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ENHANCING ESSENTIAL OIL YIELD: UTILIZING INTERNAL CHOPPER IN STEAM DISTILLATION
Authors:   Politeknik Negeri Bali, Rajendra I Made , Arsani Ida Ayu Anom ,   Politeknik Negeri Bali, Sudana I Made ,   Politeknik Negeri Bali, Waisnawa I Gede Nyoman Suta ,   Politeknik Negeri Bali
Published: April 2024

The objective of this study is to validate a novel method for chopping essential raw materials. To achieve this, we employed a distillation reactor equipped with an internal chopping module to enhance both the quantity and quality of Champaca essential oil production. Our experiments involved three variations of pre-distillation treatment: no chopping, chopping inside the reactor, and chopping outside the reactor. The distilled oil was subsequently analyzed using GC-MS. These three chopping methods resulted in varying amounts of linalool compounds. Unchopped essential materials yielded 6.54% linalool compounds, while internal chopping produced 32.33%, and external chopping resulted in 7.40% linalool compounds. The internal chopping method proved to be the most effective in increasing linalool compound content. Consequently, we can conclude that chopping materials within the distillation reactor during the steam distillation process significantly enhances the main compound's content.
The Kurdish Question in Turkey in 2009-2011
Authors: Kaválek Tomáš , Šmíd Tomáš
Published: April 2024

The case study deals with the attempted resolution of the conflict betweenthe Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish state during the rule ofthe Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2009–2011. William Zartman’stheory of ripeness is applied to the case. The study analyses the state of theconflict and subsequently determines if the state of the conflict increasesthe chances of a negotiated peaceful resolution to the conflict (i.e. whetherthe conflict is in a state of ripeness). The analysis indicates that the conflictdid not fulfil the criteria of ripeness in the examined period. An alternativeexplanation of particular positive steps and the rhetoric in the conflict isprovided primarily by connecting them with an attempt to politicallymarginalize the PKK.
Popular Nationalism and Chinese Foreign Policy
Authors: Myšička Stanislav
Published: April 2024

This article focuses on the influence of popular nationalism oncontemporary Chinese foreign policy. After analyzing several cases ofpopular protest with nationalistic overtones, we reach the conclusion thatthe impact of popular nationalism on Chinese foreign policy is limited.Firstly, the communist regime tightly controls any attempts at unsanctifiedcollective action and allows a nationalist protest to happen only when it isfavorable for signaling China’s resolve to its diplomatic partners duringinternational crises. Second, nationalism is only a part of the contemporaryPRC’s legitimacy, as another part of it is its keeping up of the steady pace ofits economic modernization and increasing of the general welfare, whichcouldn’t be achieved without maintaining a high level of economicinterdependence with many crucial economic partners, including the USAand Japan. Third, the Chinese public is, in general, not as nationalistic as isindicated in much of the literature analyzing nationalism in thecontemporary PRC.
Ondřej Beránek, Bronislav Ostřanský (eds.): Islámský stát: Blízký východ na konci časů
Authors: Havlová Radka
Published: April 2024

Islámský stát (IS) s nečekanou rychlostí a brutalitou vtrhnul v roce 2014skrze zpravodajství do našeho povědomí a od té doby nepřestává vyvolávatmnoho emocí i otázek. Jak chce, abychom jej viděli – a jaký doopravdy je?Jde o do krajnosti dotaženou radikalizaci islamismu či spíše brutální podobuislamizace extremismu? A z jaké perspektivy se nejlépe doberemeodpovědi? V kontextu IS západní média často zmiňují slovní spojení „kulturasmrti“. Smrt, záhrobí a očekávaný konec světa hrají zásadní roli v rétorice IS,stejně jako v propagandě, kterou tak účinně ohromují Západ. Bez smrti azáhrobí, a to v mnoha jejich aspektech a rovinách vnímání, je zkrátkapřemítání o IS předem odsouzeno k neúplnosti. Smrt „obětujícího semučedníka“ IS na bojovém poli jako nepřekonatelná bojová taktika; smrtjako vysvobození pro Onen svět plný rajských příslibů v barvité a dramaticképropagandě IS; nekompromisní hroboborectví jako radikální přístup kposledním věcem člověka; tedy smrt oslavovaná, zasazovaná douniverzálního kontextu apokalyptického boje sil Dobra a Zla, teologickyrozebírána v souvislostech mučednictví či umně propagandistiky ošetřená vmediálních vzkazech IS směrem na Západ – to vše, a mnohem více, rozebírámonografie editorů Ondřeje Beránka a Bronislava Ostřanského, vědeckýchpracovníků Orientálního ústavu AV ČR.
Creating the China Dream
Authors: Karmazin Aleš
Published: April 2024

The paper deals with how the slogan “China Dream” of Xi Jinping and thesubsequent development of the slogan impact on China’s (foreign) policyand modern political project. To do so, it builds upon a pragmatic theory ofsocial change supplemented with the literature on multiple modernities.What is analyzed in it is how the politics of the China Dream leads to newcrucial projects like the One Belt One Road initiative and other, morespecific ones. The paper shows that the China Dream unfolds from acombination of moral and strategic reasons to mutual connections betweenold and new ideas, concepts and projects. Thus, the politics of the ChinaDream is not based on rethinking the theory and practice of (foreign) policyde novo, but rather on creative connections between old and new elements.
Miroslav Hroch: Hledání souvislostí: Eseje z komparativních dějin Evropy
Authors: Svoboda Ondřej
Published: April 2024

