Karel Svoboda
Biographic Data
| ID | 139863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karel Svoboda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karel |
| FAMILY NAME | Svoboda |
| SIGNATURE | SVOBODA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6191-1217 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Contradictory Gorbachev / Taubman's Biography Combines Consummate Erudition with Empathy
Recenzovan prce Gorbaov: ivot a doba (Praha, Academia 2022) zpera Williama Taubmana je pekladem pvodnho vydn Gorbachev: His Life and Times (New York, W. W. Norton & Co. 2017). Renomovan americk politolog a historik vn podle recenzenta zuitkoval tm vechny opravdu dleit prameny vetn rozhovor, kter vedl se samotnm Gorbaovem a jeho spolupracovnky, a zroil sv bohat autorsk zkuenosti. Vsledkem je rozshl, poctiv, komplexn, podrobn a tensky pstupn biogra…
Delegation of Economic Statecraft to Private Enterprises
The literature on economic statecraft, defined as the use of economic means to achieve strategic ends, deals primarily with direct state instruments (sanctions, embargoes, and loans), or delegation to state-owned enterprises. However, states as principals also frequently delegate to private enterprises, which leads to the puzzling question of why some principals delegate economic statecraft to private enterprises instead of state-owned enterprise…
Russia’s Loans as a Means of Geoeconomic Competition in Africa and Latin America
Based on the evidence of Russia's activity in Latin America and Africa, the paper explores the country's lending policies as part of the country's economic statecraft. Russia joined the group of countries that provide loans to other governments only quite recently, using the flow of resources from oil sales. As a latecomer, Russia and its companies target states with markets unoccupied by Western competitors. Russia even supports regimes with low…
Drilled teeth and shell artefacts from a graveat Prague-Březiněves and a review of decorative artefacts made from animal material from Corded Ware culture in the Czech Republic
Norms as a Political Weapon? Sanitary, Phytosanitary, and Technical Norms as Russia’s Foreign Trade Tool
The paper explores the use of sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical norms for achieving political aims on the example of Russia. Even Russia’s entry to the WTO in 2012 did not alter the policy due to the general wording of these agreements together with the GOST (State Standard) norms valid in the post-Soviet space allow Russia to misuse these norms. Russia holds their nonfulfillment in reserve and activates them only if a political clash occurs…
On the Road to Maidan
The events preceding the 2013 Maidan protests exemplified Russia's use of its economic power over Ukraine. In trying to prevent Kyiv leaving its orbit, Moscow threatened economic rupture and closed borders, used phytosanitary and technical norms to impose import bans, and demanded swift payment of Ukraine's debt to Russia. Accompanying these negative measures were incentives: Russia promised Ukraine significant concessions in the form of loans or…
Business as Usual
While it is easy to see Russia's monopoly exporter of natural gas as an instrument of Kremlin power, Gazprom the corporation sometimes seems more sensitive to its stock price on the London and New York and other exchanges than to Russian interests
Les problèmes institutionnels de la transition en Tchécoslovaquie
Institutional problems of transition in Czechoslovakia. In this three-part study, the author first of all looks at the problems attending the transition of the institutions, the political, economic and social structures of a totalitarian Czechoslovakia to a regime of parliamentary democracy and a market economy, after the fall of the communist regime in Novembrer 1989. He then goes on to study the development of discussions on the future of the u…
Discussion. Deuxième journée
La seconde journée du colloque s'ouvre sous la présidence de M. Drago, elle a pour thème « L'adaptation des structures aux objectifs ». Pour donner le ton des débats qui l'ont animée, on peut retenir deux caractères dominants. Le pessimisme tout d'abord, plus nettement marqué chez les Français. Certains, comme M. Dupuis, ou M. Deugnier dressent un constat d'échec des diverses expériences tentées, tout en soulignant la « qualité intrinsèque > des …
On the Road to Maidan
The events preceding the 2013 Maidan protests exemplified Russia's use of its economic power over Ukraine. In trying to prevent Kyiv leaving its orbit, Moscow threatened economic rupture and closed borders, used phytosanitary and technical norms to impose import bans, and demanded swift payment of Ukraine's debt to Russia. Accompanying these negative measures were incentives: Russia promised Ukraine significant concessions in the form of loans or…
Russia’s Loans as a Means of Geoeconomic Competition in Africa and Latin America
Based on the evidence of Russia's activity in Latin America and Africa, the paper explores the country's lending policies as part of the country's economic statecraft. Russia joined the group of countries that provide loans to other governments only quite recently, using the flow of resources from oil sales. As a latecomer, Russia and its companies target states with markets unoccupied by Western competitors. Russia even supports regimes with low…
Delegation of Economic Statecraft to Private Enterprises
