Česká zahraniční politika v roce 2009 Analýza ÚMV
Czech Foreign Policy in 2009: Analysis of the IIR

Contributor(s): Michal Kořan (Editor)
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Economic history, Political history, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Political behavior, Politics and society, Comparative politics, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Czech Foreign Policy; media coverage of the Czech foreign policy; European and security dimensions; U.S. anti-missile defense radar and Czech military missions; international law; Czech economic diplomacy; human rights;
Summary/Abstract: What was the Czech foreign policy in 2009 like and why? The team of authors from the Institute of International Relations and four other partner institutions have been looking for answers to these questions for three consecutive years. The book Czech Foreign Policy in 2009: Analysis of the IIR is thus the third volume of the IIR’s series of books on Czech foreign policy, bringing together 21 chapters from 19 authors. The analytical framework of the book remained unchanged. The analysis begins with a general chapter that explores the nature of the political context of the process of the Czech foreign policy making. The main argument is that even if the executive and administrative background of the Czech foreign policy is solid and full of potential, the worsening political context (embodied in the fall of the government as the Czech Republic was in the middle of executing the European presidency) seriously hampers the outcomes of Czech foreign policy. The second general chapter adds an important analysis of the media coverage of the Czech foreign policy as a part of the policy’s context. This chapter has undergone a conceptual change since the last edition as it now also includes a qualitative analysis of the media coverage in addition to the quantitative one. The following individual chapters follow the same structure as their counterparts in the previous two editions. Each chapter first inquires into the nature of the political and conceptual context of a given foreign policy dimension or theme, and then it goes on to follow the actual agenda and main events in 2009. Each chapter also contains an important part that consists of focusing on the key actors involved in the particular policy making, thus enabling us to point out possible changes in the process of the Czech foreign policy making. The last part of each chapter is devoted to the public and media substratum of a given policy.

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