Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

Employment

10/2017 - present: Senior Researcher, IIR Prague
2013 - present: Honorary External Research Fellow at the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies, Bond University, Qld, Australia
2017 - 2018: Lecturer in International Relations, Mendel University in Brno
02/2015 - 09/2017: Adviser to the Speaker, Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic
02/2014 - 01/2015: Head of Department of Asian Studies, Metropolitan University Prague
2012 - 2013: Teaching Fellow and Senior Research Assistant, Bond University, Qld, Australia
09 - 12/2011: Visiting Associate Fellow, RSIS-Center for Multilateralism, NTU, Singapore
2005 - 2011: Teaching Fellow and Senior Research Assistant, Bond University, Qld, Australia
2004 - 2005: Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Transport, Roads and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovakia
2004:  Adjunct Tutor Fellow, Bond University, Qld, Australia

Education

2007 - 2013: PhD by Research in International Relations, Bond University, Qld, Australia
Doctoral Thesis: Soft Balancing in the Indo-Asia-Pacific: Complexity, Threat and Contending Multilateral Frameworks (from ASEAN to the SCO)
1997-2002: Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy, University of Matej Bel, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Thesis: Japanese Perspectives of Japan-China Relations 1842-1941 (With Regard to Foreign Impacts on Japan-China Relations)

Languages

Slovak – Native
Czech – Active Knowledge
English – Active Knowledge
French – Active Knowledge
Spanish – Lower Intermediate
Russian – Passive Knowledge
Japanese – Basic Knowledge

Areas of Interest

Foreign Affairs
Regionalism
Multilateralism
Global Governance
Security
Democracy
Central Europe
Central Asia and the Asia Pacific

Memberships

• Member of the International Studies Association (ISA)
• Member of CSCAP EU – Council on Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific EU – Brussels/Paris

Teaching Experience

2004-Present (Bond University, Qld, Australia)
Course Coordinator and Lecturer: Asian Diplomatic and Security Relations, Australia in the International Perspective (Culture, Security, Foreign Relations and Economic Ties), The European Union (Institutions, Country Case Studies, Security)
Eurasia, Introduction to International Relations

2017: Mendel University in Brno
Lecturer: Contemporary Issues in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, ASEAN, human security, External Players: Australia, EU and Russia)

2014 - 2015: Metropolitan University Prague
Course Coordinator and Lecturer: Diplomacy, Economy and Security in the Asia Pacific (incl. business etiquette), External Security of the European Union, Introduction to Development Economics, Australian and Canadian Political Systems

Seminar Instructor and Guest Lecturer: East-West International Diplomacy (the Case of North Korea and Six Party Talks), Global Institutions and Conflict Resolution, International Development, Introduction to Geopolitics, International Political Economy, Islam in Global Politics, Multilateral Diplomacy in Southeast Asia, Prospects for Global Politics, Strategic China

Publications

Books and book chapters

• (2020): Kizekova, Alica: China and the USA in Central Asia: Competing Actors with Different Goals? In: Alfred Gerstl and Ute Wallenböck (eds.): China’s Belt and Road Initiative Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Eastern Europe. Routledge.
• (2020): Soft Balancing in the Indo-Pacific: from ASEAN to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Routledge, London, UK, 978-1-4724-2885-1 (ISBN).
• (2019): Editor: Alica Kizekova et al., České zájmy v roce 2019. Analýzy ÚMV (The Czech Interests in 2019. Analyses of the Institute of International Relations Prague), Institute of International Relations, Prague, 2019.
• (2019): Alica Kizekova, Restart česko-indických vztahů: proč a jak prodloužit momentum" (Restart of the Czech-Indian Relations: Why and How to Prolong the Momentum), in: Alica Kizekova and al., České zájmy v roce 2019. Analýzy ÚMV (The Czech Interests in 2019. Analyses of the Institute of International Relations Prague), IIR Prague, 2019, pp. 98-106.
• (2018): Editor: Alica Kizekova et al., Czech Foreign Policy in 2017: Analysis, Institute of International Relations, Prague, 2018.
• Rudolf Furst, Alica Kizekova and David Kozisek, The Czech Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific: Improving Balance, Mostly Unfulfilled Potential, Czech Foreign Policy in 2017: Analysis, Alica Kizekova (ed.), Institute of International Relations, Prague, 2018, pp. 221-236.
• (2018): China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the 16+1 platform: the Case of the Czech Republic. In: Arduino, Alessandro - Gong, Xue (eds):  China: securing the Belt and Road initiative. Risk assessment, Private Security and special insurances along the new wave of Chinese outbound investments. Palgrave Macmillan.
• (2016): Multitrack Diplomatic Approaches to Border and Territorial Disputes in the Asia Pacific and Soft Balancing. In: Gerstl, Alfred - Strasakova, Maria (eds.): Unresolved Disputes in Southeast Asia. Brill, Leiden, December 2016.
• (2016): Chinese Regionalism: Balancing and Constraint in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. In: H. Ping, Jonathan - McCormick, Brett (eds.): China’s Strategic Priorities. London: Routledge (Routledge Contemporary China Series).