Miroslav Hroch: Hledání souvislostí: Eseje z komparativních dějin Evropy. 1. vydání. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2016, 339 stran, ISBN 978-80-7419-232-6.
Orthodox Churches and the Transformation of the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict
Authors: Hoch Tomáš , Khundadze Tato
Published: April 2024

The concept of conflict transformation places considerable emphasis oncivil society, which – in its broader sense – includes church organizations.Representatives of churches have direct access to persons who are involvedin conflicts, and thus they have the potential to influence public opinion andthe ability to bring hostile parties together to engage in dialogue. The aimof this study is to identify the factors underlying the low level ofengagement in the peacebuilding process by Orthodox religiousinstitutions in Georgia and Abkhazia and which prevent these organizationsfrom exercising a positive influence over conflict transformation. The fieldresearch for the article was conducted via interviews with representatives ofAbkhazian and Georgian civil society, and this data is supplemented by thepublic declarations of church representatives with relevance to conflicttransformation. The incompatibility of the views held by the two churchcommunities (those of Georgia and Abkhazia) regarding the cause of theescalation of the conflict and the highly politicized nature of the respectivechurch organizations, both of which overtly support and contribute todomestic nationalist discourses in their respective societies, have beenidentified as the main factors limiting the peacebuilding potential of thechurches in the Georgian-Abkhaz peace process.
Jiří Hanuš a kol.: Rusko a Západ: Eseje o (ne)porozumění
Authors: Vlasatá Barbora
Published: April 2024

Jiří Hanuš a kol.: Rusko a Západ: Eseje o (ne)porozumění. 1. vydání. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2015, 201 stran, ISBN: 978-80-7325-370-7.
The EU Migration Regime in the Context of the Permanent State of Exception
Authors: Kaleta Ondřej
Published: April 2024

This article addresses the recent development of the EU asylum andmigration policy (AMPEU) following the escalation of the migration wave in2015. It has two main objectives – the conceptual and the analyticalobjective. By reconceptualizing the AMPEU as a specific type ofinternational ‘migration regime’, it firstly introduces its complex structurecomprised of several semiautonomous policy fields and shows theirimportant interconnections. The empirical section provides an analysis ofmajor political/security measures launched in 2015 and early 2016 toreform the AMPEU and stresses the regime’s flexibility in terms ofabsorbing them. It further reviews the different discursive legitimization ofemergency solutions and their limitations. Using Giorgio Agamben’spostulate of ‘state of exception’ or ‘permanent state of emergency’ theauthor concludes the article by pointing out how the migrationmanagement led to a normalization of what were originally emergencyinstruments. He claims that there is a strengthening logic of ‘permanentexception’ in everyday EU migration policy making.
Eli Gateva: European Union Enlargement Conditionality
Authors: Vučković Vladimíř
Published: April 2024

Eli Gateva: European Union Enlargement Conditionality. 1st edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 254 stran. ISBN 978-1-137-48242-6 (signatura knihovny ÚMV 61 716).
National Identity in International Relations
Authors: Kolmaš Michal
Published: April 2024

The article interprets the role of national identity in contemporaryinternational relations scholarship. It distinguishes two main approaches –the social constructivist and post-structural approaches – and shows theirdeficiencies. To overcome them, it offers a third way to approach identitythat builds on a pragmatic combination of these two schools. It proposesgrasping identity according to the extent of its sedimentation. At the lowestlevel of sedimentation, identity entrepreneurs fight for their visions ofidentity. The middle level is where more concrete demarcations are made.The most sedimented identites take on the form of a culture as defined bysocial constructivists. The identities in all the layers interact with each other,both positively (less sedimented layers accelerate changes in moresedimented layers) and negatively (deeper identities inhibit changes inlower levels).
Benjamin R. Barber: If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
Authors: Fluxa Jan
Published: April 2024

Benjamin Barber: If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities. Reprint 1. vydání. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014, 416 stran, ISBN 978-0300209327.
Sylvie Graf, Martina Hřebíčková, Magda Petrjánošová, Alicja Leix: Češi a jejich sousedé: Meziskupinové postoje a kontakt ve střední Evropě
Authors: Štorková Nela
Published: April 2024

Sylvie Graf, Martina Hřebíčková, Magda Petrjánošová, Alicja Leix: Češi a jejich sousedé. Meziskupinové postoje a kontakt ve střední Evropě. 1. vydání. Praha: Academia, 2015, 349 stran, ISBN 978-80-200-2489-3.
Zuzana Maďarová, Alexandra Ostertágová (eds.): Občianky a revolucionárky: Ako kedy kde sa vylučujú nevhodné subjekty
Authors: Gabrielová Jana
Published: April 2024

Zuzana Maďarová, Alexandra Ostertágová (eds.): Občianky a revolucionárky: Ako kedy kde sa vylučujú nevhodné subjekty. 1. vydání. Bratislava: ASPEKT, 2015, 204 stran, ISBN: 978-80-8151-034-2.
Petr Mareš, Ladislav Rabušic, Petr Soukup: Analýza sociálněvědních dat (nejen) v SPSS
Authors: Babinčák Peter
Published: April 2024

Petr Mareš, Ladislav Rabušic, Petr Soukup: Analýza sociálněvědních dat (nejen) v SPSS. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 508 stran, ISBN 978-80-210-6362-4.
The Influence of International Relations Theories on Decision-Making in Experimental Interaction
Authors: Komasová Sarah
Published: April 2024

