Seeking the Czech Republic’s Place in the World on the Pages of the Journal Mezinárodní Vztahy

Abstract

The aim of the article is to provide an analysis and a deeper understanding of the ways the Czech(oslovak) research community approached the issues related to the Czech/Czechoslovak foreign policy. The main departure point of the text is a formal analysis of the articles related to the Czech/Czechoslovak foreign policy published in the journal Mezinárodní vztahy. We analyze the institutional, methodological, theoretical and disciplinary backgrounds of the individual authors of the articles and also their particular interpretation of the fundamental questions of the Czech/Czechoslovak foreign policy.

Keywords

• Czech foreign policy
• Czechoslovak foreign policy
• the journal Mezinárodní vztahy
• pragmatism
• social sciences