Jan Ruzicka
Biographic Data
| ID | 1203607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Ruzicka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruzicka |
| SIGNATURE | RUZICKA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aberystwyth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7599-5987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 158 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Advanced Division of Search Areas for Missing Persons in Non-Urban Environments
Dividing large areas into smaller sub-areas is a common practice across many disciplines, with specific requirements determined by their intended use. This study focuses on preparing search sectors for locating missing persons in non-urban environments. In such settings, search teams must be assigned sufficiently large yet homogeneous sectors that allow visual orientation even without GNSS. While general search strategies differ in their approach…
A subtle call to greatness: Unipolarity, US foreign policy, and the indefinite extension of the NPT
In this article, we analyse the implications of the end of the Cold War for US non-proliferation policy and the non-proliferation regime. Contrary to widely held expectations, we show that the end of bipolarity did not undercut the pursuit of non-proliferation but supercharge it. While bipolarity had afforded non-proliferation hold-outs opportunities to evade superpower pressure, the structural condition of unipolarity both incentivised and enabl…
Failed Securitization: Why It Matters
The puzzle motivating this article is the nearly unanimous focus in the literature on successful cases of securitization. The article examines this case selection bias and asks about its consequences for the study of security. Three arguments are offered. First, there is no a priori reason to give preference to successful cases; rather, a full range of outcomes should be explored. Second, paying attention to failed cases of securitization might y…
The next great hope: The humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons
This article examines the humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons, which has reinvigorated the efforts to achieve their prohibition. It explores the fundamental arguments made by the ‘Humanitarian Initiative’ and their grounding in a relationship between international law and international politics. The analysis draws on the emphasis that classical realists put on the political nature of international problems, primarily shaped by considerations…
Behind the veil of good intentions: Power analysis of the nuclear non-proliferation regime
Explanation and progress in security studies: Bridging theoretical divides in International Relations. By Fred Chernoff
At the heart of this book is the question of why there has been so little progress in knowledge about International Relations (IR). Specifically, Fred Chernoff is concerned with the lack of what he terms ‘approach-to-consensus’. By this he means the acceptance of some answers and theories as providing better explanations than their alternatives. He wonders whether the lack of consensus may be ascribed to the fact that scholars use different crite…
Securitization' revisited: Theory and Cases
Securitization theory seeks to explain the politics through which (1) the security character of public problems is established, (2) the social commitments resulting from the collective acceptance that a phenomenon is a threat are fixed and (3) the possibility of a particular policy is created. In the last decade, research on securitization has grown significantly. The aim of this article is to evaluate the achievements of securitization theory. F…
Going global: Trust research and international relations
In this review article we explore the growing body of literature on the subject of trust in the field of international relations. We argue that the international level represents a unique challenge for trust research. This is so because some of the most pressing problems facing the world today require the development of trusting relationships internationally. In addition, the international environment is structurally different from domestic or pe…
Trusting relationships in international politics: No need to hedge
How can trusting relationships be identified in international politics? The recent wave of scholarship on trust in International Relations answers this question by looking for one or the combination of three indicators – the incidence of cooperation; discourses expressing trust; or the calculated acceptance of vulnerability. These methods are inadequate both theoretically and empirically. Distinguishing between the concepts of trust and confidenc…
A fetish for measurement? Karl Deutsch in the second debate
This article begins by asking why Karl Deutsch never directly intervened in what has come to be known in the field as the second debate. This point of departure is used to outline Deutsch's views on the purpose of knowledge. It is apparent that Deutsch was unwilling to make the distinction between the traditional and scientific approaches, which stood at the heart of the debate started by Hedley Bull. Deutsch's position tried to embrace both appr…
A transformative social scientist: Karl Deutsch and the discipline of International Relations
This introduction to this Special Issue of International Relations dedicated to Karl Deutsch makes the case that his scholarship was transformative in more ways than is typically recognized in the discipline. Besides being a theoretical and methodological innovator, Deutsch also envisaged that research must have transformative qualities for the future of human relations. The latter in particular deserves attention of International Relations (IR) …
