Promoting National Priorities in Eu Foreign Policy: The Czech Republic's Foreign Policy in the Eu

ISBN-13: 9781032179285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 152 str.

Tomas Weiss

Opis

This cross-policy comparison of the behaviour of Czech Republic’s representatives in the Council and the methods they use to influence the decision-making applies categorisation from lobbying literature to analyse the behaviour of the member state’s representatives and contributes to two strands of scholarship on European Union politics - decisi

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Czech Republic in the EU

3. Perceptions of Czech Representatives in the Council of their Work

4. External trade

5. European Neighbourhood Policy

6. Democracy and Human Rights

7. Common Security and Defence Policy

8. Conclusions

O autorze

Dr. Tomáš Weiss is the Head of the Department of European Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. In his teaching and research, he focuses on EU foreign and security policy, transatlantic relations, and the impact of EU membership on the member states, particularly the Central European countries. He has published in various peer-reviewed journals, including Cooperation & Conflict, Armed Forces & Society, Geopolitics, and Perspectives. He is the author of a book on Czech security policy published with Charles University Press in 2014 and of a number of book chapters in Czech and English, including with Routledge. He has taken part in a number of international and national research projects. Since 2014, he has been an external (honorary) advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.