This article presents the results of an experimental analysis of the influenceof international relations theories on the decision-making process. Theexperimental model was constructed on the basis of the iterated prisoner’sdilemma, which was introduced to three hundred participants throughdiscursively influenced narratives of an evolving international relationssituation. The narratives, representing an independent variable, have beenderived from three theories of international relations: realism,neoliberalism, and constructivism. The goal of the experiment was to testwhether these three different discursive framings result in different levelsof cooperation. Using random assignment, the experiment showed astatistically significant difference between the types of decision-making ofparticipants assigned to the realist and the neoliberal experimentaltreatment. The understanding of the decision-making process was furtherenriched by an analysis of interviews with selected participants in theexperiment.
The Russian Discourse on Energy Relations with the EU in the Period 2004–2014
Authors: Tichý Lukáš
Published: April 2024

This article explores the energy relations of the Russian Federation with theEuropean Union in the period 2004–2014, during which took place anumber of key events that had a profound influence on contemporaryenergy relations between Russia and the EU, which were damaged by thecrisis in Ukraine. The focus is, however, not on the technical and institutionalaspects of the relationship, but rather on the discursive formations thatdetermine the prevailing interpretation of the relationship by both parties.This article tries to identify its most salient discursive formations, whichrespectively center around three concepts: 1) integration, 2) liberalization,and 3) diversification. Building on a detailed thematic analysis of 546statements and documents produced by Russian policymakers and centralauthorities, the article focuses on a) the common and the differing aspectsof the three concepts, and b) their major themes.
Karlas, Jan: Mezinárodní organizace: Systémy spolupráce mezi státy
Authors: Piknerová Linda
Published: April 2024

Jan Karlas: Mezinárodní organizace: Systémy spolupráce mezi státy. 1. vydání. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2015, 347 stran, ISBN 978-80-7419-179-4 (signatura knihovny ÚMV 61 028 PK).
Marek Šmíd: Vatikán a první světová válka: Proměny zahraniční politiky Svatého stolce v letech 1914–1918
Authors: Sekerák Marián
Published: April 2024

Marek Šmíd: Vatikán a první světová válka: Proměny zahraniční politiky Svatého stolce v letech 1914–1918. 1. vydání. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2016, 127 stran, ISBN 978-80-7325-396-7.
The Origins of Multilateralism in the Japanese Intellectual Tradition
Authors: Kolmaš Michal
Published: April 2024

The aim of this consultation is to identify the roots of Japan’s perception ofmultilateralism through the work of two pre-war Japanese scholars –Chomin Nakae and Sakuzo Yoshino. The article assumes that intellectualand cultural traditions influence modern perceptions of basic politicalconcepts. Japan is a country which has long been marked as isolationist andmilitarist, and whose political thinking has been disregarded by thediscipline of international relations. However, on the example of Nakae andYoshino’s thought, we can observe that the idea of internationalcooperation had been researched well before the end of the 19th century.However, Japanese scholars projected their cultural and sociopoliticalbackground into their perception of multilateralism. Nakae depicted avision of a functional long term cooperation uniting Western and Confucianthought; meanwhile, Yoshino saw multilateralism as a way towards theemancipation of the enlightened Japanese man.
Pavel Dufek, Hubert Smekal a kol.: Lidská práva v mezinárodní politice
Authors: Trávničková Zuzana
Published: April 2024

Pavel Dufek, Hubert Smekal a kol.: Lidská právav mezinárodní politice. 1. vydání. Ediční řada Lidská práva. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2014, 448 stran, ISBN 978-80-7478-720-1 (signatura knihovny ÚMV 61 287).
Editorial
Authors: Beneš Vít
Published: April 2024

50 Years of the Journal Mezinárodní vztahy
The Structural Problems of Czech Social Science
Authors: Kratochvíl Petr
Published: April 2024

The study assesses the evolution and the current state of the IR studies in the Czech Republic. It starts from a critical stance towards those interpretations that succumb to the simplified backwardness modernization logic. Instead the study puts forth an analysis that builds on postcolonial and subaltern approaches while showing that modernization can paradoxically reinforce the structural dependence of the discipline. The current Czech IR studies are thus better described as a hybrid discipline based on both the mechanical acceptance of Western theoretical approaches and exclusionary practices than as a successful modernization. The ability to conduct theoretically oriented research is often seen as one of the benefits of the discipline's integration in the international academic structures. However, what is entirely ignored is the negative impact of the neoliberal disciplining techniques, commodification of research and consequently also the emergence of academic mimicry and the related fragmentation of the entire field.
Economics-Focused Articles in the Journal Mezinárodní Vztahy as a Reflection of the Specifics of Czech Research
Authors: Hnát Pavel , Zemanová Štěpánka , Machoň Miloslav
Published: April 2024

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the academic journalMezinárodní vztahy, the developments of International Relations as ascientific discipline in former Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic thattook place so far are subjected to critical reflection. In this context, thearticle analyzes research papers focused on international economicrelations that were published in the periods 1966–1969 and 1992–2015, i.e.,the key periods of the journal. It puts the papers into the context ofInternational Political Economy and highlights the differences between theoutcomes of the research in former Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic,and the international trends and standards for such research. At the sametime, the paper captures the initial coherence of the research with thepolitical needs of the state, at first the socialist Czechoslovakia and later theCzech Republic in transition, and its gradual overcoming of this coherence.It also examines the institutional framework for the research. Due to thediversity of the set of texts in focus, the analysis leans on simple generalcriteria – the prevailing perspectives used for the analysis of theinternational economic relations, correspondence with the main branchesof International Political Economy, qualitative vs. quantitative methodologyand the basic typology of institutions involved in international relationsresearch.
About Maps, Power and Marginalisation. The Significance of International Political Sociology in the Czech Research on Foreign and Security Policy
Authors: Daniel Jan , Rychnovská Dagmar
Published: April 2024

