Časopis pro politiku a mezinárodní vztahy

Interview with Anja Mihr – on Transitional Justice, Democratization and Challenges of Post-conflict Development

Why should amnesties be seen as the very last resort of any political decision to be taken in the transitional process? Which transitional justice mechanism is the most crucial to be imposed first in periods of the transition? What have we learned about transitional justice from the case of Spain after Franco’s death in 1975? Why does one of the reconciliation policies in Rwanda require former perpetrators who participated in Genocide to wash the bones and sculls of those they had killed in 1994? These questions were answered by Anja Mihr, Associate Professor at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, University of Utrecht (Netherlands), who is in her research focusing on transitional justice, reconciliation, human rights and democratization. Her work is mainly focused on transitional justice and reconciliation in Rwanda, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Chile, Spain and Somaliland.

Petr Přibyla - 18. Prosinec 2011, rubrika Rozhovory

Regulace imigrace jako filozofický problém

Mají vlády právo uzavírat cizincům své hranice a znemožňovat jim tak svobodu pohybu a pobytu, resp. lze nějak ospravedlnit požadavek imigrantů na vstup do jimi vybrané země? Západní politická věda se snaží empiricky zkoumat potencionální hrozby, které jsou s imigrací spjaty a většinou přitom vychází z představy, že je třeba usilovat o uchování liberálně demokratické podoby společnosti. V této souvislosti je důležité prozkoumat, jak by onen ideální cílový stav měl vlastně vypadat a k čemu by měly státy směřovat. V textu tak budou zmapována různá zdůvodnění, proč má být lidem poskytnuta volnost se stěhovat, resp. zda má být v určité míře limitována. Cílem zde není empirický výzkum dopadů imigrace na státy, politický systém apod., ale poskytnutí přehledu, jak můžeme tuto oblast normativně hodnotit, resp. jak lze vytvářet konkrétní podobu imigrační politiky.

Josef Koudelka - 30. Listopad 2011, rubrika Články

Changing Geopolitics of the Caspian Region?

After the last Middle East Symposium, Global Politics editors have decided to shift their attention to other very interesting region – Caspian Sea. According to many IR scholars, world is now experiencing the power shift from the West to so called „emerging powers“, which is accompanied by various geopolitical turmoils. But is this also the case of Caspian region? If so, could this change bring some fresh air to local frozen conflicts? These questions were answered by various experts with diverse background and professional experience, but profound understanding of Caspian affairs.

Jan Daniel - 2. Listopad 2011, rubrika Symposium

Interview with Peter Singer - On Global Poverty, Human Rights and Ethical Questions

Where are the boundaries of our moral obligations in eradicating global poverty? At what point can we speak of a fetus as a human being? Are we capable of reaching objectivism in ethical questions? For what reason is it necessary to reach reassessment of our view of human rights concept? Peter Singer, Ira W. De Camp professor of bioethics in a Centre for Human Values at Princeton University and Laureate professor at University of Melbourne, has been standing at the forefront of debates about our ethical obligations and approaching global poverty, euthanasia, abortions and animal rights for more than three decades.

Petr Přibyla - 28. Září 2011, rubrika Rozhovory

Jiří Šedivý: Stane se NATO pouhým politickým klubem?

Jiří Šedivý, M.A., Ph.D. je nestranický odborník v oblasti bezpečnostní politiky a obranného plánování, od listopadu 2010 je prvním náměstkem ministra obrany České republiky. V letech 2007–2010 zastával pozici náměstka generálního tajemníka NATO pro obrannou politiku a plánování, předtím byl ministrem obrany v první vládě Mirka Topolánka. Mimo to šest let učil v Evropském centru pro bezpečnostní studia George C. Marshalla v Německu a šest let vedl Ústav mezinárodních vztahů. Časopis Global Politics se jej ptal na české zapojení v Alianci, rozevírající se nůžky mezi vojenskými rozpočty USA a zbytku světa a nepřijatelnost Medveděvových podmínek v oblasti protiraketové obrany.

Jakub Janda - 1. Srpen 2011, rubrika Rozhovory

Zaid Eyadat: The major motivation for Arab revolutions was about human dignity

Dr. Zaid Eyadat is a professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Jordan and the chairperson of the Human Rights and Human Development department. He graduated from the University of Southern California, where he continues to teach. He has also taught at various universities in the USA and Jordan and has worked as a consultant for diverse international organizations and NGOs. Recently he conducted a course called Islam and Human Rights at Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University in Brno. Editors of Global Politics and Bulletin of The Czech Centre for Human Rights and Democratization spoke with Mr. Eyadat about various issues ranging from Arab revolutions to multiculturalism and liberal islam.

Kristina Horňáčková, Jan Daniel - 18. Červenec 2011, rubrika Rozhovory

A glimpse of the post-development approach

Development is often accepted as an unquestioned goal of our societies. We just want to be developed. Critical discussion on this topic is almost entirely absent from the public debate in the Czech Republic. Global Politics hopes to draw your attention to an approach that does not fit the mainstream thinking. Promising young scholars from the Vienna University treat topics such as sustainable development, colonial continuities, microfinance or the Zapatista movement in Chiapas. Their unorthodox ideas are worth a thought for students who seek more than just the usual „aid or trade“ question.

Tomáš Profant - 9. Červenec 2011, rubrika Redakce

Colonial (Dis-)Continuities in Development Discourse and Practice

Within the framework of this paper I explicate the basic elements of colonial as well as development discourse. Although we can identify an obvious rupture line between colonialism and the era of development, I demonstrate that the colonial heritage structures development discourse in various ways. While there have been some significant changes on the rhetoric level, basic colonial concepts still prevail such as a dichotomic and hierarchical worldview, the evolutionary paradigm with the West as its benchmark, the idea of ‘white’ expertise etc. These often racialised assumptions produce unequal power relations within the development industry and structure the very idea of development itself.

Katrin Köhler - 9. Červenec 2011, rubrika Články