Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

O. Ditrych for EUISS about Georgia
"A state with a turbulent modern history, Georgia has seen three regime changes in the last two decades. In October, the country will hold a presidential election; an important milestone in the ongoing political transition of the country that is bound to be closely monitored."

Call for Articles: Special Issue of Perspectives
Topic: Challenges to Diplomacy. For this special issue we are looking for theoretically informed contributions that discuss the changing role of diplomacy in the 21st century. You are welcome to send an abstract of your article to perspectives@iir.cz.

To Catch a Fogle. The latest policy paper by O. Ditrych.
The Putin regime seems to have chosen to publicly expose Ryan Fogle not simply as a “tit-for-tat” for the embarrasing release of footage by the FBI of the meetings of “illegals” detained in the U.S. (2010) with Russian diplomats, but to gesture toward domestic audiences and to humiliate the U.S. in order to weaken its position in mutual negotiations, knowing that Washington may not be in the position to retaliate.For the EU, the episode is a reminder that even in the age of cyber threats the conventional spy war is far from over.

O. Ditrych for EUISS about the Ukraine

Short study of Belarusian sanctions for EUISS
"Good cop or bad cop? Sanctioning Belarus." Short study by Ondřej Ditrych.

New, Special Issue of Perspectives
New, special issue of Perspectives, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2012, is dedicated to the fascinating theme of Europe, seen from the "outside".

New analyses by Petr Kratochvíl
Here you can read new publication "Friendship in the Making: Transforming Relations between Germany and the Baltic-Visegrad Countries", including chapter by P. Kratochvíl and Z. Sychra "Czech-German Relations In the Post-cold War Era: The Best Ever?", contribution of P. Kratochvíl for the article "Murder-for-hire trial implicates Tymoshenko" or his comment to leaving of president Klaus "Statt Fanfaren gibt's zum Abschied bittere Satire

Article about energy policy of EU and Russia in the journal Energy Policy
Article about energy policy of EU and Russia in the journal Energy Policy (impact factor 2,7), by Petr Kratochvíl a Lukáš Tichý.

Publication about development policies
Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň is co-editor of publication "Development Policies of Central and Eastern European States. From Aid Recipients to Aid Donors", published by Routledge.