Regional Security Interdependence: Proceedings of the Workshop Organized by the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Social Studies of the Masaryk University in Brno on 25 September 2015
Regional Security Interdependence: Proceedings of the Workshop Organized by the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Social Studies of the Masaryk University in Brno on 25 September 2015
Author(s): Miroslav Mareš, Tomáš Šmíd, Tomáš Kaválek, Iveta Hlouchová, Martin Laryš, Tomáš Bělonožník, Lukáš Visingr
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Political Sciences, Political history, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Comparative politics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Regional security; International relations; Turkey; Erbil; Baghdad; Economic policy; Security; Iran; Afghanistan; Russia; Slovakia; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: Contemporary security development is characterized by growing interdependence of security phenomena at local, national, regional and global level (Kegley, Wittkopf 2006). Within the world regions regional security complexes with their regional security orders were established (Stewart-Ingersoll, Frazier: 2012). The so called “new definition”of the regional security complex is related to „a set of units whose major processes of securitization, desecuritization or both are so interlinked that their security problems cannot reasonably be analyzed or resolved apart from one another“ (Buzan, Waever, de Wilde 1997: 201)“.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-80-210-7974-8
- Page Count: 136
- Publication Year: 2015
- Language: English
UPS AND DOWNS OF TURKISH RELATIONSHIP WITH ERBIL AND BAGHDAD IN THE POST-2003 ERA
UPS AND DOWNS OF TURKISH RELATIONSHIP WITH ERBIL AND BAGHDAD IN THE POST-2003 ERA
(UPS AND DOWNS OF TURKISH RELATIONSHIP WITH ERBIL AND BAGHDAD IN THE POST-2003 ERA)
- Author(s):Tomáš Kaválek
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Political history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Evaluation research, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
- Page Range:11-40
- No. of Pages:30
- Keywords:foreign policy; Iraq; KRG; Kurdistan Regional Government; New Foreign Policy; Turkey;
- Summary/Abstract:This article elaborates on the development of the Turkish foreign policy towards Iraqi Federal and Kurdistan Regional Government (IFG and KRG) since the US invasion to Iraq in 2003. The article analyzes several dimensions of Turkey’s foreign policy towards KRG and IFG: security, politics and economy. Relations between Iraqi Kurds and Turkey underwent remarkable change since 2009. Rather warm relations with Baghdad started to falter since 2009 onwards. Strengthening Iran’s influence over predominantly Shiite Iraqi Federal Government since the US pullout from Iraq only strengthened Turkey’s reliance on Erbil. In 2014, ISIS swept through vast Sunni areas of Iraq bringing decay of Baghdad’s power and further increasing its dependency on Tehran.
IRAN’S POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ AND TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN IN THE PRE-ISLAMIC STATE PERIOD
IRAN’S POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ AND TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN IN THE PRE-ISLAMIC STATE PERIOD
(IRAN’S POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ AND TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN IN THE PRE-ISLAMIC STATE PERIOD)
- Author(s):Iveta Hlouchová
- Language:English
- Subject(s):International relations/trade, Security and defense, Comparative politics, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Peace and Conflict Studies
- Page Range:41-57
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Iran; Afghanistan; Iraq; foreign policy; pre-Islamic State period;
- Summary/Abstract:This paper deals with Iran’s foreign policy towards Iraq and towards Afghanistan in the pre-Islamic State period. Author analyses Iran-Iraq relations, Iran-Afghanistan relations and she compares Iran’s policy towards Iraq and towards Afghanistan. Causes, goals, contents, and actors of these relations are researched.
KAZAKH ISLAMIST TERRORISM: THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICS OF TERRORIST THREAT
KAZAKH ISLAMIST TERRORISM: THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICS OF TERRORIST THREAT
(KAZAKH ISLAMIST TERRORISM: THE CHANGING GEOPOLITICS OF TERRORIST THREAT)
- Author(s):Miroslav Mareš, Martin Laryš
- Language:English
- Subject(s):International relations/trade, Security and defense, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
- Page Range:58-84
- No. of Pages:27
- Keywords:Kazakhstan; terrorism; Islamist extremism; geopolitics; diaspora;
- Summary/Abstract:This paper analyses the issue of Islamist terrorism’s spread into Kazakhstan, a country where terrorist attacks of this kind area relatively recent phenomenon. The paper explains the emergence of terrorism in Kazakhstan in the context of the development of Islam and particularly in relation to Islamist extremism in Central Asia; it focuses on the dynamics of Islamist violence in the country in the twenty-first century. The authors evaluate the consequences of terrorism’s propagation into Kazakhstan and the Kazakh diaspora as it affects the overall geopolitics of Islamist terrorism.
RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN SLOVAKIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONTINUING CRISIS IN UKRAINE
RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN SLOVAKIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONTINUING CRISIS IN UKRAINE
(RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN SLOVAKIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONTINUING CRISIS IN UKRAINE)
- Author(s):Miroslav Mareš, Tomáš Bělonožník
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Political economy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
- Page Range:87-109
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:Russia; Slovakia; European Union; nuclear power plants; broad-gauge railway;
- Summary/Abstract:This paper aims to evaluate and predict the impact of the Ukraine crisis on Russian economic interests in Slovakia. It argues thatthe crisis has caused a profound change of the discourse that frames EU-Russian relations. The shift from the rhetoric of integration and partnership towards the securitisation of mutual relations could have significant implications for Russian economic interests in the European Union. Over a long period, the Slovak government of Robert Fico has been successfully working on the “reactivation” of friendly relations with Russia. However, we believe that even Slovakia could be influenced by the strategic shift in discourse towards Russia that occurred at the EU level.
IS THERE A THREAT OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE?
IS THERE A THREAT OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE?
(IS THERE A THREAT OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE?)
- Author(s):Lukáš Visingr, Miroslav Mareš
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Environmental and Energy policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Comparative politics, Cold-War History
- Page Range:110-130
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:Proliferation; Central and Eastern Europe; crisis in Ukraine;
- Summary/Abstract:Central and Eastern Europe, taking into account the potential impact of the contemporary crisis in Ukraine. The authors start by describing the historical attempts made by Central and East European countries to obtain nuclear weapons during the Cold War and the post-Cold War period. The main focus is on current trends, including a prediction of possible future developments. The policies of state as well as non-state actors are considered, including nationalist calls for nuclear armament. The authors conclude that the risk of proliferation in this region should not be overestimated; equally, however, certain ‘early warning signals’ should be not ignored.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
(ABOUT THE AUTHORS)
- Author(s):Author Not Specified
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Editorial
- Page Range:132-133
- No. of Pages:2