We are happy to anounce, that we have three new members in our team!
As you may have already noticed, we have three new junior researchers.
PRCP Policy Brief #004
Our new external collaborator Ekaterina Ananyeva has written the fourth of our policy briefs. The title is "One Belt One Road Versus the Eurasian Economic Union," and you can now find it in the Policy Briefs section on our website as well as in the Institute of International Relations Prague's Mezinárodní Politika.
Seminar: Korean Peninsula – Pathways to Peace and Security
On November 1, 2018, the Great Meeting Hall of the Karolinum building hosted a seminar “Korean Peninsula – Pathways to Peace and Security.”
The speakers discussed the recent developments and future directions of the process of denuclearization and establishing stable peace of the Korean peninsula.
The event was organized by The Peace Research Center Prague and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Center for Security Policy (Středisko bezpečnostní politiky) and the Political Science Club (Politologický klub, PK FSV UK), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.
Call for Internship in the Frozen Conflict Project
We are looking for an intern!
► Ideal applicant should be either Bachelor or Master student in Social Sciences and Humanities
► The program is to run from November to January 2019 and can be prolonged if possible
► The intern is expected to work 25 hours per week
► Tasks of the intern:
Analyzing several Frozen Conflicts with close guidance of the research team
Learning and supporting the team in the build-up of a website featuring the results of the Frozen Conflict project
Learning and maintaining the database on frozen conflicts and creating visualizations
Encouraged to conduct own academic research supported by the research team
In case of interest, please submit your application to prcp@fsv.cuni.cz until the 28th of October
to learn more about the internship
Seminar: Korean Peninsula – Pathways to Peace and Security
The Peace Research Center Prague and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Czech Republic cordially invite you to the seminar “Korean Peninsula – Pathways to Peace and Security”, which will take place on Thursday, 1st November 2018, from 09:30 to 13:00 at Charles University – Karolinum building, Ovocný trh 560/5, Praha 1.
The seminar will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss the recent developments and future directions of the process of denuclearization and establishing stable peace of the Korean peninsula.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Should you wish to attend, please RSVP to koreanembassy-seminar@seznam.cz
Please note the event capacity is limited.
Further information and program of the event
The event is organized in cooperation with the Center for Security Policy (Středisko bezpečnostní politiky, SBP) and the Political Science Club (Politologický klub, PK FSV UK), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.
New article in Security Studies journal
Our researcher Jan Ludvik has published (online first) a new article "Closing the Window of Vulnerability: Nuclear Proliferation and Conventional Retaliation" in the Security Studies journal.
Have a look at it at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09636412.2018.1508635
12th Pan-European Conference on International Relations
Last week, our researchers presented their new findings at the 12th Pan-European Conference on International Relations in Prague.
PRCP Policy Brief #003
Miloš Balabán has written third of our policy briefs. The title is "Is global politics approaching a perilous interregnum?" and you can now find it in the Policy Briefs section on our website as well as in the Institute of International Relations Prague's Mezinárodní Politika.
Special Issue of Asia Europe Journal edited by our researchers
Our researchers Michal Smetana and Jan Ludvik are the guest editors of the latest special issue of Asia Europe Journal, an excellent Web of Science journal. The topic of this special issue is Between War and Peace: Frozen Conflicts in Eurasia.
PRCP Policy Brief #002
Michal Onderčo has written second of our policy briefs. The topic is "Likely Impact of the Nuclear Ban Treaty on the NPT Review Process" and you can now find it in the Policy Briefs section on our website as well as in the Institute of International Relations Prague's Mezinárodní Politika.
PRCP Interns meeting
Last week, we held an initial meeting with our group of interns for the summer academic internships in the Frozen Conflicts team.
PRCP Policy Brief series
We introduce you our new policy brief series written by our researchers and discussing current topics. You can now find them in the Policy Briefs section on our website.
We also established cooperation with the Institute of International Relations Prague's Mezinárodní Politika, where you will be able to read our Policy Briefs as well.
The first policy brief we present is Harald Müller's position on the U.S. decision to leave the Iran deal.
Call for Internships: Frozen Conflicts
Harald Muller responses to Lewis A. Dunn's proposal of “Strategic elimination”
Our principal researcher, Harald Müller, who is also Nonproliferation Review editorial board member, responded to Lewis A. Dunn's proposal of “Strategic elimination”
You can read his article here.
New article by Carmen Wunderlich
Carmen Wunderlich, together with Jeffrey S. Lantis, has a new article in the Review of International Studies journal called "Resiliency dynamics of norm clusters: Norm contestation and international cooperation"
Go ahead and read it here!