The Economic Dimension of the Czech Foreign Policy
The Economic Dimension of the Czech Foreign Policy

Author(s): Štěpánka Zemanová, Jana Peterková
Subject(s): Economic history, Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political behavior, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Czech Republic; Foreign policy; economic policy;
Summary/Abstract: The external economic relations of a state may be understood in two different ways – as a part of foreign policy or as an integral part of domestic economic policy. In the following text we focus on the first aspect – the economic dimension of the Czech foreign policy from 2007 till 2009. There is no doubt that this dimension of foreign policy or of external economic relations encouragement, sometimes also called economic diplomacy, plays an important role in the field of the external relations of the Czech Republic. Looking back at the last three years, we cannot say that there was any revolution in understanding, explanations or even administration performance in this area. But we can say that there was an important evolution in understanding what economic diplomacy is, which actors are involved in it and how important this area is for the whole state.

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