{"title":"Increasing of the Chinese Naval Power: New Political and Military Ambitions in the Region?","authors":"Libor Kutej","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.17.2017.01.043-056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.17.2017.01.043-056","url":null,"abstract":"With an effort to further develop the economic output of China and preserve her social stability, the Government of the People's Republic of China is strongly motivated to secure the on-going inflow of crucial raw materials concurrently with the continuing outflow of Chinese products outside the Mainland China. Regarding the fact that almost three quarters of the overall volume of transported resources as well as exported production is done by maritime routes, the PRC faces a strategic challenge to control these routes in order to prevent their interruption. This corresponds with the continuous growth of Chinese military expenditures and focus on the further PLA Navy development.","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"18 1","pages":"43-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2017-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85095541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Activities of the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and so-called Islamic State in the Conflict in Yemen (2015-2017)","authors":"Michael Bátrla","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.17.2017.01.077-100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.17.2017.01.077-100","url":null,"abstract":"This article compares the activities of two Salafi-jihadist organizations, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the so-called Islamic State, in the context of the civil war in Yemen. The studied period is from in January 2015 till the end of March 2017. The author compares activities of both groups in four parameters – violent actions, control of territory and provision of services, acquisition of resources, and media activities. The author also briefly outlines other important influences on the mutual competition and its possible implications on the conflict in Yemen and global Salafi-jihadist competition.","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"21 1","pages":"77-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79260161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"African Piracy: From the Perspective of African Actors","authors":"Linda Piknerová","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.043-062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.043-062","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to analyze the phenomenon of African piracy from the beginning of 90’s until nowadays. The beginning of the article is dedicated to a detailed overview of piracy and the number of piracy attacks in previous decades. The following part is focused on the relationship between security challenges in an African context and the phenomenon of piracy which represents one of the many security problems that Africa now faces. The last part aims to present some strategies of selected regional African key players which have taken up a fight against piracy, trying to eliminate it through their own actions. The African Union and Southern, Eastern and Western African regional organizations have been selected.","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"281 1","pages":"43-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2017-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76796765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Terrorist Attacks on the Energy Sector as a Strategy of Al Qaeda in the Middle East and North Africa","authors":"L. Tichý","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.063-082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.063-082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"22 1","pages":"63-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2017-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88170500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Change of Neutrality - The Case of Finland and Austria: An Approach to Foreign Security Cooperation within the EU and NATO","authors":"Kristýna Maťátková","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.019-042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.019-042","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"54 1","pages":"19-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2017-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77958087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GATES, Robert M. Služba: Paměti ministra obrany ve válce.","authors":"Richard Stojar","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.085-087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.085-087","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"21 1","pages":"85-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2017-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91033606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Issues Connected with Their Use in Contemporary Conflicts","authors":"Richard Stojar","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.005-018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.02.005-018","url":null,"abstract":"The text deals with the development and methods of use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in contemporary conclicts or special operations. The contribution tries to present the main advantages of these vehicles as being the main reasons for their current use in armed forces of state as well as non-state actors and their dynamic proliferation in global space in past years. Specific attention is dedicated to controversies tied to the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and discussion in the context of cultural or societal dimension of their use and perspectives for further development.","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"89 1","pages":"5-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2017-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73007987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Islamic State and Chemical Weapons","authors":"Jakub Rafay","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.1.005-028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.1.005-028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"9 1","pages":"5-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2016-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82735382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VOELZ, Glenn J. The Rise of iWar: Identity, Information, and the Individualization of Modern Warfare.","authors":"J. Melichar","doi":"10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.1.129-131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3849/1802-7199.16.2016.1.129-131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40204,"journal":{"name":"Obrana a Strategie-Defence & Strategy","volume":"5 1","pages":"129-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2016-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81002076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}