Institute of International Relations and the partners of the project organized an expert workshop "Eurozone and the Banking Union".

New publication: Europeanization of Environmental Policy in the New Europe
Europeanization of Environmental Policy in the New Europe  - Beyond Conditionality is a new publication by Mats Braun. "Prior to the European Union (EU) 2004/2007 enlargement there were several predictions that this event would hamper progressive decision-making within the EU on environmental policy. It was believed that the new member states had adopted EU rules as a consequence of the EU's conditionality and consequently they would rather slow down the reform speed in the field after accession. In this book, Mats Braun offers an up-to-date account of how post-communist member states have handled policy initiatives in the field of environmental policy after accession. Using detailed case studies of how Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania dealt with two different EU policy initiatives - REACH and the Climate-Energy Package - he explores whether social norms and the process of socialization can help us understand why the track record of new member states in the area of environmental policy is more varied than was originally envisaged prior to enlargement."

Perspectives Review: The Sociology of Diplomacy: A General Outline with Some Aspects and Dilemmas (by Milan Jazbec)
Original article by: Assoc. Prof. Milan Jazbec, Ph.D., an author of this article and many other books on sociology of diplomacy and diplomatic relations, is an Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia. He was State Secretary at the Slovene Ministry of Defense (2000–2004) and the first Slovene Consul in Klagenfurt, Austria. Review by: Jana Kotasová, PR assistant at IIR

Differentiated Integration in the EU – From the Inside Looking Out
Vít Beneš and Mats Braun contributed to the new CEPS publication on the external dimension of a multi-speed, multi-tier European Union.

Call for 2014 Think Visegrad Fellowships
The Institute of International Relations, in the framework of the “Think Visegrad” - V4 Think Tank Platform, is inviting applications for fellowships for non-Visegrad expert fellows.

IIR listed among the Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs Think Tanks
We inform you with pleasure that the Institute of International Relations was listed among the Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs Think Tanks in the 2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report made by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania.

Perspectives Review: The Consequence of 9/11 for the US Security Sector (by Šárka Waisová )
Original article by: Šárka Waisová, associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Czech Republic) Review by: Anja Grabovac, PR assistant at IIR

Call for Papers - Mezinárodní vztahy
Vážené čtenářky, vážení čtenáři, časopis Mezinárodní vztahy vypisuje výzvu k podávání návrhů článků pro monotematické číslo na téma INSTITUCIONÁLNÍ A PRÁVNÍ ASPEKTY EVROPSKÉ INTEGRACE.

Library closure during Christmas
Dear visitors, we would like to inform you that the library will be closed between 16. 12. 2013 and 3. 1. 2014. We would like to thank you for your understanding and wish you "Merry Christmas"!