prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D.

Department head, Department of International Relations and European Studies

office: 4.43
Joštova 218/10
602 00 Brno

phone:	+420 549 49 4996
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Field of study: International Relations

Rissian Foreign Policy Actors and Their Interpretation of the Conflict in Ukraine – graduate 2019
Development of the Concept of Contemporary Revolution in Military Affairs – graduate 2018
Security Relations of Afghanistan with Its Neighbours – graduate 2017
Humanitarian Intervention: Development of the Concept and Its Definition. Why Do Western States Intervene? – graduate 2017
Securitization of the Arctic: U.S. Securitizing Actors and Their Strategies – graduate 2017
Chinese foreing policy towards European Union since 2001: Strategic thinking and decissionmaking – graduate 2016
Czechoslovak Foreign Policy towards the State of Israel in 1948-1967 – graduate 2016
Assertive Chinese Foreign Policy: The ‘Power-Shift’ Theory and the South China Sea – graduate 2016
Understanding Armed Conflicts: Evolving Nature of Conflicts in the South Caucasus – graduate 2014
The effectiveness of arms embargoes in the management of armed conflicts – graduate 2014
Interim Administration in the Era of the Post-Westphalia Order: A Kosovo Case Study – graduate 2014
International Monetary Systems and Power – graduate 2012
Participation of states in UN peacekeeping operations. The Case of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria – graduate 2012

Paths to Pacification: Long-Term Conditions for Global Peace – graduate 2024
Indicators of Civil Wars Escalation: The Use of Machine Learning in Exploring the Causes of Conflicts – graduate 2024
Local Ethnopolitics in the Balkans: An Opportunity for Post-Conflict Moderation? – graduate 2021
An Analysis of China's Soft Power in Northeast Asia – graduate 2021
Germany and Central European states. A true civilian power? – graduate 2020