The new issue of the Czech Journal of International Relations (60:2)
The latest issue of the Czech Journal of International Relations offers timely insights into the evolving global landscape. Featuring three original research articles and a Forum on Czech foreign policy towards Israel and Palestine, this issue tackles pressing topics such as the role of emotions in international discourse, the impact of war on religious modernities, and the strategic use of crises by populist actors. We also honour the legacy of Joseph Nye with a commemorative obituary.
Dear readers,
The new issue of the Czech Journal of International Relations (60:2) has just been published. It includes three research articles, a Forum discussing Czech foreign policy towards Israel and Palestine, and an obituary of Joseph Nye.
The three full-length research articles were written by Pelin Ayan Musil (Institute of International Relations Prague) with Anita Tusor (Charles University), Michaela Zemanová and Alexandra Madarázsová (Prague University of Economics and Business), and Petr Kratochvíl (Institute of International Relations Prague) with Tomáš Doležal (Anglo-American University and Metropolitan University Prague). Musil and Tusor’s text is titled Leveraging Crises: How the Russian Aggression in Ukraine Benefited the Populist Government in Hungary’s 2022 Election Campaigns, and contributes to the literature focusing on the relationship between crises and populism by showing how populists use changing structural conditions in their discourses. Zemanová and Madarázsová’s paper, titled Emotions and Feeling Rules in Political Discourse. The Case of NATO-Russian Relations over Ukraine, highlights the potential of emotions in influencing political reality and observes what political implications emotions have on the current NATO-Russia-Ukraine relations. Lastly, Kratochvíl and Doležal, in their article Orthodox Christianity and Multiple Modernities: The Case of the Russian-Ukrainian War explore the ways in which two Orthodox churches (the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine) construct their own versions of modernity while reacting to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
The three articles are followed by a Forum dissecting Czech (and CEE) relations with Israel and Palestine. It attempts to understand why Czechia has such a positive attitude towards Israel, despite the complex political situation in the region. Organised by Jan Daniel (UNYP and IIR) and Jakub Záhora (UNYP), the Forum features five articles written by Eva Taterová (Czech Academy of Science), Marek Čejka (AMBIS University), Zora Hesová (Charles University), Tereza Plíštilová (Charles University), and Joanna Dyduch (Jagiellonian University).
Lastly, Doubravka Olšáková wrote an obituary of the recently deceased IR legend Joseph Nye.
Dear readers, we hope you will find the issue intellectually stimulating.
Pleasant read,
Michal Kolmaš,
CJIR Editor-in-chief