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Analysing Laudato si': On Care for Our Common Home, from the Perspective of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD)
No full textThe US' AF-PAK Strategy and its Implications for India
No full textThis thesis looks at the US'AF-PAK strategy in detail and analyses the implications of the strategy for India and for US strategy in the greater South Asian region. It approaches the topic by looking at the operational impact of the strategy in Afghanistan and the challenges posed to the strategy by the situation in Pakistan and the Pakistani military establishment. It then considers the impact of Pakistan's strategic in imperatives in Afghanistan before looking at the basis of India's Afghan engagement and then reviews these findings in the light of current India-Pakistan relations. The thesis concludes with a look at the implications of the AF-PAK strategy for India and on the US-India-Pakistan trilateral relationship. Keywords US'AF-PAK Strategy, Indian Strategic Objectives, US South Asia Strategy, India- Pakistan Relations, Afghanistan, US - India Relation
The geopolitical determinants of India's Central Asia strategy
No full textTeze disertační práce Pracoviště: Institut politologických studií FSV UK Praha Jméno studenta: Hrishabh Sandilya Název disertační práce: The Geopolitical Determinants of India's Central Asia Strategy Školitel: prof. PhDr. Bořivoj Hnízdo, Ph.D. Oponenti: prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc.; Mgr. Martin Riegl, Ph.D. Termín a místo obhajoby: FSV UK, 11/2015 Osnova tezí: 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Research Method & Design 4. Contributions to Literature 5. Organization of Chapters 6. Conclusions 7. Selected Bibliography 8. Interviewees 1. Abstract This dissertation aims to identify the drivers and determinants of Indian strategy and policy with regard to the five post-Soviet, Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan within a geopolitical framework. Contemporary scholarship recognizes three determinants (drivers) of Indian strategy in the region - security and strategic necessity, energy diversification given Central Asia's abundant natural resources, and, economic engagement and connectivity. Using this identification as a stepping-stone, the dissertation seeks to rest the validity of these assumptions, and explore these determinants in detail. In addition, it attempts to identify other determinants of Indian strategy, and offers a conceptual framework through which..
Americká afghánsko-pákistánská strategie a její dopady na indii
No full textThis thesis looks at the US'AF-PAK strategy in detail and analyses the implications of the strategy for India and for US strategy in the greater South Asian region. It approaches the topic by looking at the operational impact of the strategy in Afghanistan and the challenges posed to the strategy by the situation in Pakistan and the Pakistani military establishment. It then considers the impact of Pakistan's strategic in imperatives in Afghanistan before looking at the basis of India's Afghan engagement and then reviews these findings in the light of current India-Pakistan relations. The thesis concludes with a look at the implications of the AF-PAK strategy for India and on the US-India-Pakistan trilateral relationship. Keywords US'AF-PAK Strategy, Indian Strategic Objectives, US South Asia Strategy, India- Pakistan Relations, Afghanistan, US - India RelationsAutor je cizinec neovládající český jazyk. Abstract This thesis looks at the US'AF-PAK strategy in detail and analyses the implications of the strategy for India and for US strategy in the greater South Asian region. It approaches the topic by looking at the operational impact of the strategy in Afghanistan and the challenges posed to the strategy by the situation in Pakistan and the Pakistani military establishment. It then considers the impact of Pakistan's strategic in imperatives in Afghanistan before looking at the basis of India's Afghan engagement and then reviews these findings in the light of current India-Pakistan relations. The thesis concludes with a look at the implications of the AF-PAK strategy for India and on the US-India-Pakistan trilateral relationship. Keywords US'AF-PAK Strategy, Indian Strategic Objectives, US South Asia Strategy, India- Pakistan Relations, Afghanistan, US - India RelationsDepartment of North American StudiesKatedra severoamerických studiíFaculty of Social SciencesFakulta sociálních vě
Kashmir: the Last Twenty Years: Moving towards the Future
Get PDFThe last twenty years have characterized the difficult relationship India and Pakistan have shared since Independence. It is almost impossible to separate Kashmir from this relationship. This period from 1987 to the present has influenced and affected impacted the region then every before, insurgency, violence, terrorism, human rights abuses, economic stagnation, war and global events like the collapse of the Soviet Union and 9/11 have all had an effect in South Asia. While briefly covering history, geo-politics and past rhetoric till 1987, this thesis focuses on the major events that have occurred in Kashmir in the last twenty years and the underlying Indian and Pakistani strategies, which have influenced these events. Consequently the thesis analyses the implications of these events today, and what they portend as we move towards the future. It also pays due attention to changes in the world order, that have affected Kashmir: the significance of the NATO led War on terror, in the light of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism cannot be overstated, and the constant changes in the dynamics of the US - India- Pakistan relationship. The last few years may have seen a reduction in the insurgency, along with overtures made by both countries - CBM's and official peace talks, however a solution has remained elusive...