The Nonproliferation Complex
For more than four decades the twin goals of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament have been an almost unchallenged objective of the “international community.” Like drought prevention, or bans on the use of child soldiers, nonproliferation remains a mostly uncontroversial, largely universalistic initiative to which few object. The proponents of nonproliferation are fond of stressing that the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (N…
Reflections on the 2010 NPT review conference
The 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) gathered amidst a renewed and growing salience of nuclear issues in international politics. This reflected
The puzzle of trusting relationships in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
A successful outcome of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference is widely seen as vital if the NPT is to continue to play an important role in preventing nuclear proliferation. Focusing on the concept of trust, this article offers a novel perspective on the treaty and its future prospects. Too often dismissed as impossible or dangerous in international politics, trust has received little attention from both academics and…
Securitization' revisited: Theory and Cases
Securitization theory seeks to explain the politics through which (1) the security character of public problems is established, (2) the social commitments resulting from the collective acceptance that a phenomenon is a threat are fixed and (3) the possibility of a particular policy is created. In the last decade, research on securitization has grown significantly. The aim of this article is to evaluate the achievements of securitization theory. F…
The Nonproliferation Complex
For more than four decades the twin goals of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament have been an almost unchallenged objective of the “international community.” Like drought prevention, or bans on the use of child soldiers, nonproliferation remains a mostly uncontroversial, largely universalistic initiative to which few object. The proponents of nonproliferation are fond of stressing that the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (N…
Failed Securitization: Why It Matters
The puzzle motivating this article is the nearly unanimous focus in the literature on successful cases of securitization. The article examines this case selection bias and asks about its consequences for the study of security. Three arguments are offered. First, there is no a priori reason to give preference to successful cases; rather, a full range of outcomes should be explored. Second, paying attention to failed cases of securitization might y…
Trusting relationships in international politics: No need to hedge
How can trusting relationships be identified in international politics? The recent wave of scholarship on trust in International Relations answers this question by looking for one or the combination of three indicators – the incidence of cooperation; discourses expressing trust; or the calculated acceptance of vulnerability. These methods are inadequate both theoretically and empirically. Distinguishing between the concepts of trust and confidenc…
The puzzle of trusting relationships in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
A successful outcome of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference is widely seen as vital if the NPT is to continue to play an important role in preventing nuclear proliferation. Focusing on the concept of trust, this article offers a novel perspective on the treaty and its future prospects. Too often dismissed as impossible or dangerous in international politics, trust has received little attention from both academics and…
Going global: Trust research and international relations
In this review article we explore the growing body of literature on the subject of trust in the field of international relations. We argue that the international level represents a unique challenge for trust research. This is so because some of the most pressing problems facing the world today require the development of trusting relationships internationally. In addition, the international environment is structurally different from domestic or pe…
Behind the veil of good intentions: Power analysis of the nuclear non-proliferation regime
The next great hope: The humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons
This article examines the humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons, which has reinvigorated the efforts to achieve their prohibition. It explores the fundamental arguments made by the ‘Humanitarian Initiative’ and their grounding in a relationship between international law and international politics. The analysis draws on the emphasis that classical realists put on the political nature of international problems, primarily shaped by considerations…
Reflections on the 2010 NPT review conference
The 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) gathered amidst a renewed and growing salience of nuclear issues in international politics. This reflected
The puzzle of trusting relationships in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
A successful outcome of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference is widely seen as vital if the NPT is to continue to play an important role in preventing nuclear proliferation. Focusing on the concept of trust, this article offers a novel perspective on the treaty and its future prospects. Too often dismissed as impossible or dangerous in international politics, trust has received little attention from both academics and…
The Nonproliferation Complex
