Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

Kick-Starting Cosmopolitan Governance Through Science: The Case of a Giant Laser System
Nikola Schmidt and Ondřej Ditrych in their Policy Paper titled "Kick-Starting Cosmopolitan Governance Through Science: The Case of a Giant Laser System" propose a novel perspective on how large technical systems can enable global governance. The authors suggest that technologies may even become integrated into a political strategy seeking to develop more inclusive cosmopolitan governance.

Vánoční večírek ÚMV
Pro vánoční večírek Ústavu mezinárodních vztahů, který se konal 18. prosince 2019, jsme vybrali poněkud netradiční prostory holešovického Vnitroblocku. 

PF 2020
We wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! And an important notice to those who would plan to come to our famous library: it will be closed during Christmas week but will reopen on 2 January 2020 already! We look forward meeting you then! Přejeme všem klidné prožití Vánoc a šťastný nový rok 2020! A drobná praktická informace pro ty, kdo jsou zvyklí chodit do naší knihovny. Během svátků bude knihovna zavřená, ale již 2.1.2020 k nám můžete opět zavítat. Těšíme se na Vás v novém roce!

Petr Kratochvíl elected to new TEPSA Board
A remarkable achievement materialises for our colleague as he is elected to the new TEPSA board. 

Russian energy discourse on the V4 countries
IIR researcher Lukáš Tichý has just published an article co-authored with Zbyněk Dubský in a prestigious peer-rewieved journal, Energy Policy. The article explores the energy relations between the Russian Federation and the V4 countries.

Czech Journal of International Relations Vol 54, No 4 is out
Dear readers, a new issue of the Czech Journal of International Relations is out. The three peer-reviewed articles of this issue focus on highly relevant matters of international security: indirect interventions in civil wars, European defence cooperation, and the Women, Peace, and Security agenda. The issue also features seven reviews on recently published titles.

EU Political Discourse on the Energy Security Relations with Russia
The article explores the energy security relations of the European Union with the Russian Federation through the prism of the political discourse. It identifies key formations and topics related to the concept of security.

A Global Arms Control Regime on Short- and Medium-Range Missiles
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which resolved the crisis in the 80s between East-West relations, limiting ground-launched delivery vehicles with a range between 500 and 5,500 km, ceased to be a valid international law document since August 2019 between the United States and the Russia Federation. Matúš Halás, Head of Center for European Security (IIR), illustrates in his Policy Paper titled "A Global Arms Control Regime on Short and Medium-Range Missiles" the example of a possible global regime limiting the development and deployment of ground-launched short- and medium-range ballistic and cruise missiles.

The Importance of Verification and Transparency in the Nuclear-Arms Control
Miroslav Tůma in his  new Policy Paper titled "The Importance of Verification and Transparency in the Nuclear-Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Process" explains how monitoring and verification procedure associated with the nuclear-arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament process is nowadays important, especially in the sphere between US and Russia, which posses 90% of nuclear weapons all over the world. The author also analyses the development of the verification procedure in this field and its future course.

The European Union in Central Asia: Balancing Competing Actors and Opportunities for the V4 Countries
Alica Kizeková, PhD., researcher at the IIR, published a policy paper within the framework of a platform Think Visegrad, which deals with the strategy of European Union in Central Asia and the opportunities for the states of Visegrád Group.