Markéta Bartoníčková
Druhá kniha dvojice autorů Oldřich Krpec a Vladan Hodulák Evropa ve
světové ekonomice s podtitulem Historická perspektiva se, jak již z názvu
vyplývá, věnuje historickému vývoji světové ekonomiky od raného
středověku až po současnost. Autoři se zaměřují převážně na samotnou
Evropu, ale pro pochopení jednotlivých událostí a proměn je zasazují do
širokého kontextu vývoje nejprve islámského světa, […]
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9th October 2013, section Reviews
Pavel Farkac
Případová studie mapuje vývoj indicko-pákistánských vztahů na pozadí
jejich jaderného soupeření. V otázce jaderné bezpečnosti se region
jižní Asie v posledních patnácti letech stal klíčovou oblastí, která
sociálním vědcům dává výjimečnou příležitost v praxi ověřovat
platnost konkrétních teoretických konceptů. Právě široké skladbě
teoretických přístupů je věnována nejrozsáhlejší část textu, která
si zároveň klade za cíl na základě dílčích […]
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1st July 2013, section Articles
Tomas Kolar
The Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004 was one of the most significant
„colour revolutions“ which has taken place in the Post-Soviet space so far.
The end of undemocratic rule, represtented by the previous ten years rule of
Leonid Kuchma, came with the new President, Victor Yuschenko. However, in terms
of the EU- Ukraine relations, the […]
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4th May 2013, section Articles
Tamara Cakic
Sweatshops represent a serious challenge and a shameful characteristic of
nowadays' global economic system and international community. Sweatshops are
production factories that employ local labour for a low wage that does not
satisfy basic standard of living and in which sanitation and labour standards,
as well as fundamental human rights are seriously infringed. In
response […]
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10th April 2013, section Articles
Lukas Buric
Bývalý barmský diktátor Than Šwei dlouhou dobu unikal pozornosti
autorů, přestože se množstvím spáchaných zločinů vyrovná takovým,
jako je Miloševič, Pinochet či Omar al-Bashir. Roku 2010 se konečně
dočkal vlastní v tomto článku recenzované biografie s názvem Than Shwe:
Unmasking Burma’s Tyrant. Jeho život v knize zachycují autoři Benedict
Rogers a Jeremy Woodrum s cílem poskytnout podrobné informace o jednom
z nejkrutějších tyranů […]
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7th April 2013, section Reviews
Kristýna Foukalová
Both children and women belong among social groups that should receive
particular protection and attention also, perhaps especially, in times of war or
armed conflicts in general. This is an undisputed issue about which there
prevails common consensus even in the international area, demonstrated for
example by the four Geneva Conventions concluded after the Second […]
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9th March 2013, section Articles
Peter Stevkov
The United States has always been a nation, in which religion has played an
important role. The relationship between religion and internal American politics
has long been a subject of interest for many scholars, but how did the religion
influence US foreign policy? What role did it play in the decisions of US
presidents whether […]
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26th February 2013, section Reviews
Nikola Schmidt
Before the 9/11 events, Afghanistan was virtually unknown to the public.
A country in the middle of nowhere, close to the Himalayas, someone more
informed would have said say in the Hindu Kush Mountains. The country was known
only as a geographically strategic area for the world superpowers, but deeper
knowledge about its society was scarce. […]
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3rd February 2013, section Articles
Michaela Bendikova
Since taking office, the Obama Administration has sought to enact policies
that would fundamentally change premises on which the U.S. nuclear posture has
lain since the dawn of the nuclear age. If Congress fails to act to prevent
them, the United States will end up weaker and allies around the world will
further question the […]
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21st January 2013, section Essays
Richard Turcsányi
There is a fundamental question whenever the topic of China is raised in a
conversation – ‘What it will look like in the future’? While some
scholars choose to present a sensational picture of a “well based scenario”,
others play the ‘ostrich tactic’ and ignore the question completely, quite
likely for its complexity and fear of […]
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13th January 2013, section Reviews
