Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

Jan Daniel a Ondřej Ditrych na promítání filmu Syrská Love Story?
Jan Daniel a Ondřej Ditrych se v pátek 21. října zúčastnili diskuze po promítání filmu Syrská Love Story ve Vodňanech. Promítání filmu zorganizovalo občanské sdružení Vodňany žijou ve spolupráci s Člověkem v tísni v rámci 20. mezinárodní konference Forum 2000 s názvem Převzít zodpovědnost: Co dělat tváří v tvář krizi? Jan Daniel následně diskutoval o filmu, Syrské krizi a migrační krizi spolu se Samirou Sibai, syrskou lékařkou žijící v České republice, a Tomášem Kociánem, vedoucím humanitárních misí v Sýrii, Iráku a na Ukrajině organizace Člověk v tísni. Diskuzi moderoval Ondřej Ditrych.

Michal Šimečka na 7. diskuzním večeru "Přes Afriku"
Michal Šimečka se zúčastnil 7. diskuzního večera "Přes Afriku" uspořádaného organizací Humanitas Afrika ve spolupráci s Goethe-Institut Praha. V průběhu diskuzního večera si spolu s velvyslancem Arabské Egyptské Republiky,  J. E. Abderahmanem Salaheldinem a paní Nicol Adamcovou, diplomatkou z Ministerstva zahraničních věcí ČR, kladl otázku, zda jsou mezinárodní vztahy, diplomacie a multikulturalismus stále relevantní a pokud ano, jak by měly být řešeny?

The Challenge of Migrants and Refugees
The director of the Institute of International Relations Prague, Petr Kratochvíl will together with Michal Šimečka participate in the conference "The Challenge of Migrants and Refugees in the European Union: Franco-Czech Perspectives". The event, jointly coorganized by Sciences Po-Center for International Studies (CERI), Paris, Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) and Faculty of Arts (CUFA), Charles University, Prague will take place on 14 October in Paris.

EU Enlargement to the Western Balkans
Anes Makul aims (for the journal Sui Generis) at analyzing the readiness of the European Union to enlarge to the Western Balkans despite the decreasing desire to support further  enlargement expressed by the EU citizens and the internal crisis the EU has been facing in recent years. The analysis has been based on rationalist and constructivist theory, two theoretical frameworks of international relations, and they are used to explain the reasons behind the EU enlargement. Whereas rationalism assumes that enlargement takes place due to economic and geopolitical reasons, constructivism assumes that enlargement takes place due to shared ideas and values. The author argues that rationalism can better explain the readiness of the Union to enlarge to the Western Balkans. More specifically, the main reason for granting EU membership to the Western Balkans is the stability of the region.

The power triangle in the Indian Ocean
An article by Jan Hornát, IIR Associate Researcher was published in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs. The Indian Ocean is increasingly becoming the point of focus in assessing Asia's future security challenges. As both India and China are building up their naval presence in the Indian Ocean and as China's stakes in the region (protecting its maritime trade) interact with India's aspirations (being the regional dominant power and security provider), tensions are likely to rise. The United States has an established role in the Indian Ocean, and its approach to the contestation between Indian and Chinese interests may play a key role in limiting frictions. These developments have led many analysts to foresee the emergence of a balance of power system in the Indian Ocean region and East Asia which would be comparable to that of nineteenth-century Europe. In presenting the interplay between the three major stakeholders in the Indian Ocean, this paper aims to outline the implications of a balance of power system in the Indian Ocean region and demonstrate that it may not guarantee peace and stability, but, with regard to Organski's ‘power transition’ theory, could lead to quite the contrary.

Review of François Foret's "Religion and Politics in the European Union."