Irena Kalhousová
Biographic Data
| ID | 4085666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irena Kalhousová |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irena |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalhousová |
| SIGNATURE | KALHOUSOVÁ I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4446-1867 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Acknowledging pain
How do states shaped by historical trauma seek recognition from the international community when confronted with renewed collective suffering? And to what extent does such recognition facilitate healing? This article examines the foreign policy discourse of retraumatized states, focusing on how they pursue and respond to international recognition following new traumatic events. Bridging trauma and recognition studies in International Relations (I…
Who Cares
What drives the salience of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict amongst EU member states? This article employs domestic foreign policy theories to explain the factors underlying variation in salience, estimated analysing all country statements made at the United Nations General Assembly between 1993 and 2017. Our findings suggest that there is a U‐shaped relationship between government ideology and attention for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: gov…
Elite-public gaps in attitudes towards Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Conceptualizing the foreign policy roles of states dealing with historical traumas
While growing attention has been given to the impact of historical traumas on international politics, we know little about how trauma influences the foreign policy of states that have experienced trauma(s). Challenging the dichotomous conceptualization of traumatized states’ behaviours as either aggressive or pacifist, we show that traumatized states tend to articulate their foreign policy roles in a more complex way. We identify five foreign pol…
Historical analogies, traumatic past and responses to the war in Ukraine
This article examines the use of historical analogies by political leaders during foreign policy crises. Specifically, we focus on the German, Polish and Czech leaderships' reactions to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and investigate the historical analogies which leaders invoked to justify their responses to Russia's aggression. The existing scholarship recognizes the importance of historical analogies in foreign policy decision-making, but the lit…
The Herzl Center of Israel Studies at Charles University
Report
Elite-public gaps in attitudes towards Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Historical analogies, traumatic past and responses to the war in Ukraine
This article examines the use of historical analogies by political leaders during foreign policy crises. Specifically, we focus on the German, Polish and Czech leaderships' reactions to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and investigate the historical analogies which leaders invoked to justify their responses to Russia's aggression. The existing scholarship recognizes the importance of historical analogies in foreign policy decision-making, but the lit…
The Herzl Center of Israel Studies at Charles University
Report
Historical analogies, traumatic past and responses to the war in Ukraine
This article examines the use of historical analogies by political leaders during foreign policy crises. Specifically, we focus on the German, Polish and Czech leaderships' reactions to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and investigate the historical analogies which leaders invoked to justify their responses to Russia's aggression. The existing scholarship recognizes the importance of historical analogies in foreign policy decision-making, but the lit…
Who Cares
What drives the salience of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict amongst EU member states? This article employs domestic foreign policy theories to explain the factors underlying variation in salience, estimated analysing all country statements made at the United Nations General Assembly between 1993 and 2017. Our findings suggest that there is a U‐shaped relationship between government ideology and attention for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: gov…
Elite-public gaps in attitudes towards Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Conceptualizing the foreign policy roles of states dealing with historical traumas
While growing attention has been given to the impact of historical traumas on international politics, we know little about how trauma influences the foreign policy of states that have experienced trauma(s). Challenging the dichotomous conceptualization of traumatized states’ behaviours as either aggressive or pacifist, we show that traumatized states tend to articulate their foreign policy roles in a more complex way. We identify five foreign pol…
Acknowledging pain
How do states shaped by historical trauma seek recognition from the international community when confronted with renewed collective suffering? And to what extent does such recognition facilitate healing? This article examines the foreign policy discourse of retraumatized states, focusing on how they pursue and respond to international recognition following new traumatic events. Bridging trauma and recognition studies in International Relations (I…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Foreign policy (2 works) · Foreign policy analysis (2 works) · International relations (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works)