Intermarium concept in contemporary geopolitics
Koncepce Intermarium v současné geopolitice
diploma thesis (DEFENDED)
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Author
Advisor
Referee
Landovský, Jakub
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Social Sciences
Discipline
Geopolitical Studies
Department
Department of Political Science
Date of defense
21. 6. 2019
Publisher
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědLanguage
English
Grade
Excellent
Keywords (Czech)
Intermarium, Three Seas Initiative, comparative method, security policy, alternative energy market, economic independenceKeywords (English)
Intermarium, Three Seas Initiative, comparative method, security policy, alternative energy market, economic independenceThis work is trying to establish and answer three questions about the concept of Intermarium: Which concepts of the Intermarium that were formed in the past, are still relevant in modern geopolitical circumstances? What political conditions force the country to become a potential participant of the Intermarium? What minimal number of countries is sufficient enough for membership in the Intermarium to provide its effective activity in the political arena? The questions are answered through the implementation of a comparative method. The chosen method is applied to the selected states of the specified region on the basis of two selected cases that correspond to analogical situations in the history of these countries and resulted in the birth of the concept of the Intermarium as one of the possibilities for solving the political crisis in the historical period, which is chosen for the case. This work with case studies will allow the researcher to obtain a high level of conceptual validity as well as to evaluate the indicators that fully explain the theoretical concepts. Since certain internal and external factors such as political system, political culture, state power, economic independence, defensive capabilities, cultural and historical mentality, membership in international organizations are...