About Maps, Power and Marginalisation. The Significance of International Political Sociology in the Czech Research on Foreign and Security Policy.
Michal Tomášek, Vladimír Týč a kol.: Právo Evropské unie
Authors: Ruffer Emil
Published: April 2024

Michal Tomášek, Vladimír Týč a kol.: Právo Evropské unie. 1. vydání. Praha: Leges, 2013, 496 stran, ISBN 978-80-87576-53-3.
Erik Siegl: Islám versus modernizace? Náboženství, sekularismus a rozvoj v Turecku: Pohled Turguta Özala
Authors: Karbaaeva Zhylyz
Published: April 2024

Erik Siegl: Islám versus modernizace? Náboženství, sekularismus a rozvoj v Turecku: Pohled Turguta Özala. 1. vydání. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2013, 142 stran, ISBN 978-80-87558-14-0 (signatura knihovny ÚMVDe 60 029 PK).
Miroslav Tůma: Jak dál v jaderném nešíření a odzbrojování
Authors: Mika Otakar J.
Published: April 2024

Miroslav Tůma: Jak dál v jaderném nešíření a odzbrojování. 1. vydání. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2014, 294 stran, ISBN 978-80-87558-20-1 (signatura knihovny ÚMV 60 616a).
Miroslav Mareš, Štěpán Výborný: Militantní demokracie ve střední Evropě
Authors: Čiháková Lenka
Published: April 2024

Miroslav Mareš, Štěpán Výborný: Militantní demokracie ve střední Evropě. 1. vydání. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 2013, 249 stran, ISBN 978-80-7325-326-4 (signatura knihovny ÚMV 60 176).
Czechoslovakian-Egyptian Relations in the Years 1945–1948
Authors: Vavrečková Veronika
Published: April 2024

The study is focused on the relations between Czechoslovakia and Egypt inthe years 1945–1948. The first part outlines the relations at the time ofWorld War II because even in this period they were not interrupted. Thestudy also describes the internal and foreign policy of Czechoslovakia andEgypt for the sake of gaining a better understanding of theirinterrelationships. The greatest amount of attention, however, is paid to thetwo countries’ business relations, their embassies and Czechoslovaks wholived and worked in Egypt. The study describes the transformation of therelations in connection with how the international situation was altered inthe examined period. The research is based primarily on a processing ofarchival materials and their subsequent analysis.
Edward Luttwak: The rise of China vs. the logic of strategy
Authors: Odintsov Nikita
Published: April 2024

Edward Luttwak: The rise of China vs. the logic of strategy. 1. vydání. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2012, 320 stran, ISBN 978-0-674-06642-7.
Executive Governance as a New Policy Model in the EU? The Crisis Management of the EU and its Impacts on the Political System
Authors: Belling Vojtěch
Published: April 2024

The EU crisis has brought about fundamental impacts on the constitutionalframework of the EU governance. The internationalization of EU law, thestrengthening of the intergovernmental form of decision making with thecrucial role of the European Council and the corresponding weakening ofparliamentary bodies can be seen as symptoms of a shift of the EU towardsan executive form of federal governance. However, this trend may not beinterpreted simply as a “return” of the sovereign state as the key actorwithin the European polity, as it might be according to traditional theoriesof emergency powers. The decision making is de facto relocated from thepolitical level to the level of administration. Thus, instead of de-parliamentarization, we can speak about de-politization or areconfiguration of the political. The crucial role here – even in decisions ofsummits of the European Council and the Euro Council – is played byadministrative bodies, particulary those of the Council Secretariat and theCommission’s services. While the economic crisis is (hopefully) alreadyovercome, the overcoming of the crisis of democracy is not in sight.
The Post-Enlargement, Post-Lisbon and Post-Crisis European Union and Norm Enforcement
Authors: Šlosarčík Ivo
Published: April 2024

The article analyses the changes in norm enforcement in the EU that weretriggered by the Eurozone crisis. It attempts to demonstrate that theEurozone crisis contributed to a “transplantation” of conditionalityinstruments (which traditionally exist within the EU’s external relations) intothe internal operations of the European Union. In particular, the articleidentifies which new internal rule-enforcement mechanisms of the EU sharecommon structural features with the external EU conditionality (e.g. avague legal framework; the use of the expertise of non-EU actors; an excessof competencies conferred to the EU; the institutional weakening of theEuropean Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Justice;the format of the sanctions). The article comes to the conclusion that theformation of the EU’s internal conditionality occurred mainly within theinstruments aimed at the crisis management of public finances of theEurozone states (the EFSF, the EFSM, and the ESM), but it also concludesthat there was an expansion of the new EU conditionality into other areas ofthe European integration, such as the Schengen cooperation and cohesionpolicy.
Failure to Make a Preliminary Reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union as a Violation of the Right to a Fair Trial
Authors: Grmelová Nicole
Published: April 2024

