The Burden of Choice

In the past decades, an increasing emphasis on the principles and values can be observed in international relations and in the foreign policies of Western states. The book poses the question whether this is also demonstrated in Czech foreign policy, whether in the ease of the Czech Republic the ethics and values have infiltrated foreign policy, and describes the character of the Czech foreign policy in general. The basic thesis is that the Czech Republic has left the traditionally defined national interest and undergone a transformation towards an ethical foreign policy. The aim of the book is to watch the genesis of ethical Czech foreign policy and to answer the question to which extent Czech foreign policy follows moral principles and values.

Autorentext

Sárka Waisová is associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of West Bohemia, in Pilsen (Czech Republic), and in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the Metropolitan University, Prague. She is associate editor of Politics in Central Europe, The Journal of the Central European Political Science Association.

Inhalt
Contents: International relations and in the foreign policies of Western states Czech foreign policy.