Determinanty indické geopolitické strategie ve Střední Asii
No full textTato práce si klade za cíl identifikovat články a determinanty indické strategie a politiky s ohledem na pět postsovětských států střední Asie: Kazachstán, Kyrgyzstán, Tádžikistán, Turkmenistán a Uzbekistán v rámci geopolitického rámce. V současnosti rozeznáváme tři faktory (ovladače) indické strategie v této oblasti - bezpečnosti a strategické nezbytnosti, energetické diverzifikace dané bohatstvím přírodních zdrojů Střední Asie, hospodářská angažovanost a konektivita. Použitím této identifikace jako odrazový můstek, disertace se snaží potvrdit platnost těchto předpokladů, a prozkoumat tyto determinanty v detailu. Kromě toho, že se snaží identifikovat jiné determinanty indické strategie, poskytuje koncepční rámec, jehož prostřednictvím se pochopit indické agentury ve Střední Asii. Ve svém průzkumu, z dizertační práce vyplívá, že počáteční hypotéza je platná, a navíc naznačuje velmocenské ambice Indie (a následné využití měkké síly v regionu) jako dodatečný determinant své strategie. Dále tvrdí, že nejenže může Indická agentura ve střední Asii, se koncepčně zarámovaný v klasickém geopolitického hlediska, ale také naznačuje, že motivace pro indické agentury v této oblasti by měla být z pohledu objektivem rodícího všeobjímající indické grand strategie, jako pomocné cíl, disertace nabízí komentáře na...Teze disertační práce Pracoviště: Institut politologických studií FSV UK Praha Jméno studenta: Hrishabh Sandilya Název disertační práce: The Geopolitical Determinants of India's Central Asia Strategy Školitel: prof. PhDr. Bořivoj Hnízdo, Ph.D. Oponenti: prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc.; Mgr. Martin Riegl, Ph.D. Termín a místo obhajoby: FSV UK, 11/2015 Osnova tezí: 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Research Method & Design 4. Contributions to Literature 5. Organization of Chapters 6. Conclusions 7. Selected Bibliography 8. Interviewees 1. Abstract This dissertation aims to identify the drivers and determinants of Indian strategy and policy with regard to the five post-Soviet, Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan within a geopolitical framework. Contemporary scholarship recognizes three determinants (drivers) of Indian strategy in the region - security and strategic necessity, energy diversification given Central Asia's abundant natural resources, and, economic engagement and connectivity. Using this identification as a stepping-stone, the dissertation seeks to rest the validity of these assumptions, and explore these determinants in detail. In addition, it attempts to identify other determinants of Indian strategy, and offers a conceptual framework through which...Department of Political ScienceKatedra politologieFaculty of Social SciencesFakulta sociálních vě
Political and Social Implications of Changes in Rock Music in Prague Since the Late 1960's
Get PDFMusic has played an important role in the political and social developments in former Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic over the past 40 years. The underground movement that was born during the 1960's and 1970's and its younger cousin the alternativa movement have had a substantial impact on the perception of Czech society and its political scene as well as influenced several generations of listeners. It is often considered to have heavily contributed to the events leading up to the Velvet Revolution. In the 1980's, it drew criticism from the state for facets such as language. The 1990's brought a vast amount of international music and commercialization, though it is important to note underground trading of international music was very strong even before the Velvet Revolution. Czech music may have shifted toward an apolitical role, but the power of musical movements have been proven by the lessons of the past. The political role may be have been inadvertent, but no t inert. Its role is to be taken into consideration in the events that took place during up until 1989. The purpose of this paper is to attempt to better understand the role of music in Czech society, specifically the underground movement, in its effect on society and politics
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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