Scholarly Articles (in peer-reviewed journals and journals with impact factor)

• (2013): Australian National Identity and the Asian Century. The Annual of Language & Politics and Politics of Identity, vol. VII, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague, The Czech Republic.

Other publications

• (2020): Lidská práva v Austrálii. In: Mezinárodní Politika 03/2020, Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahú, 52-53.
• (2020): Czech Republic-South Korea relations: an evolving strategic partnership. Ramon Ramon Pacheco Pardo (ed.): Mapping Out EU-South Korea Relations: Key Member States’ Perspectives (Volume II). 35-45.
• (2020): Alisa Muzergues, Alica Kizeková, Gergely Varga, Karolina Zbytniewska, CFSP and its place in foreign policies of the V4 countries, Think Visegrad V4-Think Tank Platform, Policy Paper, 06/2020, 6 pages.
• (2019): Alica Kizekova, Dániel Varga, Łukasz Ogrodnik, Nikolett Garai, What to expect from the Czech Presidency of the Visegrad Group 2019/2020?, KKI 4:1, 2019/19, 11/2019.
• (2019): Péter Goreczky, Alica Kizeková, Jakub Jakóbowski, Peter Brezani, China in Central and Eastern Europe: expectations, threats and opportunities. In search of joined V4 priorities, Long-term policy paper, Think Visegrad V4-Think Tank Platform, 11/2019.
• (2019): The European Union in Central Asia: Balancing Competing Actors and Opportunities for the V4 Countries, Think Visegrad V4 Think Tank Platform, Policy Paper, Think Visegrad in Brussels 10/2019.
• (2017): China – Europe Relations: The New Silk Roads. The Culture Mandala, Centre for East – West Cultural & Economic Studies. Working paper, Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
• (2015): Russia and Southeast Asia: Reciprocity in Engagements and Transnational Crime. Russian Analytical Digest No. 169, Center for Security Studies ETH Zurich a IERES George, Washington University, 2015.
• Kizekova, Alica - Parepa, Laura-Anca (2015): Emerging China-led Regionalism and Soft Balancing. East Asia Security Symposium and Conference 东亚安全座谈谈论会. Beijing, June 2015.
• (2014): The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Regional Chessboards. Russian Analytical Digest No. 152, Center for Security Studies ETH Zurich a IERES George Washington University.
• Kizekova, Alica - Ho, Benjamin (2014): The Future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the context of Sino-Russian Interactions. Izvestiya Irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta («the Bulletin of Irkutsk State University») (7): 108–115, Irkutsk, Russia, 2014.

