Irena Kalhousová
Postdoctoral Researcher
Irena Kalhousová is a senior researcher at Peace Research Center Prague.
She is also the Head of the Herzl Center for Israel Studies and an Assistant Professor at Charles University.
Research focus
In her research, Irena specializes in Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and relations between Central European countries and Israel.
In her PhD thesis, she looked at relations between Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Israel. Using IR theory which builds on constructivism, historical analysis, and politics of memory, she analysed historical roots of foreign policies of the three Central European countries towards Israel.
selected Publications
KALHOUSOVÁ, Irena (2015), Relations between Israel and the Czech Republic: From Sentiment to Pragmatism?. Strategic Assessment, 18(3), 93-104
KALHOUSOVÁ, Irena (2016), Unwilling to Succeed: The Czech Position on U.S. Missile Defense – Between Strategy and Public Political Debate, In: Landau Emily & Anat Kurz (eds.), Arms Control and Strategic Stability in the Middle East and Europe. INSS
KALHOUSOVÁ, Irena (2017), Idee a praxe české zahraniční politiky, In: Dostál, Vít & Grigorij Mesežnikov (eds.), Maximum možného? 25 let samostatné české a slovenské zahraniční politiky (HBS, AMO, IVO)
BACKGROUND
Irena obtained her PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science, MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and BA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Before joining the faculty at Charles University, Irena was an analyst at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya in Israel, and chief analyst at the Prague Security Studies Institute.
contact
Email address: irena.kalhousova@fsv.cuni.cz