For more than four decades the twin goals of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament have been an almost unchallenged objective of the “international community.” Like drought prevention, or bans on the use of child soldiers, nonproliferation remains a mostly uncontroversial, largely universalistic initiative to which few object. The proponents of nonproliferation are fond of stressing that the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (N…
Trusting relationships in international politics: No need to hedge
How can trusting relationships be identified in international politics? The recent wave of scholarship on trust in International Relations answers this question by looking for one or the combination of three indicators – the incidence of cooperation; discourses expressing trust; or the calculated acceptance of vulnerability. These methods are inadequate both theoretically and empirically. Distinguishing between the concepts of trust and confidenc…
A fetish for measurement? Karl Deutsch in the second debate
This article begins by asking why Karl Deutsch never directly intervened in what has come to be known in the field as the second debate. This point of departure is used to outline Deutsch's views on the purpose of knowledge. It is apparent that Deutsch was unwilling to make the distinction between the traditional and scientific approaches, which stood at the heart of the debate started by Hedley Bull. Deutsch's position tried to embrace both appr…
A transformative social scientist: Karl Deutsch and the discipline of International Relations
This introduction to this Special Issue of International Relations dedicated to Karl Deutsch makes the case that his scholarship was transformative in more ways than is typically recognized in the discipline. Besides being a theoretical and methodological innovator, Deutsch also envisaged that research must have transformative qualities for the future of human relations. The latter in particular deserves attention of International Relations (IR) …
Going global: Trust research and international relations
In this review article we explore the growing body of literature on the subject of trust in the field of international relations. We argue that the international level represents a unique challenge for trust research. This is so because some of the most pressing problems facing the world today require the development of trusting relationships internationally. In addition, the international environment is structurally different from domestic or pe…
Explanation and progress in security studies: Bridging theoretical divides in International Relations. By Fred Chernoff
At the heart of this book is the question of why there has been so little progress in knowledge about International Relations (IR). Specifically, Fred Chernoff is concerned with the lack of what he terms ‘approach-to-consensus’. By this he means the acceptance of some answers and theories as providing better explanations than their alternatives. He wonders whether the lack of consensus may be ascribed to the fact that scholars use different crite…
Securitization' revisited: Theory and Cases
Securitization theory seeks to explain the politics through which (1) the security character of public problems is established, (2) the social commitments resulting from the collective acceptance that a phenomenon is a threat are fixed and (3) the possibility of a particular policy is created. In the last decade, research on securitization has grown significantly. The aim of this article is to evaluate the achievements of securitization theory. F…
Behind the veil of good intentions: Power analysis of the nuclear non-proliferation regime
The next great hope: The humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons
This article examines the humanitarian approach to nuclear weapons, which has reinvigorated the efforts to achieve their prohibition. It explores the fundamental arguments made by the ‘Humanitarian Initiative’ and their grounding in a relationship between international law and international politics. The analysis draws on the emphasis that classical realists put on the political nature of international problems, primarily shaped by considerations…
Failed Securitization: Why It Matters
The puzzle motivating this article is the nearly unanimous focus in the literature on successful cases of securitization. The article examines this case selection bias and asks about its consequences for the study of security. Three arguments are offered. First, there is no a priori reason to give preference to successful cases; rather, a full range of outcomes should be explored. Second, paying attention to failed cases of securitization might y…
A subtle call to greatness: Unipolarity, US foreign policy, and the indefinite extension of the NPT
In this article, we analyse the implications of the end of the Cold War for US non-proliferation policy and the non-proliferation regime. Contrary to widely held expectations, we show that the end of bipolarity did not undercut the pursuit of non-proliferation but supercharge it. While bipolarity had afforded non-proliferation hold-outs opportunities to evade superpower pressure, the structural condition of unipolarity both incentivised and enabl…
Advanced Division of Search Areas for Missing Persons in Non-Urban Environments
Dividing large areas into smaller sub-areas is a common practice across many disciplines, with specific requirements determined by their intended use. This study focuses on preparing search sectors for locating missing persons in non-urban environments. In such settings, search teams must be assigned sufficiently large yet homogeneous sectors that allow visual orientation even without GNSS. While general search strategies differ in their approach…
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