Columns, Comments and Selected Media Appearances

• Judy Asks: Can Europe Stand Up to China?, Carnegie Europe, 12.12. 2019.
• „Jak osvobodit novodobé otroky rybářského průmyslu?" Debate after showing of the movie Neutonout, 4.11.2019.
• Zákaz výstupu na posvátnou horu Uluru. Česká televize, 26. 10. 2019.
• Cicha dyplomacja po japońsku. Rzeczpospolita, 27.4.2019.
• Putin uznal potřebu bezpečnostních záruk pro KLDR, předcházet jim podle něj musí důvěra, ČT24, 25.4.2019.
• Summit KLDR a Ruska ve Vladivostoku: co očekávat? ČT Studio 6, 25. 4. 2019.
• Ramon Pacheco Pardo & Tongfi Kim, The Second US-DPRK Summit in Hanoi, Ask Europe's Korea Experts, Issue 2019/1, 6.03.2019.
• Sem rakety KLDR doletí. Japonsku chybí armáda, nechce ale už spoléhat na Američany. (citována) Aktualne.cz, 26. 2. 2019.
• Mezinárodní souvislosti roku 1968: české a slovenské perspektivy. ČT24, 30. 8. 2018.
• Summit Trump-Kim: případ pro opatrný optimismus. natoaktual.cz, 19. 3. 2018.
• Trump v Asii: dlouhá cesta, výsledky mlhavé. natoktual.cz, 20. 11. 2017.
• BRICS: silnější partnerství pro jasnější budoucnost? (BRICS: a stronger partnerships for a brighter future?). natoactual.cz, 9/2017.
• (2016): Stane se Írán členem Šanghajské organizace pro spolupráci? Ne tak rychle („Will Iran Become the SCO Member State? Not Too Fast“). natoactual.cz, 3/2016.
• Interview: Čínu Západ na Ukrajine na svoju stranu nedostane. Pravda, Bratislava, Slovakia, 3/2014.
• Opinion: Ruský plyn na Východ? (The Russian gas to the east?). Pravda, 7. 11. 2013.
• Commentary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Challenges in Cyberspace. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 22. 2. 2012.
• Commentary: Russia’s Role in EAS: Promoting Inter-regional Cooperation. PACNET 62, Pacific Forum CSIS, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2011.

Conference Participation (2013-Present)

2021

• Kizekova, Alica (2021): "The Impact of COVID-19 on ASEAN and ASEAN-led Regional Institutions", RSIS Webinar Series on Post-Pandemic Multilateralism and Diplomacy: Multilateralism and Trade in a Post-COVID World, Singapore, 23 February 2021.

2019

• Challenges for the EU connectivity in its immediate neighbourhood and in Central Asia - energy security and sustainability, The Zagreb EU Pre-Presidency Conference – Europe at the Crossroads, Library of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 28-29 November 2019.
• More and better connectivity between Europe and Asia – what could that mean for Central Asia in practice?, SEnECA Final Conference: What Future for EU-Central Asia Relations?, Brussels, Belgium, 14-15. 11. 2019.
  
• Rokovanie X. slovensko-českého diskusného fóra, Bratislava, 24. 10. 2019.
• 30 Years Since the Fall of the Iron Curtain, House of the European Union, Ljubljana 17. 10. 2019.
• Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe: Searching for Effective Mechanisms in Resolving Long-term Conflicts, Slovak Institute in Prague, Prague, 24 9. 2019.
• 11th International Symposium "Czech Foreign Policy Czernin Palace, Prague 23. - 24. 9. 2019.
  
• "China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The Views from Central Europe", in The Global Reach of China’s BRI: Responses to BRI in Asia, Europe and Russia, the 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars, Leiden, the Netherlands, 16-19 July 2019.
• "The European Union and USA Meet China and Russia in Central Asia: A Case of Competing Norms and Goals", ISA Asia-Pacific Conference 2019, Singapore, 4-6 July 2019.
• "Soft Balancing in the Age of Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Use of Regional Organizations and Balancing Ties with Russia and India", ISA-IDSS/KAIS Joint Conference 2019, Seoul, South Korea, 4-6 July 2019.
• “Tackling Regional and Global Security Challenges“, panelová diskuze v rámci sympózia The Future of Australia-EU Relations: Synergies and Shared Interests, Brusel, Belgie. 11. 6. 2019.
• “Cooperation between V4 and the Western Balkans –  what role for think tanks? Think Visegrad Mid-Term Conference, Bratislava, Slovensko, 27-28. 5. 2019.
• Think Visegrad Visiting Fellow, Brusel, Belgie. 8.-12.4.2019.
• "The future of EU-Central Asia relations: Panel discussions and photo exhibition", SEnECA – Strengthening and Energizing EU-Central Asia relations and TEPSA – Trans European Policy Studies Association Conference in Brussels, 4.4.2019, AESC Report, 25.4.2019.
• "The European Union, USA and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Central Asia: Competing Actors with Different Goals?", konference: Economic and Strategic Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Central Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia: Similarities and Differences, Olomouc, 20-21.3.2019.
• "Two Arteries, One Heartland: As the Arctic, Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific Converge", Raisina 2019: A World Reorder, New Delhi, India, 8.1.2019.

