Articles
Oct 14, 2016
In 2015, two new conceptual documents were adopted in the Czech Republic, under the Government of Bohuslav Sobotka – the general Concept of the Czech Republic´s Foreign Policy and a more specific Concept of Human Rights Promotion and Transition Cooperatio
Jul 28, 2016
The small and medium European states need to face the unexpected challenges to be effectively involved in UN peacekeeping missions
Global Security, NATO, EU, United Nations, Human Rights, Europe, Balkan
Jul 28, 2016
After the unsuccessful coup attempt in Turkey, its high-level officials, including the president, have constantly talked about the necessity of the introduction of a state of emergency, and it has actually been declared on 20 July. At the same time, the p
Global Security, EU, United Nations, Democracy, Human Rights, Europe, Turkey
Jul 28, 2016
Could the state of emergency and the suspension of the ECHR justify the measures which have been adopted in Turkey in the past days (removal of public servants and teachers, purge in the judiciary, ban on academic travel, etc.)? With the ECHR suspended, a
Global Security, United Nations, Democracy, Human Rights, Europe, Turkey
Jul 21, 2016
The most serious problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina today are linked to the political practices of conflicting visions of nationhood and statehood. The international intervention in the country was expected to create self-sustaining political institutions
Jul 21, 2016
After the unsuccessful coup attempt in Turkey, both high-level officials and the pro-government public suggest the reinstatement of the death penalty. Unfortunately the question tends to re-surface from time to time in other states as well, but rarely wit
Sep 10, 2015
What we now see in Central Europe is not the result of the unfinished business of post-communist transition. It is more like a mirror in which societies to the West should start recognising traces of themselves.
EU, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Media, Human Rights, V4, Europe, Migration