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Record Nr.

UNINA9910369919903321

Titolo

Czech Security Dilemma : Russia as a Friend or Enemy? / / edited by Jan Holzer, Miroslav Mareš

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-20546-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 235 p. 7 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

New Security Challenges, , 2731-0329

Disciplina

320.947

327.4371047

Soggetti

Russia—Politics and government

Security, International

Russia—History

Europe, Eastern—History

International relations

Russian and Post-Soviet Politics

International Security Studies

Russian, Soviet, and East European History

Foreign Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Chapter 1 Russia as a Czech Security Enigma: Introductory Remarks -- 2. Chapter 2 The Hybrid Campaign Concept and Contemporary Czech-Russian Relations -- 3. Chapter 3: Russia as Viewed by the Main Czech Political Actors -- 4. Chapter 4: The Big Partner with a Small Turnover: Czech-Russian Economic Relations and their Dynamics -- 5. Chapter 5: Business as usual or geopolitical games? Russian activities in energy sector of the Czech Republic -- 6. Chapter 6: The Russian and North Caucasus Diaspora in the Czech Republic: Between Loyalty, Crime and Extremism -- 7. Chapter 7: Slavonic Brothers? Current Language, Literature and Cultural Interaction between Russia and the Czech Republic in Light of the Security Issue -- 8. Chapter 8: Czech Images of Russian History as a Societal Security Issue -- 9. Chapter 9: In the shadow of Russia: the Czech Republic as a small Central European



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Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines the future directions of Czech international policy through an interdisciplinary analysis of both historical and current Russian-Czech relations. It analyses Czech relations with Russia based on their historical heritage underpinned by the superpower’s behaviour and interests in the Central European region. The book’s central theme is the current Czech security dilemma in which the Czech political community perceives Russia as a security threat, but also would prefer to cooperate with Russia to ensure its security. The authors give a full overview and explanation of Czech-Russian relations, while also explaining the current dilemmas within the Czech Republic’s political, cultural and economic community. Jan Holzer is Professor of Political Science and Principal Researcher in the International Institute of Political Science at Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Miroslav Mareš is Professor of Political Science and Principal Researcher in the International Institute of Political Science at Masaryk University, Czech Republic.