2018

• Workshop on China’s "One Belt One Road" Initiative: Five Years On. East Asian Institute (EAI), National University of Singapore (NUS), 2. 11. 2018.

Delivered Conference Papers (2017)

• Paper: 16+1 and the Czech assesment over FDI.Belt and road initiative: balancing chinese foreign direct investments and national security. Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, 1. 12. 2017.
• “The Sino-Russian Partnership: Resolution of Border Disputes and Strategic Collaboration“, 9th Annual Prague Conference on Asian Studies – Conflicts and Their Reflections in South, Southeast and East Asia, Metropolitan University Prague, the Czech Republic, 3. 11. 2017.
• Panel Chair: Partnerships with China: Rethinking Cooperation and Conflict. ISA International Conference 2017, Hong Kong University, 15. - 18. 6. 2017.
• Paper: Sino-Russian Relations: Reluctant Allies?. ISA International Conference 2017, Hong Kong University, 15. - 18. 6. 2017.

Delivered Conference Papers (2016)

• China and 16+1. Conference on Securing the Belt and Road Initiative: Risk Assessment, Private Security, and Special Insurances along the New Wave of Chinese FDI, Singapore, 28. 10. 2016.
• 8th International Symposium “Czech Foreign Policy”,- Strategy in Foreign Policy. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, 21. 9.  - 22. 9. 2016.
• China’s Engagements with the 16 Central and Eastern European countries: the case of the Czech Republic. One Belt One Road Connecting Europe and Asia: the New Silk Road economic, logistic and security network, Torino, Italy. 26. 2. 2016.

Delivered Conference Papers (2015)

• Kizekova, Alica – Parepa, Laura-Anca (2015): Emerging China-led Regionalism and Soft Balancing. 2015 China’s Peripheral (Neighboring) Diplomacy to Build an Asia-Pacific Dream 中国的周边外交-—构建亚太梦, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, 26. 6. 2015.
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Seeking Transnational Crime Connections in Southeast Asia. Voices from Outside: Re-Shaping International Relations Theory and Practice in an Era of Global Transformation, ISA-Global South, Singapore, 8-10. 1. 2015.

Delivered Conference Papers (2013-2014)

• The Council on Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) EU Committee and Preventive Diplomacy in the Asian Context. 6th Annual Prague Conference on Asian Studies – Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? Borders and Borderlands in the Asia Pacific, Metropolitan University Prague, the Czech Republic, 7-8. 11. 2014.
• Limitations of Institutional Frameworks in Engaging China in Cooperative Security Arrangements in the Asia Pacific. 6th Annual International Conference – Intra-Asian Connections: Interactions, flows, landscapes, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-24. 10. 2014.
• Networked Regionalism: Shanghai Cooperation Organization and ASEAN. The Sixth Oceanic Conference on International Studies, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9-11. 7. 2014.
• “The SCO as the Zone of Shared Understanding: Recent developments and future prospects. 2014 New Great Power Relations and Reshaping Regional Structures 新型大国关系与重塑地区结构, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China, 5. 7.  2014.
•  Kizekova, Alica – Ho Tze Ern, Benjamin (2013): The Future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Sino-Russian Interactions. Conference Europe and Asia-Pacific countries: Problems of Interaction, European Union Centre in Siberia a Fernand Braudel Center for International and European Studies, ISU, Irkutsk, Russia, 30. 9. -1. 10. 2013.