The aim of this paper is to examine the consequences of a failure to make apreliminary reference from the point of view of consumer organizationsstriving for the protection of collective consumer rights. Also, this paperargues against a strict application of the principle of procedural autonomyof Member States, as it makes the enforcement of consumer rightspractically impossible, in particular with respect to Directive 2009/22/EC ofthe European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on injunctionsfor the protection of consumers’ interests (the Injunctions Directive).The author discusses both judicial and extrajudicial remedies that areavailable in case of a failure to make a preliminary reference to the Court ofJustice of the European Union. She believes that procedural rules and thespecific conditions for obtaining damages based on the Francovich judgment are not sufficiently harmonized throughout the European Union.
Zdenka Mansfeldová, Petra Guasti (eds.): Euroskepticismus a percepce evropského integračního procesu v České republice v letech 2004–2010
Authors: Němec Jan
Published: April 2024

Zdenka Mansfeldová, Petra Guasti (eds.): Euroskepticismus a percepce evropského integračního procesu v České republice v letech 2004–2010. 1. vydání. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2012, 199 stran, ISBN 978-80-7330-217-7.
Lenka Pítrová: Evropská dimenze legislativního procesu
Authors: Zbíral Robert
Published: April 2024

Lenka Pítrová: Evropská dimenze legislativního procesu. 1. vydání. Praha: Leges, 2014, 336 stran, ISBN 978-80-7502-035-2.
The Governance of Non-State Armed Actors in Failing States
Authors: Daniel Jan
Published: April 2024

Using the case of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, the article deals withthe phenomenon of the governance of non-state armed groups in failingstates and the conditions for its emergence. It argues that one of the keyrequirements for the emergence and long-term preservation of a non-statearmed group’s authority is its fulfillment of functions usually associatedwith the state (such as the provision of security, public goods and servicesand the legitimation of its authority) that the failing state is not able toprovide. The study specifically shows how Hezbollah is able to substitute foror complement the Lebanese state in each of its functions andconsecutively use the wide network of its governance institutions forstrengthening its political authority. As a result of Hezbollah’s practices andstrategies of governance, the forms of political control of the territory arebeing gradually changed and hybridized.
How to Fix Western Democracy? Fraternity as a Remedy for Neoliberal Selfishness
Authors: Cabada Ladislav
Published: April 2024

Petr Drulák: Politika nezájmu: Česko a Západ v krizi. 1. vydání. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2012, 323 stran, ISBN 978-80-7419-115-2 (signatura knihovny ÚMV 59 292).
Vincenc Kopeček: Jižní Kavkaz mezi demokracií a autoritarismem
Authors: Zlatušková Zdeňka
Published: April 2024

Vincenc Kopeček: Jižní Kavkaz mezi demokracií a autoritarismem. 1. vydání. Praha: European Science and Art Publishing, 2012, 136 stran, ISBN 978-80-87504-18-5 (signatura knihovny ÚMV De 59 529).
The Glitter and Doom of Theoretical Reason. Interview with Petr Drulák.
Authors: Beneš Vít
Published: April 2024

V dnešním čísle Mezinárodních vztahů přinášíme čtenářům rozhovor s profesorem Petrem Drulákem. Navazujeme tak na rozhovory s významnými osobnostmi oboru mezinárodních vztahů, které jsme publikovali v letech 2010 a 2011. Petr Drulák je výzkumným pracovníkem Ústavu mezinárodních vztahů (ÚMV), kde v letech 2004–2013 působil jako ředitel. Vyučuje na Katedře mezinárodních vztahů v rámci Institutu politologických studií Fakulty sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy. Je autorem několika monografií včetně prvních českých učebnic teorie mezinárodních vztahů (Drulák 2003) a metodologie politologického výzkumu (Drulák 2008a). Publikoval řadu odborných článků a kapitol zaměřených na teorie mezinárodních vztahů, na evropskou integraci a na českou zahraniční  politiku. Ve své poslední knize Politika nezájmu (Drulák 2012) se věnoval krizi politiky  v Česku a na Západě. V letech 2000–2004 byl šéfredaktorem časopisu Mezinárodní vztahy, v současnosti je členem redakční rady.
From Threat to Opportunity
Authors: Waisová Šárka
Published: April 2024

The research of the relationship between conflicts and natural resourceshas been dominated by an understanding of natural resources as a causeof conflicts, and the term “conflict resources” has been used in connectionwith this. Here I o!er another approach and present the hypothesis that alack of environmental resources (environmental resources and rawmaterials are together understood as natural resources) and environmentaldegradation can o!er a peace-building opportunity. I argue thatenvironmental resources are not transportable, extractable or lootable,which decreases their market significance. At the same time, the conflict-prone communities are aware that non-tradeable goods play a vital role intheir life and the quality of the goods depends on the collaboration amongall the actors in the region. This situation results in so-called “environmentalinterdependence”. Environmental interdependence works as an impulse forcooperation across the cleavage lines. The hypothesis is tested on two casestudies – that of the relationship between Israel and Palestine and that ofthe relations between mainland China and Taiwan.
Environmental Protection in the Arctic as an International Regime
Authors: Trávničková Zuzana , Knotková Vladimíra
Published: April 2024

Arctic environmental protection and the protection of species living in theArctic are subject to a number of multilateral international treaties, bilateralagreements, and instruments of soft law, and they are touched upon by thenational laws of the Arctic coastal countries as well. Based on thetheoretical approaches of Oran Young, the paper construes the currentenvironmental protection in the Arctic as an international regime. Thepaper defines the basic features of the Arctic and Antarctic environmentalregimes, such as duration, resilience, an institutional structure,internationalization and the agreed procedures and processes of theregime’s development. The paper discusses whether their differences (e.g.ocean versus continent, inhabitants, military use) have been reflected intheir environmental regimes. By comparing these features and regimes, thepaper concludes that the procedure used in the Antarctic might not be fullytransferrable to the case of the Arctic.
Czech Environmental Direct Action in an International Context
Authors: Novák Arnošt
Published: April 2024

