• Enemy image? A comparative analysis of the Russian federation’s role and position in the leading national security documents of Estonia and the Czech Republic 

      Bartoszewicz, Monika Gabriela; Prucková, Michaela (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-14)
      States are security-seekers vis-a-vis ‘significant others’ who are cast as enemies in the international system. Usually, the study of the enemy image is connected with relative equilibrium concerning power capabilities. Less attention was given to a situation of a decisive power imbalance. Thus, a question arises whether such a situation will lead to a uniform enemy image? Concomitantly, what is the ...
    • From East to East: Reconceptualization of NATO’s Eastern Flank Engagement in the Middle East 

      Bartoszewicz, Monika Gabriela; Pavlíčková, Kristýna (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-06)
      The role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and its influence on the peace and conflict dynamic in the Middle East has always been a discussed and controversial issue. While the United States and the countries of the NATO Southern flank are active in the discussions on NATO engagement in the region, the perspectives of NATO Eastern flank countries is often forgotten. This work contributes to ...
    • Modern Army for Modern Times or Private Paramilitary? Polish Territorial Defense Force as a Benchmark Case in Conflict Evolution 

      Fornusek, Martin; Bartoszewicz, Monika Gabriela (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023)
      The new Polish military branch, the Territorial Defense Force (TDF), has been described both as a defensive tool against Russian hybrid warfare and as a private paramilitary force of the incumbent Law and Justice Party. This paper examines the strategic, political, and military purposes of the Territorial Defense Force using two theoretical models. One is designed for analyzing units intended to ...
    • A rather wild imagination: who is and who is not a migrant in the Czech media and society? 

      Bartoszewicz, Monika Gabriela; Eibl, Otto (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-06)
      This paper focuses on migrants and migration in the context of the Czech Republic, an ethnically and nationally homogeneous country without significant migration experience. Despite this fact, the issue of migration became very prominent in 2015 and has been an integral part of Czech political and public discourse since then. Although the topic has attracted scholarly interest, but the reflection ...
    • Securitising the Future: Dystopian Migration Discourses in Poland and the Czech Republic 

      Bartoszewicz, Monika Gabriela; Eibl, Otto; El Ghamari, Magdalena (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-09)
      This paper presents findings of a comparative study carried out in Poland and the Czech Republic, which analysed the societal attitudes towards migration and migrants in Europe. Our research shows that the reaction to migration in Poland and the Czech Republic constitutes a reversed (bottom up) securitisation. Moreover, contrary to the majority of security challenges where the immediate threats are ...