We are thrilled to welcome Anna Šillerová, Klára Kosová, Tobias Risse and Alžběta Šillerová as new members of our PRCP team! Their research will enable us to broaden our focus into areas such as public discourse and national identity, computational science, individuals’ positions toward foreign and security policy, arms control as well as emerging and disruptive technologies.
We are thrilled to welcome Anna Šillerová, Klára Kosová, Tobias Risse and Alžběta Šillerová as new members of our PRCP team! Their research will enable us to broaden our focus into areas such as public discourse and national identity, computational science, individuals’ positions toward foreign and security policy, arms control as well as emerging and disruptive technologies.
This week, the Czech Security Forum 2025 brought together leading global experts to discuss whether we’ve entered a Second Cold War. Featuring keynote speaker Barry Buzan, the event explored shifting power dynamics, global rivalries, and Czech foreign policy resilience, showcasing the increasing importance of collaboration between academia and foreign & security policy.
Recent war conflicts have ignited discussions amongst both journalists and scholars about the potentially revolutionary effects of drone usage on modern warfare. In his first peer-reviewed study, Ph.D. candidate Zakir Rzazade finds that journalists often portray drones as “revolutionary,” while experts urge caution and remain divided on their true implications for warfare and security.
Marking 20 years since the 2005 Israel’s Gaza disengagement, Rob Geist Pinfold argues it was never a peace plan but a tactic to freeze negotiations and secure the West Bank. He contends Netanyahu’s later containment policy, not the 2005 withdrawal, set the stage for the October 7th attacks. Read the full paper here.
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Institute of International Relations’ team for the project INTERFER which studies foreign interference by foreign powers in the context of current geopolitical and technological changes. The position starts on October 2025 with a remuneration of 64 600 CZK gross/monthly.
Lauren Sukin and her colleague Rohan Mukherjee (LSE) have published a roundtable in the Texas National Security Review titled Navigating the New Nuclear Map. The collection explores nuclear politics across the globe, highlighting how global nuclear challenges are interconnected and shaped by domestic politics.
A new article by Jakub Záhora connects two seemingly distant concepts: fieldwork studies in international relations and science fiction stories. The author uses analogies with science fiction to work towards more careful reflections on the ethical, political and personal stakes of field-work based research in international relations.