Direct action constitutes an important repertoire of action forenvironmental movements. Direct action is a way to bring attention toproblems but it is also a goal and a value in itself. The paper deals with twodifferent concepts of direct action: the liberal concept, which views directaction in instrumental terms, and the anarchist concept, which ratherunderstands direct action in terms of values and as a preferred way ofacting. The article particularly pays attention to environmental direct action,which further develops the anarchist concept of direct action as a preferredway of doing things. On the basis of an empirical research that was carriedout, it answers the questions of how Czech environmental organisationshave employed these different concepts of direct action, why their use ofthe liberal concept is very limited and why direct action as a preferred wayof doing things has not yet become a part of the repertoire of collectiveaction. The article finds an explanation for this in the very specific historicalexperience of the Czech environmental movement, which has tended todialogue with power rather than confrontations with it, the politicalostracism of the movement in the 1990s, and the different developments ofthe environmental and anarchist milieus, which did not allow for anoverlapping of these milieus that would serve as the basis for thedevelopment of the practice of environmental direct action.
Rob Dietz a Daniel W. O’Neil: Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources.
Authors: Fraňková Eva
Published: April 2024

Rob Dietz a Daniel W. O’Neil: Enough is Enough: Buildinga Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources.1st ed. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013, 256 stran, ISBN: 978-0-415-82095-0.
Ukrainian Wartime Posters as a Tool of Participatory Propaganda During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Authors: Olzacka Elżbieta
Published: April 2024

Drawing inspiration from the Ukrainian poster boom during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this article explores the role of war-related posters in today’s world, where printed media is no longer dominant, and images can travel across different media platforms. The example of wartime Ukraine shows that the poster remains an essential tool of wartime propaganda, promoting patriotic and proactive attitudes and encouraging action to support the war effort, while experiencing substantial changes in its form and means of dissemination. Analyzing various types of grassroots and institutional initiatives related to creating and disseminating war-related posters in Ukrainian offline and online public spaces made it possible to focus on two issues: firstly, how online media facilitate the creation and distribution of posters in offline formats and allow them to transcend the traditional printed form; and secondly, how posters become a convenient tool of participatory propaganda, involving various state and non-state actors in their production and dissemination.
Unveiling the War and Constructing Identities: Exploring Memes in Ukrainian and Russian Social Media during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Authors: Mozolevska Alina
Published: April 2024

The article examines the generation and deployment of visual narratives in Ukrainian and Russian digital participatory cultures, with a specific focus on internet memes in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It analyzes the form, content, and functions of these memes and highlights their similarity in mobilizing and conveying political messages despite variations in their visual components. The study indicates that Ukrainian memes are used not only to promote political agendas but also serve as trauma coping and collective identity construction mechanisms in times of crisis, helping to promote new war narratives that are engaged in the construction of the self and the other.
Ukraine in Popular Culture: Editorial for a Special Issue
Authors: Gaufman Elizaveta , Kurylo Bohdana
Published: April 2024

This special issue explores how popular culture shapes local, regional, national, and global perceptions of Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia. Integrating literatures on popular geopolitics, vernacular and aesthetic IR, and Ukraine studies, we delve into the complexities of the knowledge-making about Ukraine that takes place at the interstices of the everyday, the aesthetic, and the international. Given the mutually implicated relationship between popular culture and world politics, the popular representations of the Ukrainian subject both mirror and shape prevailing narratives, practices, identities, and power relations. But we also inquire into how popular culture serves as a space for political resistance and activism by those existing at the margins of world politics. By centering the Ukrainian perspective in all its multiplicity, the special issue helps to challenge the Western- and Russian-centric prism through which Ukraine has been approached in IR and related disciplines.
Olesya Khromeychuk: The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister
Authors: O'Sullivan Míla
Published: April 2024

Míla O’Sullivan reviews Olesya Khromeychuk’s timely memoir. According to O’Sullivan, the book is most valuable for portraying Russia’s war in Ukraine from the everyday human perspective against the background of Ukraine’s hierarchical position between the West and Russia. By providing this perspective, it is a vital contribution to the scholarship on epistemic imperialism that highlights the harmful knowledge and misunderstandings permeating the Western debates that get most things wrong about this ten-year war. The book also provides a way that allows the readers – scholars or otherwise – to make sense of their own personal perspectives and positions in this knowledge production and reception. O’Sullivan concludes that Khromeychuk’s memoir is thus both a challenge to the persistent structural inequalities in explaining Ukraine’s fate and a helpful guide to structural change that would allow for understanding Ukraine and emancipating its agency in our scholarly or public debates.
Pengaruh Kualitas Produk dan Promosi Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Produk Lulur Bedda Lotong di Toko Akunik Cabang Jakarta Selatan
Authors: Alamsyah Yudha , Pasaribu Veta Lidya Delimah
Published: April 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh kualitas produk dan promosi terhadap keputusan pembelian produk lulur bedda lotong di Toko Akunik Cabang Jakarta-Selatan. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan analisis kuantitatif, yaitu menggunakan analisis data secara mendalam dalam bentuk angka dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 100 konsumen. Pengambilan anggota sampel dari populasi dilakukan secara acak tanpa memperhatikan strata yang ada dalam populasi. Teknik analisis data mengunakan analisis deskriptif, analisis kuantitatif, uji instrument, uji asumsi klasik, uji regresi, uji korelasi, uji determinasi dan uji hipotesis. Hasil pada analisis resgresi linear berganda menemukan bahwa kualitas produk menghasilkan peningkatan keputusan pembelian sebesar 20,2%. Promosi menghasilkan peningkatan keputusan pembelian sebesar 42,0%. Sementara itu, analisis koefisien determinasi (R2) menunjukan bahwa keputusan pembelian pada Toko Akunik  di Jakarta Selatan dapat dijelaskan sebesar 49,8% oleh kualitas produk dan Promosi. Hasil yang diproleh dari penelitian menunjukan bahwa kualitas produk dan promosi dengan cara parsial ataupun simultan memiliki pengaruh positif serta signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian pada toko Akunik.
Pengaruh Career Development dan Motivasi Kerja terhadap Loyalitas Kerja Karyawan pada PT. Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) Medan Bagian Umum
Authors: Andini Raina , Siregar Onan Marakali
Published: April 2024