The literature on economic statecraft, defined as the use of economic means to achieve strategic ends, deals primarily with direct state instruments (sanctions, embargoes, and loans), or delegation to state-owned enterprises. However, states as principals also frequently delegate to private enterprises, which leads to the puzzling question of why some principals delegate economic statecraft to private enterprises instead of state-owned enterprise…
Norms as a Political Weapon? Sanitary, Phytosanitary, and Technical Norms as Russia’s Foreign Trade Tool
The paper explores the use of sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical norms for achieving political aims on the example of Russia. Even Russia’s entry to the WTO in 2012 did not alter the policy due to the general wording of these agreements together with the GOST (State Standard) norms valid in the post-Soviet space allow Russia to misuse these norms. Russia holds their nonfulfillment in reserve and activates them only if a political clash occurs…
Business as Usual
While it is easy to see Russia's monopoly exporter of natural gas as an instrument of Kremlin power, Gazprom the corporation sometimes seems more sensitive to its stock price on the London and New York and other exchanges than to Russian interests
Discussion. Deuxième journée
La seconde journée du colloque s'ouvre sous la présidence de M. Drago, elle a pour thème « L'adaptation des structures aux objectifs ». Pour donner le ton des débats qui l'ont animée, on peut retenir deux caractères dominants. Le pessimisme tout d'abord, plus nettement marqué chez les Français. Certains, comme M. Dupuis, ou M. Deugnier dressent un constat d'échec des diverses expériences tentées, tout en soulignant la « qualité intrinsèque > des …
Les problèmes institutionnels de la transition en Tchécoslovaquie
Institutional problems of transition in Czechoslovakia. In this three-part study, the author first of all looks at the problems attending the transition of the institutions, the political, economic and social structures of a totalitarian Czechoslovakia to a regime of parliamentary democracy and a market economy, after the fall of the communist regime in Novembrer 1989. He then goes on to study the development of discussions on the future of the u…
Business as Usual
While it is easy to see Russia's monopoly exporter of natural gas as an instrument of Kremlin power, Gazprom the corporation sometimes seems more sensitive to its stock price on the London and New York and other exchanges than to Russian interests
Drilled teeth and shell artefacts from a graveat Prague-Březiněves and a review of decorative artefacts made from animal material from Corded Ware culture in the Czech Republic
Norms as a Political Weapon? Sanitary, Phytosanitary, and Technical Norms as Russia’s Foreign Trade Tool
The paper explores the use of sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical norms for achieving political aims on the example of Russia. Even Russia’s entry to the WTO in 2012 did not alter the policy due to the general wording of these agreements together with the GOST (State Standard) norms valid in the post-Soviet space allow Russia to misuse these norms. Russia holds their nonfulfillment in reserve and activates them only if a political clash occurs…
On the Road to Maidan
The events preceding the 2013 Maidan protests exemplified Russia's use of its economic power over Ukraine. In trying to prevent Kyiv leaving its orbit, Moscow threatened economic rupture and closed borders, used phytosanitary and technical norms to impose import bans, and demanded swift payment of Ukraine's debt to Russia. Accompanying these negative measures were incentives: Russia promised Ukraine significant concessions in the form of loans or…
Russia’s Loans as a Means of Geoeconomic Competition in Africa and Latin America
Based on the evidence of Russia's activity in Latin America and Africa, the paper explores the country's lending policies as part of the country's economic statecraft. Russia joined the group of countries that provide loans to other governments only quite recently, using the flow of resources from oil sales. As a latecomer, Russia and its companies target states with markets unoccupied by Western competitors. Russia even supports regimes with low…
Delegation of Economic Statecraft to Private Enterprises
The literature on economic statecraft, defined as the use of economic means to achieve strategic ends, deals primarily with direct state instruments (sanctions, embargoes, and loans), or delegation to state-owned enterprises. However, states as principals also frequently delegate to private enterprises, which leads to the puzzling question of why some principals delegate economic statecraft to private enterprises instead of state-owned enterprise…
The Contradictory Gorbachev / Taubman's Biography Combines Consummate Erudition with Empathy
Recenzovan prce Gorbaov: ivot a doba (Praha, Academia 2022) zpera Williama Taubmana je pekladem pvodnho vydn Gorbachev: His Life and Times (New York, W. W. Norton & Co. 2017). Renomovan americk politolog a historik vn podle recenzenta zuitkoval tm vechny opravdu dleit prameny vetn rozhovor, kter vedl se samotnm Gorbaovem a jeho spolupracovnky, a zroil sv bohat autorsk zkuenosti. Vsledkem je rozshl, poctiv, komplexn, podrobn a tensky pstupn biogra…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Global trade and economics (3 works) · International trade (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Czech (2 works)