Ústav mezinárodních vztahů

The EU Integration Discourse in the Energy Relations with Russia
Lukáš Tichý is the author of a new article in the Slovak Journal of Political Sciences published in Janury 2016 and dealing with the EU integration discourse in the energy relations with Russia.

Insecurity in Sinai and Beyond
As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the protest that launched the Egyptian uprising, Egypt’s military-led government is undertaking heavy-handed counterterrorism measures in the Sinai Peninsula as part of its broad-gauged “war on terror.” Yet Wilayat Sinai, the most active armed group in Egypt today, has claimed responsibility for an array of deadly attacks, including the October 2015 downing of a Russian charter plane. Why has Cairo failed so spectacularly to contain Sinai-based terror? Read more in the new policy paper by our Associate Research Fellow Helena Burgrová, published by DGAP (Deutsche Gesselschaft für Auswärtige Politik).

Assistant in Research of Gender and International Relations
The Institute of International Relations (IIR) is offering an internship in the position of Assistant in the Research of Gender Aspects of International Relations, European Politics, and Czech Foreign Policy. The intern’s main task would be the gathering and processing of empirical material for selected research questions.

From Inspiration to Implementation: Europeanisation Process in Ukraine
Benjamin Tallis joined an international workshop ‘“From Inspiration to Implementation: Europeanisation Process in Ukraine”, part of the project to which the IIR is a partner, launched by scientific NGO “Quadrivium” that seeks to address the notion of Europeanisation by engaging various target groups both from Ukraine and CEECs.

All you wanted to know about the IIR
Let us again bring to your attention the Brief Guide to the Institute of International Relations Prague. This short booklet introduces our Institute and brings answers to frequently asked questions regarding our history, our current structure, our employees and much more. Are you interested in how we work? Or about whether you can find us on social media? Or about why you really should visit our library? Look for the answers to these questions and others on the pages of our new brochure!

Schengen – What Is Wrong and How to Fix It?
Let us cordially invite you to debate „Schengen - What is Wrong and How to Fix it?“ organized by the Institute for Politics and Society in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland. Benjamin Tallis, the IIR Researcher and Co-ordinator of the Centre for European Security will be among the distingushed speakers. The debate will take place on January 27, 2016 at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to the Czech Republic, Valdštejnská 8, Prague 1.

Looking back: The Prague Agenda 2015
Let us share with you the outputs of the 5th annual Prague Agenda conference.

Newcomer, Normal Player or Regional Leader?
Petr Kratochvíl and Matúš Mišík are authors of a study that analyses the status of the new EU member states and, in particular, Poland as it is perceived by the representatives of the older EU members. The article was published in the 1/2015 issue of the Politics in Central Europe, the flagship journal of the Central European Political Science Association.

Mezinárodní vztahy 4/2015
Právě vyšlo nové číslo časopisu Mezinárodní vztahy. Miloslav Machoň v něm zkoumá vliv epistemických komunit na mezinárodní jednání o problému kosmické tříště, Jakub Eberle diskutuje dříve publikovaný článek Jana Daniela a Dagmar Rychnovské a Jan Kofroň a Ilona Kruntorádová se zabývají českou cestou metodologického vzdělávání v politické vědě v mezinárodní perspektivě v článku, který je volně ke stažení.