Pada beberapa tahun belakangan ini loyalitas kerja karyawan menurun dikarenakan adanya penurunan jumlah karyawan pada perusahaan dan kurang terbukanya informasi mengenai career development. Sehingga loyalitas kerja karyawan belum maksimal dirasakan oleh perusahaan. Bentuk penelitan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan asosiatif. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan melalui teknik sampling jenuh dengan 38 responden. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel career development dan motivasi kerja berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap loyalitas kerja karyawan dan seluruh variabel bebas secara simultan mempengaruhi loyalitas kerja karyawan. Nilai Adjusted R Square diketahui bahwa variabel career development dan motivasi kerja berkontribusi sebesar 37% terhadap variabel loyalitas kerja karyawan sedangkan sisanya sebesar 63% dipengaruhi oleh variabel lain yang tidak dibahas dalam penelitian ini.
Pengaruh Kualitas Produk, Promosi dan Citra Merek terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Scarlett Whitening di Kota Batam
Authors: Melianti Silvia , Wasiman Wasiman
Published: April 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas produk, promosi dan citra merek terhadap keputusan pembelian Scarlett Whitening di Kota Batam. Popolasi yang digunakan merupakan pengguna yang pernah menggunakan produk Scarlett Whitening, namun jumlahnya tidak pasti. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan rumus lemeshow dengan jumlah perhitungan sebesar 100 responden dengan teknik pengambilan secara purposive sampling. Data dianalisis menggunakan model regresi linear berganda, dengan pengujian uji kualitas data, uji asumsi klasik, uji pengaruh dan uji hipotesis. Hasil analisis regresi linear berganda menunjukkan bahwa kualitas produk memiliki pengaruh sebesar 19,6% terhadap keputusan pembelian. Promosi memiliki pengaruh sebesar 34,3% terhadap keputusan pembelian. Citra merek memiliki pengaruh sebesar 37,7% terhadap keputusan pembelian. Temuan pengujian dengan menggunakan koefisien determinasi (R2) menunjukkan bahwa kualitas produk, promosi dan citra merek secara bersama-sama dapat menjelaskan sebanyak 60,8% dari variasi dalam keputusan pembelian. Selain itu, uji t dan uji F menunjukkan bahwa kualitas produk, promosi dan citra merek baik secara individu maupun secara keseluruhan, berpengaruh secara positif dan signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian Scarlett Whitening di Kota Batam.
Pengaruh Disiplin Kerja, Beban Kerja dan Stres Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan pada PT Citra Niaga Remittance
Authors: Jesslyn Jesslyn , Khoiri M
Published: April 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi pengaruh disiplin kerja, beban kerja dan stres kerja terhadap kinerja karyawan pada PT Citra Niaga Remittance. Kelompok populasi yang menjadi fokus penelitian ini adalah karyawan PT Citra Niaga Remittance yang berjumlah 113 orang. Penelitian ini melibatkan seluruh populasi untuk dijadikan sampel yang dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik sampling jenih. Untuk melakukan analisis terhadap data yang terkumpul, digunakan metode regresi linier berganda. Langkah ini mencakup pengujian terhadap uji kualitas data, uji asumsi klasik, uji pengaruh, dan uji hipotesis yang telah diajukan. Hasil dari analisis regresi linier berganda menunjukkan bahwa disiplin kerja memiliki pengaruh sebesar 63,0% terhadap kinerja karyawan. Beban kerja memiliki pengaruh sebesar 23,5% terhadap kinerja karyawan. Stres kerja memiliki pengaruh sebesar 37,5% terhadap kinerja karyawan. Melalui pengujian koefisien determinasi (R2), ditemukan bahwa kombinasi dari disiplin kerja, beban kerja dan stres kerja mampu menjelaskan sekitar 62,0% variasi dalam kinerja karyawan. Selain itu, hasil uji t dan uji F menunjukkan bahwa disiplin kerja, beban kerja dan stres kerja memiliki pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan secara parsial maupun secara simultan terhadap kinerja karyawan pada PT Citra Niaga Remittance.
Pengaruh Citra Merek, Kesadaran Merek dan Gaya Hidup terhadap Minat Beli pada Produk Nescafe di Kota Batam
Authors: Ikhsan Ikhwanul , Khoiri M
Published: April 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menilai dampak pengaruh citra merek, kesadaran merek dan gaya hidup terhadap minat beli pada produk Nescafe di Kota Batam. Populasi penelitian ini berkonsentrasi pada sejumlah konsumen di Batam telah membeli produk Nescafe, meskipun jumlahnya tidak bisa dipastikan dengan pasti. Teknik pengambilan sampel didasarkan pada rumus Jacob Cohen dengan temuan hasil sebanyak 204 responden yang ditarik didasari pada purposive sampling. Analisis data yang dikumpulkan menggunakan metode regresi linier berganda yang melibatkan beberapa tahapan seperti uji kualitas data, uji asumsi klasik, uji pengaruh, dan pengujian hipotesis. Hasil analisis regresi linier berganda telah dapat mengungkapkan bahwa citra merek memberikan pengaruh dengan besaran 14,2% terhadap minat beli. Kesadaran merek memberikan pengaruh dengan besaran 12,8% terhadap minat beli. Gaya hidup memberikan pengaruh dengan besaran 70,8% terhadap minat beli. Pengujian koefisien determinasi (R2) menunjukkan bahwa pengaruh kolektif citra merek, kesadaran merek dan gaya hidup menyumbang sekitar 61,2% terhadap variabilitas yang diamati terhadap minat beli. Lebih lanjut, hasil uji t dan uji F menunjukkan adanya pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan baik secara parsial maupun simultan antara citra merek, kesadaran merek dan gaya hidup terhdap minat beli pada produk Nescafe di Kota Batam.
Pengaruh Social Media Marketing, Online Consumer Review dan Harga Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Produk Somethinc (Studi pada Mahasiswa di Kota Medan)
Authors: Syakinah Wildan , Adlina Hafiza
Published: April 2024

