POLICY PAPER | Shifting the gender quota debate from underrepresentation of women to overrepresentation of men within diplomacy
Ivana Uličná writes about the fact that even though some progress has been made towards gender equality in diplomacy, women remain underrepresented in ambassadorial positions worldwide. Quotas have been effective in boosting nominal representation of women but critiques focused on quotas being tokenistic and harming meritocracy place a double burden on women. However, even the current system is not meritocratic, as men benefit from a historical advantage and assumed competence, while women must justify their presence, prove their worth and disprove gender stereotypes.
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Brief on COVID-19: Do Czechs Want a Stronger EU or a Convenient Scapegoat ?
In his brief, our Christian Kvorning Lassen outlines the image of the European Union's actions during the COVID-19 outbreak, which are often misinterpreted or forgotten by Member States, with a focus on the Czech Republic.
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Café Evropa: The end of the plastic era?
Accept our sincere invitation to the public debate which will take place on 28th of November at 6PM. The debate is part of the Café Evropa series. Our distinguished guests will discuss the following topic: "The end of the plastic era?"
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Commentary: State of the Union Address 2018
Vladimír Bartovic, Martin Michelot, Zuzana Stuchlíková, Christian Kvorning Lassen, Vít Havelka, Jana Juzová, Alexandr Lagazzi and Kateřina Davidová react to Juncker's State of the Union Address 2018 from the perspective of the future of the EU and the Czech Republic's role in it.
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ČRo Plus: Impacts of the Syrian offensive
Our Vladimír Bartovic commented for ČRo Plus on the topic of the Saturday attack on Syria and its impacts on foreign policy of the Czech Republic.
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Info.cz: Viktor Orbán won the parliamentary elections. What can we expect?
Vladimír Bartovic has commented for Info.cz on the results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections, and gave his opinion on what to expect from Orbán in the future.
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Turkey, the caliphate of Sultan Erdogan?
In his new blog, our Research Assistant Patrick Zingerle describes the current political situation in Erdogan's Turkey, from the army coup to the recent referendum strengthening the power in the hands of the Turkish president.
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ČT24: Turkish police arresting officials
Our Michal Vít was a guest on the ČT24 channel on July 4th, where he commented on the international criticism directed towards the Turkish regime and the impact of Turkey's political actions on the EU - Turkey accession talks.
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ČT24: EU leaders met at the EU Summit
Michal Vít was a guest on ČT24, where he discussed the meeting of the EU leaders at the EU Summit, which took place in Brussels.
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RTVS: Critique of Hungary ahead of Bratislava Summit
Our Director Vladimír Bartovic discussed with Rádio Slovensko RTVS current tense situation between diplomatic representation of Luxembourg and Hungary.
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