Seiring perkembangan zaman, internet berkembang pesat dan menjadi salah satu sumber informasi yang dapat diakses kapanpun dan dimanapun, hal ini mengakibatkan arus konsumen dalam memenuhi gaya hidup mengalami perubahan. Salah satu merek lokal di Indonesia yang menggunakan media sosial dengan aktif adalah Somethinc. Somethinc juga memanfaatkan berbagai platform digital untuk dapat berinteraksi dengan konsumen. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh social media marketing, online consumer review, dan harga terhadap keputusan pembelian produk somethinc pada mahasiswa di kota medan secara bersama-sama. Bentuk penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan asosiatif. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan menggunakan 100 responden yang diperoleh dengan cara menyebarkan kuesioner. Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa variabel Social Media Marketing berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian. Selanjutnya, variabel online consumer review berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian, dan variabel harga berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian.
Peran Kedisplinan dalam Pelaksanaan Tugas pada Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja Kecamatan Pesanggrahan di Jakarta Selatan
Authors: Ridwan Ridwan , Dinantara Mohamad D Duddy , Widodo Sugeng
Published: April 2024

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui nilai-nilai kedisplinan dan implementasinya pada Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja Kecamatan Pesanggrahan Jakarta Selatan. Oleh karena itu penggalian data di lapangan dilaksanakan secara komprehensif dan mendalam terkait kenyataan dan teori yang saling berhubungan. Metode penelitian yang dipakai adalah kualitatif dengan melakukan pemaparan secara mendalam dari wawancara terhadap The Key Informan, Fokus Grup Diskusi, dan Perspektif Peneliti serta Expert Adjustment. Hasil penelitian membuktikan secara empiris dari observasi, wawancara, fokus grup diskusi, SWOT analisis, perspektif peneliti dan expert adjustment ditemukan adanya kesenjangan nilai dari teori dan kenyataan sehingga perlunya pandangan peneliti yang didukung oleh ahli untuk memberikan arah nilai-nilai kedisiplinan yang diharapkan.
Pengaruh Keberagaman Produk, Kualitas Produk dan Citra Merek terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Kosmetik Wardah di Batam Center
Authors: Ningsih Maurine Givanka , Siagian Mauli
Published: April 2024

Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk menyelidiki pengaruh keberagaman produk, kualitas produk dan citra merek terhadap keputusan pembelian kosmetik Wardah di Batam Center. Populasi yang menjadi fokus penelitian ini adalah konsumen Wardah pada Guardian One mall Batam dan jumlahnya didasari pada data penjualan pada Agustus 2023 sebesar 317 pelanggan. Sampel sebanyak 177 responden dipilih menggunakan metode rumus Slovin. Analisis data dilakukan melalui pendekatan regresi linier berganda. Proses analisis meliputi pengujian terhadap uji kualitas data, uji asumsi klasik, uji pengaruh dan uji hipotesis. Hasil dari analisis regresi linier berganda menunjukkan bahwa keberagaman produk memiliki pengaruh sebesar 23,1% terhadap keputusan pembelian. Kualitas produk memiliki penagruh sebesar 25,8% terhadap keputusan pembelian. Citra merek memiliki pengaruh sebesar 36,0% terhadap keputusan pembelian. Temuan dari pengujian koefisien determinasi (R2) menunjukkan bahwa keberagaman produk, kualitas produk dan citra merek secara keseluruhan dapat menjelaskan sekitar 63,8% variasi dalam keputusan pembelian. Selain itu, hasil dari uji t dan uji F mengindikasikan bahwa baik keberagaman produk, kualitas produk dan citra merek baik secara parsial maupun secara simultan memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap keputusan pembelian kosmetik Wardah di Batam Center